YouTube Settings

Hide distracting elements on YouTube

YouTube Settings: Enhance Your YouTube Experience

'YouTube Settings' is a dynamic Chrome extension designed to streamline the user experience on YouTube. It empowers users to selectively hide certain elements like watched videos, video comments, dislike button, etc. that clutter the page. This extension enhances page load times, enables quicker content discovery, and reduces data usage, providing an elevated, distraction-free YouTube experience.
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Extension stats

Users: 1,000+
Rating: 4.28
(18)
Version: 1.8.4 (Last updated: 2023-04-28)
Creation date: 2022-02-09
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
Host permissions:
  • *://*.youtube.com/*
Size: 133.12K

Other platforms

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Extension summary

Introducing YouTube Enhancer: a sophisticated browser extension designed to streamline your YouTube experience by selectively hiding specific elements on the page. Say goodbye to distractions and enjoy an optimized viewing experience tailored to your preferences.

Please note: YouTube Enhancer is only compatible with the new YouTube layout. To switch, please visit: https://www.youtube.com/new

★ Key Features:

YouTube Enhancer offers the ability to hide numerous elements, including:

  • Previously watched videos
  • Video information
  • Video comments and comment actions
  • Mini player and theater mode video actions
  • Dislike button and video description
  • Voice search, video upload, apps, and notifications buttons
  • Posts, video tags, and YouTube Shorts
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User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Helps stop wasting time in the comment section
  • Customizable and user friendly
  • Helps hide Shorts and watched videos
  • Allows to see upload dates
Cons
  • Doesn't disable mini-player button
  • Issues with hiding related videos
  • Can remove wrong buttons
Most mentioned
  • Hides Shorts and watched videos
  • Customizable and user friendly
  • Issues with related videos
  • Disable mini-player button
User reviews
Easy and functional.
by Moccine, 2024-08-08

Hopin' this gets updated — almost every feature works, and the only one that currently doesn't is the "related videos"; YouTube seems to have changed the desktop layout for recommended videos when watching, i.e., from being a single row of videos to a flexible grid that changes according to the size of the browser, and this must've messed it up a lil' bit (´・ω・`)
by Nezzáti Go, 2024-03-10

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Extension safety

Risk impact

YouTube Settings requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

YouTube Settings has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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