Remove ALL distracting search results, redirect shorts back to legacy page and try little visual changes suited for low resolution screens.
YouTube Search Fixer - Firefox Add-on
YouTube Search Fixer is a Firefox add-on designed to declutter YouTube search results, remove distracting elements, and make visual changes for low resolution screens. It also offers the option to redirect 'shorts' back to the normal video page.
Add-on stats
Weekly download count: 132
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
Size: 98.53K
URLs: Website ,Privacy policy
Ranking
# 612
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Not available on Chrome
Not available on Android
Not available on Edge
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Add-on summary
This extension is designed to fix YouTube search and de-clutter your home page to make it less distracting. Also available on chrome and other web browsers.
FEATURES
- Remove suggestions like "For you", "People also search for", "Searches related to", "Learn while you're at home", "Related to your search", "People also watched", "Other people are watching", "Recommended to you" and "Latest YouTube posts" from your feed.
- Remove Shorts from search results
- Remove Live Videos from search results
- Individual toggles for turning off sections. Eg. Horizontal Cardlist, Shorts Panel, Auto-Generated YouTube Mixes and many more.
- Use an option to permanently redirect "shorts" back to the normal video page.
- Turn off playlists from appearing in search results.
- Hide YouTube mixes and reels suggestions.
- Filter out channel listings from results.
- More spaced out collapsed sidebar on homepage with accent color to signify active tab.
- Video Spotlight to highlight videos in the search page (optional).
- Centered video title (optional).
- Centered video description (optional).
- An options page to turn off visual changes.
PRIVACY POLICY This extension does not send or receive data of any kind nor does it use any cookies. This means no analytics of any kind.
Please note this extension works on both Light and Dark Mode. YouTube™ and Google™ are trademarks of Google Inc. Use of these trademarks is subject to Google Permissions.
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User reviews
Pros
- Improves YouTube search functionality
- Eliminates unwanted recommended videos
- Easy to use and effective
- Provides quality of life improvements
Cons
- Occasionally slow performance
- Unwanted UI changes that cannot be disabled
- Does not completely hide mixes and unrelated videos
Most mentioned
- Fixes YouTube search
- Slower performance at times
- Unwanted changes in the UI
User reviews
This extension makes it so hard to use the YouTube mobile app, BECAUSE I NOW HAVE A TASTE OF WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE IF YOUTUBE SEARCH WAS ACTUALLY USABLE. Thank you to the legend that made this! You are absolutely incredible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Everyone works great, except mixes are no longer hidden.
Add-on safety
Risk impact
YouTube Search Fixer requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk likelihood
YouTube Search Fixer has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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