# Channel Blocker

> Are you annoyed by YouTube™s video recommendations? Our Add-on enables the function of blocking anything you'd like. Block separate videos, users or whole channels with only one click!

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `youtube-cleaner`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Time Machine Development
- **Category:** photos-music-videos,other,games-entertainment
- **Daily users:** 7,509
- **Weekly downloads:** 80
- **Rating:** 3.79 / 5 (196 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.2.4
- **Last updated:** 2022-08-06
- **First published:** 2018-06-19
- **Size:** 140 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube-cleaner/)

## Description

Channel Blocker is a powerful Chrome extension designed to enhance your YouTube™ viewing experience by allowing you to block unwanted videos, users, or entire channels effortlessly. With just one click, you can customize what content appears on your feed, ensuring a cleaner and more personalized browsing environment.

Featuring advanced regular expression support, Channel Blocker offers unparalleled customization options, allowing precise control over blocked content. Importantly, the extension respects your privacy by not collecting any user data.

Key features include:
- One-click blocking of individual videos, users, or whole channels
- Support for regular expressions for advanced filtering
- No collection of user information
- Permission requests only necessary for functionality (YouTube data access, browser tab tracking, client-side data storage)

Take control over your YouTube™ recommendations and enjoy a tailored video experience with Channel Blocker.

## Rankings

- #910 — Overall
- #73 — Games & Entertainment
- #125 — Other extensions
- #146 — Photos, Music & Videos
- #1 — channel
- #24 — ad blocker

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `unlimitedStorage`
- `tabs`
- `contextMenus`
- `*://www.youtube.com/*`

### Content script matches

- `www.youtube.com`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

The add-on is praised for being a useful, minimal tool to block YouTube channels and for quick blocking via a dedicated UI (block/X button) and flexible entry by channel name or username. However, many users report it no longer works in Firefox or is abandoned, with the UI blocking button frequently disappearing and compatibility issues due to YouTube updates. Import/export migrations often fail, and there is a risk of mis-targeting when blocking. Overall, reliability is poor due to lack of maintenance.

### Pros

- Very useful tool for blocking YouTube channels.
- Provides a quick blocking action via a dedicated UI element (block/X button next to channel name).
- Simple, lean feature set with no unnecessary functionality.
- Supports registering channels by channel name or username.

### Cons

- Stopped working / abandoned by the developer and not updated for years.
- Block button/X icon frequently disappears or is not visible, breaking blocking flow.
- Compatibility issues: not reliably working in Firefox and with newer YouTube UI; outdated for current versions.
- Import/export of blocked configuration often does not work when migrating between browsers (Chrome to Firefox).
- Risk of blocking the wrong channel on the first click (mis-targeting).

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