# YouTube Blur (so you stay focused)

> Blur YouTube thumbnails & titles so you stay focused and avoid distractions when you need YouTube.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-blur](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-blur)

## Overview

- **ID:** `youtube-blur`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Omar V
- **Category:** appearance,photos-music-videos
- **Daily users:** 33
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Rating:** 4.50 / 5 (2 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2024-07-09
- **First published:** 2024-07-09
- **Size:** 30 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube-blur/)

## Description

This will help you stay focused. 

A lot of us need YouTube to learn, research, follow tutorials, and more. But it's SOOO easy to get distracted. So I built a free tool to help you out and that's very simple to use. 

Features:

-  Blur Thumbnails: Automatically blur all video thumbnails on YouTube to prevent visual distractions.
-  Blur Titles: Blur video titles to maintain focus on your tasks.
-  Toggle On/Off: Quickly enable or disable the blur effect with a single click from the extension popup.
-  Simple and Lightweight: The extension is easy to use and won't slow down your browsing experience.

How It Works:

-  Install the YouTube Blur extension.
-  Click on the extension icon to access the popup.
-  Use the toggle button to turn the blur effect on or off.
-  Enjoy a distraction-free YouTube browsing experience!

## Rankings

- #19,483 — Overall
- #17 — stay
- #105 — focus
- #185 — tutorial

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `storage`

### Content script matches

- `*.youtube.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Request access to the following domains: youtube.com
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-blur)