# DF YouTube (Distraction Free)

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

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/df-youtube](https://chrome-stats.com/d/df-youtube)

## Overview

- **ID:** `df-youtube`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** RickyV
- **Category:** appearance,other
- **Daily users:** 9,790
- **Weekly downloads:** 151
- **Rating:** 4.57 / 5 (266 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.13.504
- **Last updated:** 2019-11-19
- **First published:** 2018-06-30
- **Size:** 99 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/df-youtube/)

## Description

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.

## Rankings

- #776 — Overall
- #105 — Other extensions
- #112 — Appearance
- #13 — education
- #23 — free
- #32 — free vpn

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

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

### Content script matches

- `www.youtube.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

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

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/df-youtube)