Hide Thumbnails, Shorts, and more on YouTube
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Extension Updated on December 4th, 2024 The extension has been optimized with an updated layout. Playlist page and playlists page will be coming soon.
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The Hider chrome extension allows you to:
- Easily hide various page elements on YouTube while you browse (such as navigation bar, recommendations, sidebars, live chats and more)
- Eliminate distractions and avoid mindlessly clicking through YouTube videos with click-baity thumbnails
- Remove unnecessary search results when searching for videos (such as "People also watched", "For You" and more) that distract you from what you're actually searching for
You can toggle the following elements across the Home page, Subscriptions page, Channel page, Search page and Video page:
- Navigation bar
- Side bar
User reviews
- Helps reduce distractions on YouTube and improve focus and productivity.
- Allows users to customize what content to hide or show on various parts of YouTube.
- Effective at hiding YouTube Shorts and thumbnails, contributing to a better user experience.
- Clean design and easy to use interface.
- Occasional issues with thumbnails and options not functioning as intended.
- Delay in hiding videos/thumbnails on main pages, requiring manual page reloads at times.
- Settings may reset after updates, losing user customizations.
- Blocking or hiding thumbnails and Shorts.
- Customization options for different YouTube pages.
- Issues with functionality (e.g., three dots not working, settings resetting).
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Risk impact
Hide Thumbnails, Shorts, and more on YouTube requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk likelihood
Hide Thumbnails, Shorts, and more on YouTube has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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