Hide YouTube distraction - shorts block

Hide YouTube shorts, trending, related videos, homepage recommendations, related videos and other distractions.
What is Hide YouTube distraction - shorts block?
"Hide YouTube distraction - shorts block" is a Chrome extension designed to minimize distractions on YouTube by hiding shorts, recommended videos, comments, and more. It allows users to personalize their viewing experience, enabling them to focus better while still enjoying YouTube content. With features like blurring thumbnails and toggling distractions, this extension empowers users to take control of their YouTube journey and enhance productivity.

Extension stats

Users: 1,000+
Rating: 4.38 (8)
Version: 1.0.2 (Last updated: 2024-07-11)
Creation date: 2024-02-02
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
  • webRequest
Host permissions:
  • *://*/*
Size: 84.09K

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Extension summary

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Do you find yourself getting hooked by Youtube's recommended and related videos, but you don't want to deprive yourself completely of Youtube?

This extension still lets you search and play videos, but hides the parts of Youtube that are unneeded and addictive: the front page recommendation feed, the related videos in the sidebar!

Chrome extension to remove YouTube distractions, including the recommended sidebar, endscreen video suggestions, user comments, homepage related videos feed, trending tab, turn off autoplay or annotations, and more. Toggle the options through the popup to customize your own YouTube experience.

Say goodbye to YouTube comments with the Hide YouTube Comments, Live Chat, & Related extension. Reduce distraction by hiding related videos. If you need comments, live chat, or related videos to be re-enabled, simply toggle the feature off!

We created YouTube Productivity Mode, with an objective to reduce the triggers. Switch YPM in “Productivity Mode” to blur all the thumbnails on YouTube so that the catchy and clickbaity thumbnails don’t grab your attention.

So now if you get redirected to YouTube while working/studying, the recommended thumbnails won’t catch your eyes and you will hopefully switch back to your task again without losing your focus.

This extension could also be descibed as blocking YouTube thumbnails on videos, disabling thumbnails on videos, blurring YouTube thumbnails on videos. blurring YouTube thumbnails on videos.

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User reviews

by Chris, 2024-11-08

欲しかった機能が沢山ありとても使いやすいです! 私の環境でのみかはわかりませんが、何度かページ更新したり、ブラウザを落とすと勝手に機能がオフになり、再度設定し直さないといけないので、設定が変更されないようにしていただけると助かります!
by Kuild, 2024-10-04

Best. 2 problem: 1. it doesn't activate automatically on Microsoft Edge startup. 2. Short videos are visible when you search for a video.
by seyed ali hejazi, 2024-09-04
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Hide YouTube distraction - shorts block requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Hide YouTube distraction - shorts block is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.

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