Less Addictive YouTube

Remove elements from YouTube (thumbnails, Shorts, or comments) to make it less addictive.

What is Less Addictive YouTube?

"Less Addictive YouTube" is a Chrome extension designed to help users curb their YouTube usage by providing control over the visual elements that often lead to excessive watching. The extension offers features to hide or show thumbnails, recommended videos, comments, and Shorts. With the latest update, users can further customize their YouTube interface, including an option to display videos on the homepage. This user-friendly tool allows immediate effect of changes without needing to refresh the page, and it includes several bug fixes and new functionalities aimed at improving the user's viewing experience by minimizing distractions and potentially addictive content.

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By: AlexisDrain

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Users: 1,000+

Rating: 5.00 (10)

Version: 1.45 (Last updated: 2024-01-11)

Creation date: 2021-06-30

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

storage

Size: 45.33K

Email: al*****@gmail.com

URLs: Website

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 24980 ▼ 56

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#24816 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 62 #185 in changelog keyword 13 ▼ 8 #214 in explore keyword 13 ▼ 13

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Summary

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Remove some elements from YouTube to make it less addictive. Mix and match between the following options:

Hide or show thumbnails and video preview
Hide or show recommended videos sidebar
Hide or show comments
Hide or show Shorts

(1-10-2024) v1.45:

New feature: Added option to show/hide videos on the front page.

Changelog (12-17-2023):

Fixed bug where extension doesn't work in new tabs.
Changed logo.

Changelog (12-07-2023):

User reviews

User reviews summary

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Pros

Improves mental health
Simple to use
Removes distractions from YouTube

Cons

Some users want an off button
One user expressed confusion about the extension

Most mentioned

Improves mental health
Removes distractions from YouTube

Recent reviews

This is probably my all time favorite Chrome extension. Absolutely brilliant job from the developers. It improves my mental health and is just so simple to use. Visionary. We need more interventions like this, across the internet.