Scope: Block YouTube Shorts, Hide Distractions

🎯 STOP WASTING HOURS ON YOUTUBE. START FOCUSING.

Tired of falling into the YouTube rabbit hole? Scope is a free Firefox extension that blocks YouTube Shorts, removes distractions, and helps you watch YouTube intentionally. Built for students, professionals, and digital minimalists who want a calmer YouTube experience without the algorithm deciding what you watch next.

🚫 BLOCK YOUTUBE SHORTS COMPLETELY

• Remove Shorts from the YouTube homepage feed
• Hide the Shorts tab from the sidebar navigation
• Hide the Shorts tab on every channel page
• Filter Shorts out of search results
• Block direct /shorts/ URLs automatically
• Works on YouTube, YouTube Mobile, and embedded videos
• Stop getting pulled into endless vertical videos
• Break the YouTube Shorts scrolling habit for good

🏠 HOMEPAGE BLOCKER (FOCUS SCREEN) Replace YouTube's distracting homepage with a clean, calming focus screen:

• Live clock and personalized greeting
• Built-in search bar for intentional viewing
• Quick links to Subscriptions, Watch Later, and Library
• Daily blocked count and focus streak counter
• Daily rotating motivational quote
• Zero thumbnails, zero algorithm pull

⏰ SCHEDULED FOCUS MODE Automatic, hands-free focus hours for better YouTube screen time management:

• Set specific start and end times
• Scope auto-enables focus mode during work or study time
• Auto-disables outside those hours so you can relax later
• Manual override respected within each session
• No willpower needed, the schedule does the work for you

🧘 FOCUS MODE TOOLKIT Pick exactly which distractions to remove:

• Hide the comments section to avoid negativity and time loss
• Hide the recommendations sidebar on watch pages
• Hide end cards and end screen overlays (works on embedded videos too)
• Hide live streams from your feed
• Blur thumbnails for anti-clickbait protection (unblur on hover)
• Pause moving thumbnail previews to reduce impulse clicks

📊 WEEKLY FOCUS REPORT (NEW IN V2.1) Every Monday morning, Scope shows you a beautiful weekly summary:

• Total Shorts blocked over the past 7 days
• Day-by-day bar chart of your focus week
• Comparison with the previous week (up or down %)
• Highlights your best focus day
• Celebrates clean weeks where you blocked zero distractions

🔥 FOCUS STREAK TRACKING

• Daily streak counter visible on the focus screen
• See exactly how many days in a row you stayed intentional
• Build a focus habit you can actually see grow over time

🔘 ONE-CLICK MASTER CONTROL

• Big power button to pause everything instantly
• Live blocked count badge on the toolbar icon
• Reset to defaults with a single click
• All settings saved locally on your device

✅ WHY CHOOSE SCOPE

🪶 Ultra-lightweight at around 33 KB total 🔒 100% privacy-first, no tracking, no analytics, no accounts required 🎨 Clean modern dark theme that is easy on the eyes ⚡ Works instantly with zero setup needed 🆓 Completely free with no ads, no premium tier, no hidden upsells 🦊 Built natively for Firefox 🧠 Helps rebuild attention span and break the algorithm cycle

👥 PERFECT FOR

📚 Students who actually want to study using YouTube 💼 Professionals avoiding rabbit holes during work hours 👨‍👩‍👧 Parents creating a calmer YouTube for the whole family 🧘 Digital minimalists practicing intentional viewing habits 🎬 Content creators doing research without falling into Shorts 🧠 People with ADHD managing focus, attention, and screen time 💪 Anyone trying to break the YouTube Shorts scrolling addiction 🕐 People serious about YouTube time management and productivity

🆕 WHAT IS NEW IN VERSION 2.1

• Weekly focus reports with day-by-day charts
• Blur thumbnails for anti-clickbait protection
• Daily focus streak tracking
• Improved homepage focus screen with live clock and quotes
• Smarter scheduled focus that respects manual overrides
• Better master toggle that pauses all focus features instantly
• Works on YouTube Mobile and embedded videos
• Improved performance on long browsing sessions

🛡️ YOUR PRIVACY MATTERS

Scope is built privacy-first from day one:

• Collects zero personal data
• Uses no trackers and no analytics
• Requires no accounts and no sign-up
• Everything stays on your device locally
• Open and transparent operation
• Full privacy policy: https://getscope.site/privacy-policy.html

🌐 LEARN MORE

• Website: https://getscope.site
• Changelog: https://getscope.site/changelog.html
• Report a bug: https://getscope.site/feedback.html

📥 INSTALL NOW

Click "Add to Firefox" and take back control of your YouTube experience. Free forever. No sign-up. No catch.

💬 QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK? Use the Report button inside the extension or email support@getscope.site. Every piece of feedback genuinely shapes the next update.