# YouTube Unhook

> Remove distractions from YouTube

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `youtube-unhook`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Rohit
- **Category:** photos-music-videos,social-communication,tabs
- **Daily users:** 81
- **Weekly downloads:** 4
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-05-10
- **First published:** 2025-05-07
- **Size:** 296 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-11
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube-unhook/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/rjnitt/youtube\_focus\_mode](https://github.com/rjnitt/youtube_focus_mode)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube-unhook/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube-unhook/privacy/)

## Description

The Extension is designed to help users regain focus and reduce distractions while browsing YouTube. It achieves this by allowing you to hide or disable various YouTube interface elements that are engineered to keep users watching. These include the homepage feed, sidebar recommendations, comments,  and more.

## Rankings

- #12,902 — Overall
- #230 — reduce
- #245 — recommend

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `activeTab`

### Host permissions

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

### Content script matches

- `*.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-unhook)