YTBlock - Block any content from YouTube™

Name: YTBlock - Block any content from YouTube™
Rating: 4.2656 (64 reviews)
Author: Edoan

By: Edoan

Block any unwanted content from YouTube™

YTBlock - Block any content from YouTube™

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Features & Capabilities

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.

User Growth & Download Statistics

Add-on Privacy & Security

By:

Edoan

Daily users:

4,364 36

Rating:

4.27

(64)

Version:

5.18.0 Last updated: 2026-05-26

Version code:

6278984

Creation date:

2024-04-16

Risk:

Permissions:

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

Content scripts matches:

*.youtube.com

Size:

904.86KB

Email:

ed*****@gmail.com

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-17

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 1,286 ▲ 1

Other rankings

#103 in Games & Entertainment

#201 in Appearance

#20 in adblock for youtube keyword 76

#29 in block keyword 78

#42 in block ads keyword 96 ▲ 2

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YTBlock - Block any content from YouTube™ (v5.18.0)

70,000 4.14

(319)

YTBlock - Block any content from YouTube™ (v5.18.0)

6,057 4.50

(10)

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Developed by:

Edoan

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/yt-block/

Email:

ed*****@gmail.com

Website:

https://ytblock.netlify.app/

Permission Change History

2024-07-15: Version 5.0.41 → 5.5.0

Remove Permissions: notifications

Add Optional permissions: notifications

User Reviews

Users broadly praise YTBlock for effectively blocking unwanted YouTube content—videos, comments, channels, and playlists—and for flexible blocking options (keywords, category restrictions, and per-item blocking) that tailor what appears. The extension is seen as a major improvement to the YouTube experience, reducing toxicity and clickbait. However, recurring issues include reliability after updates, browser slowdown, and inconsistent blocking on the homepage versus video pages. Some users note that blocking may depend on an overlay, and homepage coverage remains incomplete. Overall, it works well when it functions but maintenance and reliability concerns persist.

Pros

Effective filtering of unwanted YouTube content (videos, comments, channels, and playlists).
Flexible blocking options including keyword-based blocking, category restrictions, and per-item blocking.
Improves the YouTube experience by reducing toxicity and clickbait.
Works on search results and in private windows (coverage beyond the homepage).

Cons

Reliability issues after updates; some users report it no longer works.
Notable browser slowdown and CPU usage impacting performance.
Blocking is inconsistent on the YouTube homepage/main page versus video pages.
Blocking sometimes depends on an overlay and may not occur if the overlay is disabled.

Recent reviews

I use it to block music videos and it works but gosh it slow down so much its unusable

by Sz*****, 2026-06-02

This is the only extension I've found that actually lets you whitelist specific youtube channels. Thank you so much

by Fi*****, 2026-05-15

It was hard to figure out how to do what I wanted, but it works. Though it's the only extension of mine that causes firefox to show "this extension is slowing down the page" message

by Ne*****, 2026-04-27

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Is YTBlock - Block any content from YouTube™ Safe?

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

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

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Request access to the following domains: youtube.com, googleapis.com
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Risk likelihood

Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Firefox add-on may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Firefox add-on reputation on Firefox Add-ons Store, the amount of time the Firefox add-on has been around, and other signals about the Firefox add-on. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Firefox add-on.

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

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.
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