YTBlock - Block any content from YouTube™

Block videos, comments, channels and much more!

YTBlock - Block Content on YouTube™ Easily

YTBlock - Block any content from YouTube™ is a powerful Chrome extension that allows users to block specific content on YouTube™. With features like blacklisting words, blocking channels, videos, comments, and playlists, this tool gives you control over your YouTube experience. You can block various content types including shorts, live streams, and age-restricted videos. Additional functionalities such as password protection ensure your preferences are secure, making YTBlock a must-have for personalized viewing.
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Extension stats

By: edoan
Users: 30,000+
Version: 5.10.1 (Last updated: 2024-12-14)
Creation date: 2020-12-23
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
  • contextMenus
  • unlimitedStorage
  • alarms
Host permissions:
  • *://*.youtube.com/*
Size: 862.21K

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Extension summary

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With this extension you can block any type of content in Youtube™.

✨ Features: • Blacklist words and phrases (regex supported). • Block channels, videos, comments, posts, and playlists. • Block videos by title, categories*, tags*, description*, duration, link, ID, views*, date* and published time*. • Block shorts, live, premiere, and age-restricted videos. • Block channels and whitelist channels. • Block comments and posts by their content or by channel. • Block playlists by channel, title, and even mix playlists. • Toggleable block overlays. • Password protection. • Many more!

⚠️* Note: A Google API key is necessary to get information that are not visible in the YouTube™ page about videos and channels, such as tags, categories and descriptions. Within the extension there's instructions on how to get one.

User reviews

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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
  • The extension works well for blocking specific content when it functions properly, allowing users to customize their viewing experience.
  • Users appreciate that it allows them to filter out unwanted channels and videos, reducing exposure to content they want to avoid.
  • Some users express gratitude for the extension, noting that it helps them focus on content they prefer rather than irrelevant or annoying suggestions.
Cons
  • Blocked channels and videos still appear in searches and recommended feeds, making it ineffective for some users.
  • The extension has frequent reliability issues, often stopping working or failing to block content as intended.
  • There are performance issues, with the extension slowing down browsing on YouTube, especially as more channels are blocked.
Most mentioned
  • The ineffectiveness of the extension in consistently blocking channels and videos despite multiple attempts to do so.
  • Issues with the extension slowing down the YouTube browsing experience after blocking numerous channels or videos.
  • Frustration regarding blocked content still appearing in search results and recommendations, leading users to feel the extension is poorly optimized.
User reviews
Расширение значительно замедляется, когда черный список становится очень большим, например, при наличии более 200 каналов или более 2000 видео. Это происходит независимо от того, включено или выключено наложение. Такое ощущение, что каждый раз, когда новые видео загружаются в ленту поиска, расширение проверяет весь черный список с самого начала и повторяет этот процесс при каждом обновлении содержимого страницы. Есть ли способы оптимизировать производительность или улучшить обработку больших списков блокировки? Смена браузера или повышение приоритета процесса .exe не помогла. Расширение в браузере единственное, дополнительных мешающих факторов нет. Пример сценария — я не доверяю алгоритмам YouTube и предпочитаю блокировать ненужные видео вручную, а также предпочитаю видеть, что я блокирую, чтобы ничего не упустить. Это хороший способ найти интересные видео с небольшим количеством просмотров или какой-то новый материал. Это причина более 2000 видео в списке блокировки. Это базовый сценарий, когда результаты поиска формируются очень медленно. Я не программист и не понимаю как это работает под капотом. Может вы сможете прокомментировать ситуацию? The extension gets significant slowdowns when the blocklist becomes very large, such as having 200+ channels or 2000+ videos. It happens regardless of whether the overlay is on or off. It feels like every time when new videos are loading in the search feed, the extension checks the entire blocklist from the beginning, and repeats this process whenever the page content refreshes. Are there any ways to optimize performance or improve the handling of large blocklists? Changing the browser or increasing the priority of the .exe process did not help. The browser extension is the only one, there are no additional interfering factors. An example scenario - I don’t trust YouTube algorithms and prefer to manually block unnecessary videos, and prefer to see what I’m blocking so that nothing is left out. This is a good way to find interesting videos with a small number of views or some new material. This is cause of 2000+ videos in blcoklist. It's the basic scenario when the searching results forms vely slow. I'm not a programmer and I don't understand how it works under the hood. Maybe you can comment on the situation?
by Pavlo Kovalsky, 2025-01-16

by Beerus, 2025-01-03

In the beginning it worked perfectly. Then started showing the videos from channels that have been blocked. You can block any content in channels, but that still shows up. I am sorry to say, this extension is of no help now because I have to constantly removed the things that has been blocked!!!
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Extension safety

Risk impact

YTBlock - Block any content from YouTube™ requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

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