CleanTube

YouTube with less clutter.
What is CleanTube?
"CleanTube" is a Chrome extension designed to enhance your YouTube experience by hiding distracting elements. It removes recommended videos, channel watermarks, and overlay buttons, making your viewing more focused and enjoyable. This open-source tool helps create a cleaner, more streamlined interface for those looking to minimize distractions while watching videos on YouTube. If you encounter any issues or have suggestions, feel free to contribute on GitHub.

Extension stats

Users: 2,000+
Rating: 3.80 (5)
Version: 0.5 (Last updated: 2024-10-04)
Creation date: 2021-06-29
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • *://*.youtube.com/*
  • *://*.youtube-nocookie.com/*
  • storage
Size: 10.69K

Other platforms

CleanTube (v0.5)
5.00 (3) 257
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Extension summary

This extension hides the following YouTube elements: • The row of recommended videos that appear when a video is paused. • The wall of recommended videos that appear at the end of a video. • Channel watermark logos that appear in the bottom right of videos. • The "Watch later" and "Add to queue" icon buttons that appear over the top right of thumbnails when they are hovered over. • The "Includes paid promotion" overlays that appear over thumbnails and videos.

This extension is open source on GitHub. If you find any bugs or have any suggestions, please open an issue here: https://github.com/elliotwaite/cleantube

Thanks. Enjoy!

User reviews

Does not work
by Patrick Hawkey, 2024-02-04

attention l'extension cleantube est détecté par youtube et empêche la lecture car youtube demande de désactiver le bloqueur que se soit sur chrome firfox ou vivaldi par contre sur android fonctionne très bien
by max jo, 2023-12-01

depuis que youtube block l' accée aux videos si vous avez un blocker de pub j'ai installé cette extension et nickel!!!
by DJAMEL, 2023-10-19
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Extension safety

Risk impact

CleanTube requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

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

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