Hide YouTube Thumbnails

Name: Hide YouTube Thumbnails
Rating: 4.5263 (38 reviews)
Author: domdomegg

By: domdomegg

Hide YouTube Thumbnails for less clickbaity browsing

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Features & Capabilities

The "Hide YouTube Thumbnails" Chrome extension allows users to browse YouTube with less distraction by hiding or blurring video thumbnails. This helps create a more peaceful viewing experience, ideal for focusing while working or studying. Users can customize settings to temporarily disable hiding, blur thumbnails instead of hiding them, show thumbnails on hover, or enable them on search results, playlists, and watch pages.

This extension is particularly useful for those who want to avoid clickbait, spoilers, or inappropriate imagery on YouTube. It benefits educators by blocking distracting images during lessons and supports users aiming to reduce procrastination. Overall, it enhances user control over YouTube's visual content for a cleaner, less disruptive experience.

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Version:

2.6.3 Last updated: 2026-02-16

Version code:

6151579

Creation date:

2019-04-12

Risk:

Permissions:

storage

Content scripts matches:

*.youtube.com

Size:

871.22KB

URLs:

Website

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-17

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 2,123 ▼ 2

Other rankings

#193 in Games & Entertainment

#359 in Photos, Music & Videos ▼ 1

#20 in procrastine keyword 2

#105 in student keyword 34 ▼ 1

#136 in browsing keyword 48 ▲ 3

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Hide YouTube Thumbnails (v2.6.3)

40,000 4.74

(137)

Hide YouTube Thumbnails (v2.6.3)

1,404 4.60

(5)

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Developed by:

domdomegg

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/hide-youtube-thumbnails/

Website:

https://github.com/domdomegg/hideytthumbnails-extension

Permission Change History

2023-01-15: Version 1.0.1 → 2.0.0

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User Reviews

Users broadly praise Hide YouTube Thumbnails for reducing distractions by hiding thumbnails and helping focus. It’s valued for saving time and for applying across the main feed, search results, and recommended videos. However, many reviews note the extension stops working after YouTube updates and that hover-to-hide can be unreliable. Side effects like removing emojis in comments are mentioned, and several users request extra features such as showing video lengths while thumbnails are hidden and color options. Overall, performance is appreciated when functioning.

Pros

Hides YouTube thumbnails, reducing visual distraction and clickbait across the site.
Helps users save time by limiting exposure to thumbnails and encouraging focus.
Hides thumbnails on search results and recommended videos, not just on the main feed.
The main functionality works as intended when the extension is functioning properly.

Cons

Stops hiding thumbnails after YouTube updates; requires frequent maintenance and updates.
Hover to hide option is unreliable and often broken, reducing reliability.
Removes emojis in the comments, a distracting side effect.
Users frequently request additional features such as showing video length when hidden and color customization.

Recent reviews

Works as expected, thanks!

by Fe*****, 2026-04-18

Seems to have stopped working on the sidebar? Thumbnails still show up, checked options. Seems to work fine elsewhere. Does it have to do with YouTube updates?

by hu*****, 2026-01-24

by Fi*****, 2025-10-25

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Is Hide YouTube Thumbnails Safe?

Risk impact

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Hide YouTube Thumbnails requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

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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.

Hide YouTube Thumbnails is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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