DF YouTube (Distraction Free)

Name: DF YouTube (Distraction Free)
Rating: 4.5865 (266 reviews)
Author: RickyV

By: RickyV

Allow yourself to focus while using YouTube for work, recreation or education. Disable autoplay, remove sidebar, hide feed, comments, and more.

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Features & Capabilities

DF YouTube (Distraction Free) is a Chrome extension designed to help you stay focused while using YouTube for work, recreation, or education. It eliminates distracting elements like autoplay, recommended video sidebars, homepage video grids, comments, and playlists. With customizable settings, you can tailor your YouTube experience to concentrate solely on the content that matters.

This extension emphasizes privacy by only requiring minimal permissions to store your preferences and operate on YouTube tabs without tracking your history. For best results, it's recommended to use DF YouTube alongside the uBlock Origin extension to block all ads and enhance distraction-free viewing. Continual updates and user feedback help maintain compatibility as YouTube evolves, ensuring a streamlined and productive video experience.

User Growth & Download Statistics

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By:

RickyV

Daily users:

10,430 -178

Rating:

4.59

(266)

Version:

1.13.504 Last updated: 2019-11-19

Version code:

4904711

Creation date:

2018-06-30

Risk:

Permissions:

https://api.mailgun.net/*
storage
tabs
notifications
https://www.youtube.com/*

Content scripts matches:

www.youtube.com

Size:

98.93KB

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-19

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 750 ▼ 7

Other rankings

#106 in Appearance ▼ 1

#107 in Other extensions ▼ 2

#12 in education keyword 10 ▲ 1

#23 in free keyword 95 ▼ 1

#32 in free vpn keyword 93 ▼ 1

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DF Tube (Distraction Free for YouTube™) (v1.13.504)

90,000 4.65

(1,080)

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Developed by:

RickyV

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/df-youtube/

User Reviews

DF YouTube provides a distraction-free viewing experience and is praised for simplicity and time-savings, with some users calling it essential. However, many reviews report that YouTube now detects it as an ad blocker, triggering anti-adblock measures that block videos or disable YouTube altogether. Several users note it becomes bricked or stops working, and they hope for a fix. Overall, the extension is highly valued when it works, but reliability depends on YouTube's detection behavior.

Pros

Creates a distraction-free YouTube experience that helps reduce mindless scrolling
Simple, lightweight and easy to use
Saves time and helps users reclaim hours of their day
Some users view it as an essential part of their browser when it works

Cons

YouTube's anti-adblock detection flags the extension as an ad blocker, which can block videos or prevent playback
Video playback may be blocked or YouTube becomes unusable when the extension is enabled
The addon can become bricked or stop working after YouTube's changes, requiring fixes
Frequent reports of current non-functionality or reliability issues

Recent reviews

Everything I wanted and more

by Ll*****, 2026-04-13

Worked great uptill now, it has been bricked. whenever the addon is turned on youtube flags it as an adblocker and doesn't show the video entirely

by Pi*****, 2026-03-24

by Fi*****, 2026-02-26

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Is DF YouTube (Distraction Free) Safe?

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

DF YouTube (Distraction Free) requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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Risk likelihood

Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Firefox add-on may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Firefox add-on reputation on Firefox Add-ons Store, the amount of time the Firefox add-on has been around, and other signals about the Firefox add-on. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Firefox add-on.

DF YouTube (Distraction Free) has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

Medium This extension has medium user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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