YouTube Blocker

Block non educational YouTube videos

YouTube Blocker - Block non educational videos

YouTube Blocker is a Chrome extension that blocks YouTube videos not in the Education, Science & Technology, or Howto & Style categories, allowing you to focus on watching educational videos. YouTube Blocker is not created by, affiliated with, or supported by Google Inc. Please feel free to fork the repo or make pull requests for improvements and bug fixes.

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By: Eric

Users: 10,000+

Rating: 4.33

(27)

Version: 4.1 (Last updated: 2024-05-27)

Creation date: 2020-06-18

Permissions:

notifications
storage
background
tabs
webNavigation

Host permissions:

*://*.youtube.com/*

Size: 243.71K

Email: ab*****@gmail.com

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 8,672 ▲ 49

Other rankings

#10399 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 101 #39 in education keyword 6 ▼ 2 #40 in trademark keyword 17 ▼ 1 #128 in youtube keyword 87 ▼ 29

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

User reviews

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Pros

Sophisticated site blocking compared to other extensions
Helps users focus by blocking non-educational content
Thorough instructions for setting up the Google Cloud account
Saves users time by reducing distractions on YouTube
User satisfaction expressed with effective blocking functionality

Cons

Installation instructions could be clearer
Blocks music videos without an option to allow them
Redirects to the YouTube homepage instead of just blocking videos
Issues with API key usage and functionality
Non-educational videos still appear occasionally despite blocking attempts

Most mentioned

Need for improved instructions during setup
Desire for options to exclude music videos
Request for disabling YouTube shorts
Desire for options to customize blocked content
Issues with the API key and functionality limitations

User reviews

This is more sophisticated than other site blocking extensions. I had mixed feeling about YouTube because it can provide valuable learning content besides entertainment. It's smart that it uses the YouTube data API to understand the data. The instruction of setting up Google Cloud account is very thorough. It provides useful tips to set up the right API key. I hope it disables YouTube shorts too.

Zero Liu, 2024-12-31

It's great! but can you add an option so it doesn't block youtube music?

Jajo Schroeder (PotatoDev), 2024-08-16

It is really good returning YouTube homepage for the extension if it detected as non-educational. The instructions was a challenge to set up when figure where is where in the set up guide. Only issue that I am currently seeing is the non-educational videos is still there and tolerate it if I chose it wrong as I would like to see the page without the non-educational or highlighting the video thumbnail non-educational so that we can choose videos that we can watch from main page or search bar.

Wodes, 2024-06-28

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Extension safety

Risk impact

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Risk impact analysis details

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