Hide YouTube Comments, Live Chat, & Related

Hide YouTube comments, live chat, like/dislike buttons, and related videos.

Hide YouTube Comments, Live Chat, & Related Chrome Extension

'Hide YouTube Comments, Live Chat, & Related' is a Chrome extension designed to provide a clean, distraction-free YouTube experience. This extension gives control back to the users by allowing them to hide comments, live chat box, like/dislike buttons, and even related videos. This not only helps to reduce distractions but also lets users focus on content that truly matters to them. The hide functionalities can be easily toggled on/off as per user preferences.
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Extension stats

Users: 10,000+
Rating: 3.91
(103)
Version: 1.4.1 (Last updated: 2021-05-08)
Creation date: 2019-02-18
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
Size: 31.31K
URLs: Website

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Extension summary

Say goodbye to YouTube comments with the Hide YouTube Comments, Live Chat, & Related extension. Reduce distraction by hiding related videos. If you need comments, live chat, or related videos to be re-enabled, simply toggle the feature off!

Features:

  • Hide comments
  • Hide like/dislike buttons
  • Hide live chat
  • Hide related videos

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Changelog:

V1.1: Works with new YouTube design. V1.2: You can now hide live chat and/or regular comments. V1.3: You can now hide related videos to reduce distractions. V1.4: You can now hide like/dislike buttons.

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Helps to be more productive by reducing distractions from comments and live chat.
  • Provides peace from negative comments, bots, and scammers.
  • Users find it very helpful and essential for enjoying content without interruptions.
Cons
  • Does not work consistently, requiring frequent page reloads.
  • Issues with new YouTube layout, making it less effective.
  • Live chat replays sometimes appear as a black bar, causing a poor user experience.
Most mentioned
  • Does not work most of the time
  • Helps to avoid distracting comments
  • Needs improvement to support new YouTube layout
User reviews
by ahmed abdeloifi, 2024-08-04

It hides the chat, but leaves its place blank, taking up the same space and there is no way to make "cinema mode" work properly. UNINSTALLING
by Leonardo Lamanna, 2024-07-18

by Moundshroud, 2024-07-06
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Hide YouTube Comments, Live Chat, & Related requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Hide YouTube Comments, Live Chat, & Related has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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