Unhook - Remove YouTube Recommended & Shorts

Unhook - Remove YouTube Recommended & Shorts

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

What is Unhook - Remove YouTube Recommended & Shorts?
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.
Merlin
Stats
Users: 600,000+
Version: 1.6.7 (Last updated: 2024-04-12)
Creation date: 2020-05-03
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
  • webRequest
  • https://www.youtube.com/*
  • https://m.youtube.com/*
Size: 40.77K
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Merlin
Summary

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

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

OPTIONS:

  • Hide Homepage Feed
  • Hide Video Sidebar
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User reviews
User reviews summary
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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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
  • Works well to remove annoying recommendations from YouTube
  • Helps in making the user more productive
  • Constantly updated to adapt to YouTube's interface changes
Cons
  • Needs updates to adapt to new changes in YouTube's interface
  • Some users reported that it doesn't work at all
Most mentioned
  • Needs update for the new YouTube interface
  • Works well to remove annoying recommendations from YouTube
Recent reviews
Скрывает всё вместо, скажем, лишь определенных левых рекомендаций. Еще и включать надо

Works perfect in every way, very happy to have disabled nearly all of the options in your extension on YouTube, now it feels like I can enjoy content without being overserved.
by Nathan Alan Nathan Alan, 2024-04-24

I find this extension much helpful than a Youtube blocker. Thank you creators
by RHN Studio RHN Studio, 2024-04-24
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Safety
Risk impact

Unhook - Remove YouTube Recommended & Shorts 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 Unhook - Remove YouTube Recommended & Shorts if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

Unhook - Remove YouTube Recommended & Shorts has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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