Hide Youtube-Shorts
Hides YouTube-shorts videos from home page, subscriptions, search results.
What is Hide Youtube-Shorts?
"Hide Youtube-Shorts" is a Firefox add-on that removes YouTube Shorts from your homepage, subscriptions, and search results. Enjoy more control over your YouTube experience by hiding the Shorts tab, managing notifications, and reducing page load with customizable settings. Includes options for experimental features like hiding live and upcoming videos.
Add-on stats
By: Vulpelo
Creation date: 2022-11-01
Weekly download count: 652
Firefox on Android: Yes
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
- storage
Size: 51.03K
Ranking
# 412 ▲ 2
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Add-on summary
Hides shorts on YouTube™ from homepage, subscriptions, search results. It can also hide "Shorts" tab.
Additional options:
- hide videos only on specific pages (home/subscription/channel/search page)
- hide Shorts tab
- setting a timeout to not allow checking for shorts more often than a specified time (to reduce calling hiding shorts function to reduce page load)
- A button to close a section with shorts located on the subscriptions page
- hiding shorts in notifications menu
- hiding live videos (experimental)
- hiding 'upcoming' videos (experimental)
Source code can be found here: https://github.com/Vulpelo/hide-youtube-shorts
YouTube™ and YouTube Shorts™ are trademark of Google Inc.
User reviews
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews.
Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate,
spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Effectively hides YouTube Shorts from various parts of the platform.
- Helps users avoid mindless consumption of content.
- Stabilizes user experience by reducing unwanted distractions.
- Users appreciate it in specific environments, like Android.
Cons
- Fails to hide Shorts on the homepage in some cases, particularly on mobile.
- Some users report it slows down YouTube's performance.
- Issues arise after YouTube updates, necessitating adjustements from the developer.
Most mentioned
- Works well to stop Shorts from appearing.
- Has some bugs and inconsistencies, particularly on mobile.
- Users experience performance slowdowns with the extension enabled.
Recent reviews
by zapphren, 2024-11-10
by Kis Albert, 2024-11-06
Works really well. Stopped me from doomscrolling /:"
by Superepic, 2024-11-06
Add-on safety
Risk impact
Hide Youtube-Shorts requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk likelihood
Hide Youtube-Shorts is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.
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