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.
Extension stats
Risk impact: Low risk impact 
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
- storage
Size: 27.46K
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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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spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Effectively removes distracting thumbnails from YouTube videos
- Easy to use with no noticeable impact on browser performance
- Receives positive feedback for keeping users undistracted
- Solves the problem of clickbait and misleading thumbnails
- Works well according to multiple users with few complaints
Cons
- Does not work on YouTube playlists and shorts
- Some users experience intermittent functionality issues
- Missing features like the ability to hide user avatars
- Visible indication of watched videos is lost (red line under thumbnails)
Most mentioned
- The extension effectively hides YouTube thumbnails
- It is simple and straightforward to use
- There are requests for additional features like hiding avatars and shorts
- Complaints about it not working on playlists and shorts
- Overall positive sentiment thanking the developer for the functionality
User reviews
Thanks a lot, great extension. Are there plans to add a feature to disable user avatars?
by 
Максим, 2025-01-12
Максим, 2025-01-12Nice Extension !
Using it since May 2024
No BS just straight to the point
I like it :)
by 
RaiCodedThis, 2024-12-23
RaiCodedThis, 2024-12-23Got fixed by yt
by 
Marlon Baton, 2024-12-15
Marlon Baton, 2024-12-15Extension 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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