Hide YouTube Thumbnails

Hide YouTube Thumbnails for less clickbaity browsing

Hide YouTube Thumbnails - Chrome Extension

'Hide YouTube Thumbnails' is a significant Chrome extension that is effective in creating a tranquil and distraction-free YouTube browsing atmosphere. It enables users to at will hide or blur thumbnails hence favorably reducing clickbait and distractions. The extension provides options to turn off the hide feature temporarily, show thumbnails on search results, playlists, channel pages, or on hover, and to display only a solid color. This extension is remarkably helpful for teachers who want to avoid distractions or inappropriate images in class, students or professionals who want to focus more on their work, or anyone who wants to avoid spoilers in their video thumbnails.
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Extension stats

Manifest V3
Users: 60,000+
Rating: 4.77
(112)
Version: 2.5.4 (Last updated: 2025-01-01)
Creation date: 2019-04-12
Permissions:
  • storage
Size: 27.46K
Full description: See detailed description

Other platforms

Not available on Android
Hide YouTube Thumbnails (v2.5.4)
1,844+ 4.70 (30)
Hide YouTube Thumbnails (v2.5.4)
1,390+ 5.00 (4)

User reviews

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Pros
  • Effectively hides distracting thumbnails on YouTube
  • Improves user focus and productivity
  • Simple and straightforward to use
  • Works immediately after installation
  • No noticeable drop in performance
Cons
  • Does not work on playlists and YouTube shorts
  • Users cannot see which videos have been watched
  • Lack of visibility for video lengths
  • May conflict with other YouTube extensions
  • Occasional functionality issues reported
Most mentioned
  • Does not work on playlists and shorts
  • Users miss the ability to see video lengths and watched status
  • Conflicts with other YouTube extensions
  • Improves focus and reduces distractions from thumbnails
  • Immediate and effective performance after installation
User reviews
muy util
by gio, 2025-03-07

Downloaded/added to Chrome, refreshed youtube page, preview thumbnails STILL cover entire video by the end, ruining the video. Doesn't work.
by Liz H, 2025-02-10

Thanks a lot, great extension. Are there plans to add a feature to disable user avatars?
by Максим, 2025-01-12
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Hide YouTube Thumbnails requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details
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