Better YouTube Search

Fix YouTube search results by showing all search results and stop Recommended videos from appearing in your search results.

Better YouTube Search - Refine your YouTube Searching Experience

'Better YouTube Search' is a Chrome extension engineered to refine your YouTube searching process by eliminating 'People Also Watched', 'For You', and 'Suggested' videos from your search results. It provides more control over what you find and reverts YouTube searching back to its simplified form for ease and efficiency. Essential for an uncluttered YouTube search experience!

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By: chadwkirk

Users: 3,000+

Rating: 3.54

(37)

Version: 2.0 (Last updated: 2023-07-26)

Creation date: 2023-05-07

Permissions:

tabs
storage

Size: 2.42M

Email: ch*****@gmail.com

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 15,989 ▲ 9

Other rankings

#1759 in Tools ▲ 6 #242 in search keyword 39 ▼ 43

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

User reviews

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Pros

Makes YouTube search more usable
Can remove unwanted recommendations from search results
Easy to enable after installation
Works as described when properly activated

Cons

Often doesn't work or fails to meet expectations
Users have difficulty enabling the extension
Struggles to filter out YouTube Shorts and channels effectively
Requires manual activation and sometimes Chrome restart

Most mentioned

Doesn't work as expected
Needs to be manually enabled
Blocks annoying recommendations from search results
Frustration with the search results still including unwanted suggestions

User reviews

it feels like the old search, i like it

OSCAR TERAH, 2025-02-03

Doesn't seem to work

Ramses Van Riel, 2024-09-19

Unfortunately doesn't work for me even upon activating but turns out you can simply block such results with uBlock: ##ytd-shelf-renderer.ytd-item-section-renderer.style-scope

Osanosa, 2024-07-30

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Better YouTube Search requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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