Blurred thumbnails

Blur thumbnails on YT page for whatever reason

What is Blurred thumbnails?

Blurred thumbnails is a handy Chrome extension that allows you to selectively blur thumbnails on YouTube videos. With a configurable whitelist and blacklist, as well as the ability to filter by channel name and keywords in video titles, you can customize the blurring to suit your preferences and protect your viewing experience.

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By: krzysiek.kurczewski

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Users: 697 ▲ 6

Rating: 4.70 (10)

Version: 1.5.4 (Last updated: 2024-04-17)

Creation date: 2023-03-25

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

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Size: 28.34K

Email: kr*****@gmail.com

URLs: Website

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 33984 ▲ 33

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#175 in Just for Fun ▲ 1

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Summary

Analyze keywords

Extension allows to selectively blur thumbnails on Youtube videos.

Possible configuration:

Whitelist & blacklist
Channel name
Keywords in video title

How to configure:

Click extension icon to open options
Click on tags to edit existing keywords
Press enter to add new keywords
For channels use plain names (including spaces)
Use: ".*" as a keyword to match all patterns
Use "Test phrase" input on bottom to check which tags will apply for given plain text

User reviews

User reviews summary

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Pros

Allows users to blur thumbnails on YouTube homepage and search results
Ability to blacklist channels or keywords to blur specific thumbnails
Works well and effectively prevents spoilers from video thumbnails

Cons

No clear way to change settings or configure specific blur options
Some users experienced bugs when loading new videos
Lack of on/off button to easily enable/disable the extension

Most mentioned

Ability to blur thumbnails of specific channels or keywords
Desire for more customizable settings/configurations
Effectiveness in preventing spoilers from video thumbnails

Recent reviews

Hi, it works great but how do i change my settings? I forgot to add some channels to my blacklist but i dont know where to change it.

Thuta Lynn Htet, 2024-03-16

cool extension but it doesn't blur my homepage. Only search results

Ivan Šostarec, 2024-03-02

Works great and oes what I want (mostly), I dont want it to blur videos that I search up but I like how it blurs the homepage, is their anyways I can configure it to not blur the thumbnails after searching. That would be great help, Thanks!