# UnTrap for YouTube

> Remove Shorts & Distractions

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1637438059](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1637438059)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1637438059`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Yevhen Tretiakov
- **Category:** Productivity
- **Rating:** 4.00 / 5 (499 ratings)
- **Version:** 12.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-17
- **First published:** 2022-08-08
- **Size:** 55 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-22
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/untrap-for-youtube/id1637438059)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://untrap.app/privacy/](https://untrap.app/privacy/)

## Description

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).

## Rankings

- #77,597 — Overall
- #60 — summarize youtube
- #75 — chrome homepage
- #75 — youtube shorts
- #77 — youtube summary
- #78 — chrome extension

## Review summary

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

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1637438059)