Unhook - Remove YouTube Recommended & Shorts

Name: Unhook - Remove YouTube Recommended & Shorts
Rating: 4.856524709633341 (4391 reviews)
Author: Unhook

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

Overview

Chrome Web Store

Users

1,000,000

Data as of 2026-08-03

Rating:

4.86 +18

(4,391)

Version:

1.6.9

Last updated: 2026-03-22

Features & Capabilities

Unhook is a powerful browser extension designed to remove distractions from YouTube, enhancing your viewing experience. It hides recommended videos sidebar, shorts, endscreen suggestions, user comments, the homepage feed, trending tab, autoplay, and annotations among other distracting elements.

You can customize your settings via a simple toggle popup, choosing which parts of YouTube to hide. Unhook also supports mobile YouTube on Firefox for Android and works on embedded videos. By eliminating distractions, it lets you focus solely on the video content you want to watch. Compatible with Chrome, Firefox, and Microsoft Edge, Unhook transforms YouTube into a clean, ad-free platform for distraction-free entertainment and learning.

User Growth & Download Statistics

Extension Privacy & Security

By:

Unhook

Users:

1,000,000

Rating:

4.86

(4,391) 18 new ratings

Version:

1.6.9 Last updated: 2026-03-22

Creation date:

2020-05-03

Risk:

Permissions:

Host permissions:

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

Content scripts matches:

www.youtube.com
m.youtube.com

Size:

37.32KB

Email:

re*****@gmail.com

URLs:

Website

Full description:

Source:

Chrome Web Store

Data ingested on:

2026-08-03

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 232 ▼ 1

Other rankings

#174 in Workflow & Planning ▼ 149

#1 in recommend keyword 33

#12 in remove keyword 28 ▼ 1

#26 in youtube keyword 86 ▼ 3

#30 in homepage keyword 37 ▼ 1

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Other platforms

Unhook: Remove YouTube Recommended Videos Comments (v1.6.9)

157,455 4.64

(1,178)

Unhook - Remove YouTube Recommended & Shorts (v1.6.9)

142,200 4.80

(242)

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Developed by:

https://unhook.app

Chrome Web Store

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/unhook-remove-youtube-rec/khncfooichmfjbepaaaebmommgaepoid

Email:

re*****@gmail.com

Website:

https://unhook.app

Permission Change History

2024-09-09: Version 1.6.7 → 1.6.8

Add Host permissions: https://www.youtube.com/* https://m.youtube.com/*

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

User Reviews

Users consistently praise Unhook for removing recommendations, shorts, and autoplay, which reduces distractions and doomscrolling. They value its high configurability, allowing granular control over what to block, and find it simple, fast, and reliable across Chrome-based browsers. Many report improved focus and productivity, especially for study. A few suggest feature requests like password protection and hiding search-history prompts, but overall feedback is very positive.

Pros

Removes YouTube recommendations, shorts, and autoplay to reduce distractions
Highly customizable with many options to tailor what to block or show
Simple, lightweight, and reliable across Chrome-based browsers
Improves focus and productivity, helping study and reduce doomscrolling

Cons

Recent reviews

its really good and I have increased my productivity.

Pr*****, 2026-08-02

Have everything I need for a optimal Youtube experience. Would love a feature where we can only view shorts at the respective uploader's channel only and not at the sidebar like the default. Keep up the good work man, thanks !!

Sy*****, 2026-08-01

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Is Unhook - Remove YouTube Recommended & Shorts Safe?

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

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

Risk impact analysis details

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Risk likelihood

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

Risk likelihood analysis details

Low This extension was updated more than 6 months ago. Older versions are more likely to be stable and safe.
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