Hide YouTube Thumbnails
Hide YouTube Thumbnails for less clickbaity browsing
Hide YouTube Thumbnails: Firefox Add-on for Clean Viewing
'Hide YouTube Thumbnails' is a Firefox add-on that enhances your YouTube browsing experience by hiding potentially distracting or inappropriate video thumbnails. The add-on provides customization options including temporarily disabling the hide function, blurring thumbnails instead of hiding them, or showing thumbnails on hover or in certain pages like search results, playlists, and watch pages. It's perfect for creating a focused environment when studying or working, avoiding spoilers in video content, or ensuring safer browsing for educators and students.
Add-on stats
By: domdomegg
Creation date: 2019-04-12
Weekly download count: 99
Firefox on Android: Yes
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact 
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
- storage
Size: 31.83K
URLs: Website
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Add-on summary
Simply hides thumbnails on YouTube to have a more peaceful and less distracting browsing experience. Also useful for avoiding spoilers or inappropriate imagery.
Options available:
- Temporarily turn off hiding
- Blur rather than hide thumbnails
- Show thumbnails on hover
- Show thumbnails on search results / playlist / watch pages
This extsion could also be descibed as blocking YouTube thumbnails on videos, disabling YouTube thumbnails on videos, blurring YouTube thumbnails on videos. People have found it useful for:
- Hiding distracting or inappropriate YouTube thumbnails in class when teaching students
- Hiding YouTube thumbnails to reduce distraction and procrastination when studying or working
- Hiding YouTube thumbnails to avoid spoilers in the video
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spammy, or outdated.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 or blurs YouTube thumbnails, enhancing the viewing experience.
- Helps reduce distractions and encourages more intentional video selection.
- Improves accessibility for users sensitive to disturbing imagery in thumbnails.
Cons
- Functionality has been inconsistent, with reports of thumbnails not being blurred or hidden as intended.
- Some users desire more customization options, like the ability to choose colors or additional modes for thumbnail visibility.
Most mentioned
- Thumbnails can be distracting and overwhelming.
- Users want to see video durations alongside blurred thumbnails.
- Desire for better customization options regarding thumbnail visibility.
User reviews
This makes YouTube so much better as you are no longer being bombarded by distracting thumbnails
by asfawr45432seeaf, 2024-12-29
by Firefox user 18605550, 2024-09-28
Perfect. Makes me spend less time on YT.
by Firefox user 16206521, 2024-08-27
Add-on safety
Risk impact
Hide YouTube Thumbnails requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk likelihood
Hide YouTube Thumbnails is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.
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