# Mono for YouTube > Mono, a distraction-free YouTube extension Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/mono-extension](https://chrome-stats.com/d/mono-extension) ## Overview - **ID:** `mono-extension` - **Platform:** Firefox - **Type:** Firefox add-on - **Status:** Available - **Publisher:** Aadam - **Category:** appearance - **Daily users:** 6 - **Weekly downloads:** 1 - **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (3 ratings) - **Version:** 2.2.0 - **Last updated:** 2026-04-22 - **First published:** 2025-03-27 - **Size:** 12 KB - **Data as of:** 2026-09-09 - **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/mono-extension/) - **Website:** [https://monoapp.uk/](https://monoapp.uk/) ## Description Meet Mono - the tired little robot who tidied up your YouTube so you didn't have to. Don't bother thanking him. He'll probably ignore you. This is a lightweight browser extension that strips YouTube down to the essentials by hiding recommendations, distractions, and dark patterns with pure CSS. No JavaScript, no tracking, no background processes. Features: - Blocks YouTube homepage recommendations - Removes sidebar and navigation menus - Hides notification and create buttons - Hides YouTube Shorts shelves - Hides individual Shorts search results - Hides channel cards and channel search links - Hides search result shelves and filter clutter - Removes end cards and end-of-video autoplay recommendations - Removes fullscreen recommendation overlays - Removes subscribe, join, download, save, and more buttons - Removes comment input (comments remain readable) - Removes comment engagement bars and creator reply indicators - Removes live chat replay clutter and sidebar carousels - Removes info cards under video descriptions - Disables channel links - Centres the video player Lightweight CSS-only extension - no JavaScript, no tracking, no background processes. Works on all YouTube pages including watch, search, and homepage. 💻 Source code: https://github.com/Aadam-Gafar/Mono-for-YouTube 🌐 Website: https://monoapp.uk/ 📧 Email: contact@monoapp.uk ## Rankings - #39,980 — Overall ## Permissions and access ### Content script matches - `www.youtube.com` ## Safety - **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact - **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood ### Analysis details - Request access to the following domains: youtube.com - This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe. > Some risk analysis details are omitted from this free response. [Upgrade to view the full analysis](https://chrome-stats.com/pricing). ## Similar extensions and apps - [Minimal YouTube](https://chrome-stats.com/d/minimal-youtube-extension) — 436 users, 4.15 / 5 - [YouTube Sidebar Remover](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-sidebar-remover) — 30 users - [YouTube Simplified - Block Recommendation, Comment](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-simplified) — 55 users, 5.00 / 5 - [YouTube Cleaner](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-cleaner-1) — 2 users - [Simple YouTube](https://chrome-stats.com/d/simple-youtube) — 62 users - [FocusTube YouTube Distraction](https://chrome-stats.com/d/focustube-youtube-distraction) — 9 users, 3.00 / 5 - [Hide YouTube Short](https://chrome-stats.com/d/hide-youtube-short) — 507 users, 5.00 / 5 - [No distractions](https://chrome-stats.com/d/no-distractions) — 1 users - [DF YouTube - Distraction Free YouTube](https://chrome-stats.com/d/df-youtube-by-ashik) — 32 users, 5.00 / 5 - [YouTube Control: Shorts Blocker & Hide Feed](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-control) — 31 users, 5.00 / 5 - [Stripped YouTube](https://chrome-stats.com/d/stripped-youtube) — 14 users, 4.27 / 5 - [YouTube Hide Recommendations](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-hide-recommendations) — 7 users --- Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/mono-extension)