YTBlock - Block any content from YouTube™

Name: YTBlock - Block any content from YouTube™
Rating: 4.5 (22 reviews)
Author: Edoan

Block any unwanted content from YouTube™

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YTBlock is a powerful Chrome extension designed to give you full control over your YouTube™ experience by blocking any unwanted content. Easily blacklist words, phrases (with regex support), channels, videos, comments, posts, and playlists. You can filter videos by title, category, tags, description, duration, link, ID, and publish date. It also supports blocking shorts, live streams, premieres, and age-restricted videos.

Additional features include channel whitelisting, togglable block overlays for seamless browsing, and password protection to secure your settings. To access extended metadata like tags and categories, a Google API key is required, with instructions provided within the extension. YTBlock empowers you to curate your YouTube™ feed exactly how you want it—free from distractions and unwanted content.

Productivity Privacy & Security Utilities

By:

Edoan

Daily users:

1,166+ 33

Rating:

4.50

(22)

Version:

5.12.1 Last updated: 2025-04-11

Version code:

5928169

Creation date:

2024-04-16

Risk:

Permissions:

storage
contextMenus
unlimitedStorage
alarms
*://*.youtube.com/*
*://*.googleapis.com/*

Size:

901.83K

Email:

ed*****@gmail.com

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Browser Add-ons

Updated:

a day ago

Ranking

# 2,809 ▲ 51

Other rankings

#220 in Games & Entertainment ▲ 6

#22 in adblock for youtube keyword 73 ▼ 1

#47 in block keyword 78

#49 in password-protected keyword 53 ▲ 1

#76 in block ads keyword 97 ▲ 1

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YTBlock - Block any content from YouTube™ (v5.12.1)

30,000+ 4.17

(202)

YTBlock - Block any content from YouTube™ (v5.12.1)

3,625+ 4.30

(7)

User reviews

YTBlock is praised as an essential, highly customizable content blocker that effectively filters channels, videos, and comments, improving YouTube user experience and content safety. However, users report interface clutter from blocked thumbnails, some occasional functional inconsistencies, limited date-filtering features, and slower search performance. Some desire more control over UI elements added by the addon. Overall, it is regarded as superior and more reliable compared to alternatives, significantly enhancing browsing enjoyment.

Pros

Highly effective at blocking unwanted YouTube content such as channels, videos, and spam comments.
Offers extensive and customizable block options, including keyword-based blocking and blocking at multiple levels (channels, videos, comments).
Includes a unique overlay feature that informs users what content was blocked and why, with an option to disable it.
Useful for decluttering YouTube and protecting children from inappropriate videos.
Continually updated and recommended by users as essential for improving YouTube experience.

Cons

Blocked video thumbnails replaced with 'Blocked' images can clutter the interface rather than remove unwanted content cleanly.
Some blocking features (like channel blocking) occasionally stop working or are inconsistent in certain areas like search results.
Lack of options to customize or remove block/unblock buttons from YouTube context menus annoys some users.
The extension can slow down YouTube search results due to processing.
Date-based filtering is limited, requiring manual adjustments that users find inconvenient.

Recent reviews

by Cobra, 2025-04-28

Finally lets me block Screen Culture's fake trailers

by Squid, 2025-04-28

Great block options, very extensive. Thanks for the reply to my previous feedback, that's an extra star, and the intent to make the menu items optional, that's another extra star The display 'Overlays' in the settings I hadn't understood correctly, my apologies and thanks for pointing that out to me. It seems to work and I'll play around with it a bit and report here if/when I get the blank gaps you mention

by Klaas de Eindbaas, 2025-04-24

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Extension safety

Risk impact

YTBlock - Block any content from YouTube™ requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

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Risk likelihood

YTBlock - Block any content from YouTube™ is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

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