Minimal YouTube Homepage

A minimalistic, Google like alternative to YouTube's homepage

What is Minimal YouTube Homepage?

Minimal YouTube Homepage is a practical and simple Chrome extension that helps you become a less distracted, more productive person. It provides a minimalistic, Google-like alternative to YouTube's homepage, allowing you to avoid getting sidetracked by the countless video suggestions and focus on what you originally intended to search for.

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Extension stats

By: hcwtam

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Users: 1,000+

Rating: 4.78 (18)

Version: 0.1.2 (Last updated: 2022-11-10)

Creation date: 2022-07-15

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

storage
activeTab
scripting
webNavigation
tabs

Host permissions:

https://www.youtube.com/

Size: 10.58K

Email: hc*****@gmail.com

Ranking

# 23380 ▲ 654

Other rankings

#4284 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 8 #13 in homepage keyword 33 ▲ 3 #39 in chrome homepage keyword 43

Other platforms

Minimal YouTube Homepage (v0.1.2)

5.00 (3) 85

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Extension summary

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This extension helps you to become a less distracted, more productive person.

Have you every found yourself wanting to look something up on YouTube, seeing a bunch of interesting video suggestions shown on screen, watching 5 of them in a row, and forgetting why you go to YouTube in the first place?

If so, this is the perfect extension for you. A practical and simple person like you would enjoy this minimalistic, Google like alternative to YouTube's homepage.

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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

Reduces visual clutter on YouTube homepage
Easy to use and works as advertised
Access to profile, subscriptions, and settings is maintained
Provides a minimalistic user interface
Offers relief from distractions

Cons

Does not work with dark theme
Affects channel pages, making it difficult to search for specific users
Some users reported it not functioning despite attempts to refresh

Most mentioned

It just works
Perfect way to greatly reduce clutter
Awesome work! Please add the option to focus on the input bar
Best extension for a minimal YouTube homepage
Instant relief from visual clutter

Recent reviews

Top extension! Super useful to cut out all the shock-factor content YouTube punts to its homepage nowadays to keep us addicted.

Ash Chez, 2024-08-25

it just works. looks just like on the screenshots

Felix Gabel, 2024-07-10

Fatih Bayraktar, 2024-06-18

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Minimal YouTube Homepage is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Minimal YouTube Homepage if you trust the publisher.