Channel Blocker

Are you annoyed by YouTube™s video recommendations? Our Add-on enables the function of blocking anything you'd like. Block separate videos, users or whole channels with only one click!
What is Channel Blocker?
'Channel Blocker' is a dynamic Firefox Add-on offering personalized control over your YouTube™ content. This comprehensive tool provides the ability to block selected videos, users, or entire channels with a single click. With support for regular expressions, it ensures optimum customization, meeting the user's preferences. This Add-on never collects any user information, promising a safe, clutter-free YouTube™ experience.
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Add-on stats

Users: 8,896 ▲ 78
Rating: 4.08 (157)
Version: 2.2.4 (Last updated: 2022-08-06)
Creation date: 2018-06-19
Weekly download count: 183
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
  • unlimitedStorage
  • tabs
  • contextMenus
  • *://www.youtube.com/*
Size: 143.02K

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# 823 ▼ 2
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Add-on summary

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Our Add-on enables the function of blocking anything you'd like. Block separate videos, users or whole channels with only one click! Naturally, the add-on supports regular expressions to ensure you the best customisation possible. And another thing: WE DO NOT COLLECT ANY USER INFORMATION AT ALL.

Do you like what we do? Do you want to support us and our work? A subscription on Patreon would help a lot at developing this tool as well as realising our future projects. Do you want to support us even more? Please donate and buy us a drink to stay hydrated (Hydration is important, though!).

We would also like to state why the Add-on requires these permissions.

Access your data for www.youtube.com:

  • needed for removing users/channels you have blocked on YouTube™, adding the 'x'-button, etc. (rather obvious)

Access browser tabs:

  • needed for keeping track of the YouTube™-Tabs and the Add-on setting page tab

Store unlimited amount of client-side data:

  • needed for blocking an unlimited number of users/channels

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
  • Effective at blocking unwanted channels and videos
  • Helps to improve YouTube experience by reducing unwanted content
  • Useful for managing comments and bots in YouTube comments
  • Has functionality that allows for blocking specific channels
  • Can remove clickbait and nsfw content
Cons
  • Conflicts with adblockers causing ads to reappear
  • Issues with performance slowing down YouTube
  • Inability to easily block certain channels or manage them without configuration
  • Limited support or updates, with some features not working as expected
  • No mobile support for Firefox browsers
Most mentioned
  • Blocking specific channels and content
  • Performance issues and site slowdowns
  • Configuration process is cumbersome
  • Conflicts with other extensions, especially adblockers
  • Desire for mobile version or functionality
Recent reviews
Worked perfectly for a while. Though for some odd reason, would eventually make YT unusable with it always not loading the rest of the videos for some reason. It also seems to make a conflict with adblockers as I started getting YT ads while using them and it disappeared after disabling this extension. At that point, it's a question of which I'd like to keep, and I obviously decided to go for my adblock and uninstalled this extension. I'm not sure if this will ever get fixed. I've been experiencing this same problem a few months ago and tried to give this a go again recently, but unfortunately, I started getting the same experience as what I said above.
by Bastion, 2024-11-04
Excellent for removing nsfw and content farm content from youtube in private windows and/or when not logged in. But if I could have one thing more it would be support for Firefox mobile. Youtube is unbearable without extensions and finding good extensions for mobile is HARD. I do over half my scrolling on mobile Firefox and having this work there would be greatly appreciated.
by Poppy Catscratch, 2024-10-17
by Firefox user 18627499, 2024-10-09
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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Channel Blocker requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Channel Blocker has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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