YouShield - Remove YouTube Recommendations

Clear YouTube recommendations, suggestions, shorts and homepage

YouShield is a Chrome extension designed to eliminate distractions on YouTube and help you focus on what matters. It clears YouTube shorts recommendations from search results, removes the sidebar, and replaces the cluttered homepage with a clean interface featuring only three options: Search, 'For You', and 'Consume'.

In 'Consume' mode, the extension lets you watch videos but enforces a daily time limit you set yourself, helping manage your screen time. The 'For You' mode shows your subscriptions without any distractions. The homepage also displays your total YouTube watch time, encouraging mindful usage. With YouShield, enjoy a streamlined, productive YouTube experience without wasting time on unnecessary content.

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By:: https://zxtube.github.io/YouShield
Users:: 515 -3
Rating:: 4.95
(19)
Version:: 3.6.4 (Last updated: 2025-02-25)
Creation date:: 2023-01-08
Risk:: Low risk impact Low risk likelihood
Permissions:: storage
Size:: 39.27K
Email:: zi*****@gmail.com
URLs:: Website ,Privacy policy
Full description:: See detailed description
Source:: Chrome Web Store
Updated:: 21 hours ago

Ranking

# 39,738 ▲ 99

Other rankings

#1609 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 5 #143 in homepage keyword 47 ▲ 11 #194 in remove keyword 39 ▲ 27 #212 in limit keyword 17 ▲ 15 #225 in youtube shorts keyword 41 ▲ 10

User reviews

Users overwhelmingly praise YouShield for its effective removal of YouTube recommendations, which significantly improves focus and productivity. The extension intelligently adjusts the layout to avoid empty spaces, contributing to a clean and seamless browsing experience. Many highlight the time saved by avoiding distractions, especially during study or work sessions. Its non-intrusive design strikes a good balance, making YouTube a more productive environment. No recurring cons are mentioned across multiple reviews, indicating strong user satisfaction.

Pros

Effectively removes YouTube recommendations to improve focus and productivity.
Adjusts the YouTube layout seamlessly without leaving empty spaces, providing a clean user interface.
Helps users save significant time by preventing distraction from recommended videos.
Offers a calm and non-invasive user experience while blocking recommendations.
Encourages better study and work habits by minimizing distractions on YouTube.

Cons

Recent reviews

I like that it doesn't only remove the content, it makes sure to adjust the layout so it doesn't look like something was supposed to be in that empty space. Some may find that unnecessary but it helps me somehow. Very well done. I hope this becomes very successful. I would like to suggest a feature that replaces custom thumbnails with a frame from the video, I know that's possibly complex, but I used to have an extension that did that, unfortunatelly I don't remember it's name.

Patrick Ferreira, 2025-04-07

Bro, What a Extension it's so good for me and my studies Thank you so much.

jojic yadav, 2025-03-01

Great addition to my browser. I can be much more productive and can enjoy my time better.

Bastian Heger, 2025-01-12

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Extension safety

Risk impact

YouShield - Remove YouTube Recommendations requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

High Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.

Risk likelihood

YouShield - Remove YouTube Recommendations has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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