# No YouTube comments

> Hides annoying YouTube comments.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/no-youtube-comments](https://chrome-stats.com/d/no-youtube-comments)

## Overview

- **ID:** `no-youtube-comments`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Abdullah Diaa
- **Category:** appearance,social-communication
- **Daily users:** 2,063
- **Weekly downloads:** 35
- **Rating:** 4.59 / 5 (99 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.4resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2013-03-23
- **Size:** 185 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/no-youtube-comments/)

## Description

No YouTube Comments is a simple Chrome extension that enhances your video-watching experience by hiding all annoying YouTube comments, including live stream chats. It allows you to show or hide related videos, recommended videos, and videos that appear at the end of the playback, providing full control over your viewing environment. Ideal for viewers seeking a distraction-free YouTube experience. The developer actively maintains the extension with ongoing bug fixes and a beta channel for testing new updates.

## Rankings

- #2,122 — Overall
- #250 — Social & Communication
- #341 — Appearance
- #6 — comment
- #55 — commands
- #77 — come

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `activeTab`
- `tabs`
- `*://*.youtube.com/*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Users appreciate that the "No YouTube comments" add-on effectively and simply blocks YouTube comments, improving their viewing experience without extra features or ads. It works on YouTube Shorts as well and is praised for its focused purpose. Common concerns include the lack of an easy toggle to show comments temporarily, occasional auto-reactivation after being disabled, and some compatibility issues with the latest YouTube updates. Overall, it is favored by users seeking a minimal, reliable way to avoid distracting comments on YouTube.

### Pros

- Effectively blocks YouTube comments as intended without affecting other elements.
- Simple and focused functionality, blocking only comments and nothing else.
- Provides a cleaner and more peaceful YouTube viewing experience by removing annoying or unwanted comments.
- Works on both YouTube and YouTube Shorts platforms.
- Easy to use with minimal interaction required (e.g., only two clicks to activate).

### Cons

- Lack of a convenient toggle button to show comments temporarily; users must refresh the page to see comments again.
- Sometimes the add-on automatically reactivates itself after being turned off, causing inconvenience when trying to read comments.
- Not compatible with the current version of YouTube for some users, indicating occasional breakage due to site updates.
- Issues like hiding more than just comments (e.g., videos from playlists) reported by some users, although these are less common.

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