Overview

Features & Capabilities

UnTrap for YouTube transforms the YouTube site into a focused, productive space with 250+ features, including AI video summaries, layout customization, content filters, automation, and focus tools designed to reduce distractions.\n\nCore capabilities include hiding Shorts, comments, related and suggested videos; thumbnail controls (grayscale, blur, hide); auto-redirecting the YouTube homepage; removing notifications, sidebars, and trending tabs; auto-enabling Theater or Full Screen mode; ad banners removal and auto-skip; blocking videos, channels, or comments by keywords, channel IDs, or regex; AI video summaries with instant overviews, multilingual translation, and timestamped navigation; enhanced transcripts; password-protected settings; scheduled focus sessions; and customizable keyboard hotkeys. Works on Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge as a browser extension (not the YouTube app).

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Developed by:
Yevhen Tretiakov
Apple Apps Store
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/untrap-for-youtube/id1637438059

User Reviews

Users praise UnTrap for YouTube for removing Shorts, reducing clutter, and offering strong customization, with a solid value from a one-time purchase and productivity benefits. However, recurring bugs, occasional feature instability after updates, and the move to a subscription model are common complaints. Some reviewers also report intermittent Shorts removal and broken search. Overall, it’s powerful when stable, but reliability and pricing concerns recur.
Pros
  • Removes Shorts and clutter, greatly improving the YouTube experience
  • One-time purchase with no ongoing subscription, offering good value
  • Rich customization and settings to tailor the YouTube experience
  • Improves productivity and helps users avoid doomscrolling, saving time
  • Developer responsiveness and fixes that restore or improve functionality after updates
Cons
  • Occasional bugs and glitches causing instability; not always reliable across updates
  • Shift to a subscription model frustrates users and invalidates some one-time purchases
  • Shorts removal can stop working or be inconsistent at times
  • Disabling Shorts can interfere with other features (e.g., Ask chat) and cause UX friction
  • Search functionality can break or become unavailable in some modes
Recent reviews
enabling the extension has been made complicated because the ui has been needlessly updated and made complicated.
by jo*****, 2026-08-23

Remove home page helps a lot
by De*****, 2026-08-15
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