Unhook - Remove YouTube Recommended & Shorts

Hide YouTube related videos, shorts, comments, suggestions wall, homepage recommendations, trending, and other distractions.

Unhook - Remove YouTube Distractions

Unhook - Remove YouTube Recommended & Shorts is a browser extension that allows users to remove various distractions on YouTube such as the recommended sidebar, shorts, endscreen video suggestions, user comments, homepage related videos feed, trending tab, autoplay, and annotations.

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Extension stats

By: https://unhook.app

Users: 800,000+

100.00K

Rating: 4.88

(2,761)

15 new ratings

Version: 1.6.8 (Last updated: 2024-09-09)

Creation date: 2020-05-03

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood:

Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

storage
webRequest

Host permissions:

https://www.youtube.com/*
https://m.youtube.com/*

Size: 40.77K

Email: re*****@gmail.com

URLs: Website

Ranking

# 595 ▲ 83

Other rankings

#53 in Workflow & Planning

#1 in recommend keyword 29

#5 in remove keyword 73

#19 in youtube shorts keyword 80

#20 in youtube keyword 95 ▲ 1

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Other platforms

Not available on Android

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4.90

(162) 142,498+

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Extension summary

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A browser extension to remove YouTube distractions, including the recommended sidebar, shorts, 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!

Compatible with mobile YouTube, m.youtube.com, through Firefox on Android. Also works on video embeds.

Request a feature: https://forms.gle/eJTVhmGtG5zp6YQE7

Unhook YouTube is available as an add-on for:

If you find Unhook useful, please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/unhook

OPTIONS:

Hide Homepage Feed
Hide Video Sidebar

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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

Effectively removes distracting video recommendations
Highly customizable features to control what to hide
User-friendly and non-intrusive interface
Helps improve productivity for students and freelancers
Free to use and available for everyone

Cons

Limited ability to fix YouTube search results which still show irrelevant videos
Some users desire similar functionalities for other platforms like Instagram

Most mentioned

Removes YouTube recommended videos and shorts
Improves user experience on YouTube
Highly customizable options
Essential for study and work productivity
Non-intrusive design

User reviews

nice, saves me time

Steven Okula, 2025-01-20

Really an awesome extension. Saves me from wasting hours at youtube.

jamie liam, 2025-01-20

Rohit Kanagal, 2025-01-20

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Unhook - Remove YouTube Recommended & Shorts requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.