# YouTube Shorter

> Control your YouTube Shorts consumption with customizable daily limits and full-screen reminders

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `youtube-shorter`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Fred
- **Category:** alerts-updates
- **Daily users:** 5
- **Version:** 1.0.1
- **Last updated:** 2025-10-09
- **First published:** 2025-10-01
- **Size:** 37 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-11
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube-shorter/)

## Description

Help yourself maintain healthy viewing habits with YouTube Shorts Limiter!

<strong>Features:</strong>

• <strong>Customizable Limits</strong> - Set your own daily Shorts limit (1-100) in the settings
• <strong>Full-Screen Overlays</strong> - Impossible-to-miss reminders when you reach your limit
• <strong>Smart Tracking</strong> - Counts unique videos only, no double-counting
• <strong>Visual Progress</strong> - See your daily count with a beautiful popup interface
• <strong>Gentle Reminders</strong> - Get a reminder every 5 Shorts after exceeding your limit
• <strong>Daily Reset</strong> - Counter automatically resets every 24 hours
• <strong>Privacy First</strong> - All data stored locally, nothing sent to external servers

<strong>How It Works:</strong>
<ol><li>Install the extension</li><li>Set your preferred daily limit in Settings (default is 10)</li><li>Browse YouTube Shorts normally</li><li>When you reach your limit, a full-screen overlay appears</li><li>Choose to leave Shorts or continue watching (with reminders)</li></ol>
<strong>Perfect for:</strong>
- Breaking doomscrolling habits
- Managing screen time
- Maintaining focus and productivity
- Practicing digital wellness

The extension only tracks Shorts you haven't seen before, so rewatching doesn't count against your limit. All tracking is done locally in your browser - your viewing habits stay private.

Take control of your YouTube Shorts consumption today!

## Rankings

- #45,071 — Overall
- #2 — make it shorter
- #133 — youtube shorts

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `tabs`

### Host permissions

- `*://*.youtube.com/*`

### Content script matches

- `*.youtube.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate 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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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-shorter)