MinTube: Hide Youtube Elements

Name: MinTube: Hide Youtube Elements
Rating: 4.4 (10 reviews)
Author: Johnan Dough

Make YouTube YOURS by hiding distracting aspects of YouTube (Thumbnails, Shorts, Recommendations, YouTube Playables-who plays these).

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Features & Capabilities

MinTube puts you in control of your YouTube experience by hiding distracting and addictive elements—thumbnails, Shorts, suggestions, homepage modules and more. Use the popup settings to toggle features on or off and tailor the site to your preferences.

Designed for focus and cleaner browsing, MinTube reduces attention-stealing content so you can watch what matters. Lightweight and privacy-friendly, it’s easy to configure and adapt. Your feedback is welcome. 🙇

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Version:

2.1.0 Last updated: 2025-11-05

Version code:

6068733

Creation date:

2025-03-25

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Permissions:

Host permissions:

*://*.youtube.com/*

Content scripts matches:

*.youtube.com

Size:

38.13KB

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-18

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Ranking

# 5,166 ▲ 135

Other rankings

#296 in Feeds, News & Blogging ▲ 6

#25 in element keyword 28

#48 in minute keyword 15

#87 in feedback keyword 27

#96 in recommend keyword 33

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Developed by:

Johnan Dough

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/mintube/

Permission Change History

2025-11-05: Version 2.0 → 2.1.0

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User Reviews

This extension is a great idea, but it needs more granularity. I want to block playables, but that's not an option. Ideally, this extension should allow us to block custom elements on YouTube by blocking a particular element ID that we can find by inspecting the page.

by mo*****, 2026-05-13

REVIEW WRITTEN FOR v2.1.0! Last updated; 6mo before review. Rating this 3 stars *for the current version!* for it doesn't do all the things I wish it could. The extension does work as intended. If you wish to remove youtube shorts from suggestions, it does that easily. I haven't compared it with other extensions that also block Shorts cleanly. I wish there were more options for what to remove. I personally want to remove YouTube Playables (and *solely* playables) but there is unfortunately not an option for YouTube playables as of now. Thankyou Johnan Dough for this quick to install extension. I hope a future version can amend my rating to 4 or more :)!

by sk*****, 2026-05-08

Does the exact job I needed, thank you sir.

by Th*****, 2026-04-16

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Is MinTube: Hide Youtube Elements 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.

MinTube: Hide Youtube Elements requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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Risk likelihood

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MinTube: Hide Youtube Elements is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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