# Youtube Hide Sections

> Hide sections that perhaps do not serve your watching preference like breaking/top news or shorts. This extension adds a hide button next to these section titles. Hidden sections can be managed in the extension options.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `youtube-hide-sections`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** MTurnhout
- **Category:** games-entertainment
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-10-13
- **First published:** 2025-10-10
- **Size:** 18 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube-hide-sections/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/MTurnhout/youtube-hide-sections](https://github.com/MTurnhout/youtube-hide-sections)

## Rankings

- #95,521 — Overall
- #232 — section

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`

### Content script matches

- `www.youtube.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate 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-hide-sections)