Hide YouTube Thumbnails
Hide YouTube Thumbnails for less clickbaity browsing
What is Hide YouTube Thumbnails?
'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.
Extension stats
By: Adam Jones
Users: 60,000+ 
Creation date: 2019-04-12
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
- storage
Size: 26.66K
Email: do*****@gmail.com
URLs: Privacy policy
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Extension summary
Simply hides thumbnails on YouTube to have a more peaceful and less distracting browsing experience. Also useful for avoiding spoilers or inappropriate imagery.
Options available:
- Temporarily turn off hiding
- Blur rather than hide thumbnails
- Show thumbnails on hover
- Show only solid color
- Show thumbnails on search results / playlist / watch / subscriptions / channel pages
This extsion could also be descibed as blocking YouTube thumbnails on videos, disabling YouTube thumbnails on videos, blurring YouTube thumbnails on videos. People have found it useful for:
- Hiding distracting or inappropriate YouTube thumbnails in class when teaching students
- Hiding YouTube thumbnails to reduce distraction and procrastination when studying or working
- Hiding YouTube thumbnails to avoid spoilers in the video
User reviews
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Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate,
spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Effectively hides distracting YouTube thumbnails
- Improves productivity by minimizing distractions
- Works well without noticeable performance drops
- Users appreciate the straightforward functionality
- Positive user experience overall, described as a 'gem' and 'masterpiece'
Cons
- Does not show whether videos have already been watched
- Users cannot see video lengths anymore
- Conflicts with other YouTube extensions
- Blur mode may not work properly with certain ad blockers
Most mentioned
- Hides thumbnails effectively
- Helps improve focus and productivity
- Does not show watched video indicators
- Issues with compatibility with other extensions
- Desire for additional features like visibility of video lengths
Recent reviews
hey it had been working fine but then it suddenly stopped working... can you check if anything breaks or is there a way for me to debug?
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Hdrk N, 2024-11-04
Hdrk N, 2024-11-04Fantastic!!!
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B0dre, 2024-10-12Extension safety
Risk impact
Hide YouTube Thumbnails requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
Hide YouTube Thumbnails has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.
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