Chrome extension to liberate you from the infinite distraction cycle of YouTube.

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0.2.0
Update
May 5, 2023
Size
32.06KiB
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1,000+
Rating
4.62162 ★
Manifest Version
3
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YouTube Liberation: Anti-Distraction Skin Extension

Like other social media platforms, YouTube is very good at showing you content that you want to watch but weren't planning to or looking for, making it super easy to get distracted and get sucked into one video after another and suddenly lose an hour of your day. Yet there are so many valuable resources and videos that you can't find elsewhere: tutorials, event coverage, specific creators you subscribe to who you know always publish high-quality content worth watching. For many of us, the value of YouTube makes it worth the sacrifice of even its most distracting possibilities, and it's impossible to just cut away.

What if it didn't have to be this way? What if you could have the good of YouTube, see the content you want to see, without the platform constantly trying to drag your attention through an endless stream of productivity-draining drudgery?

This is the philosophy behind YouTube Liberation. It's time to rise up, lose your chains, and join us as we march our way towards a better YouTube!

YouTube Liberation works by hiding elements that lead you towards new content you don't intend to see, without compromising any core viewing features. These elements include:
- The entire home page of alg-generated recommendations
- Video recommendations on watch pages
- Comments sections on watch pages
- Extraneous UI elements, replacing the full sidebar with a much more minimal one and removing most topbar buttons

YouTube liberation does not at all compromise:
- Subscriptions and trending pages
- Channel pages
- Playlists
- Video stats, description, etc.

What are considered vital core features and what are considered distracting elements varies from use case to use case and person to person. For certain kinds of videos, comments might be more constructive than distracting. For creators, notifications and easy access to uploading might be important (though that's why YouTube Studio exists...). Thus, one feature I'm working on adding right now is the ability to customize what gets hidden and what is shown, with a recommended configuration as it is right now.
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "icons": { "48": "icon-48.png", "128": "icon-128.png", "256": "icon-256.png" }, "manifest_version": 3, "name": "YouTube Liberation: Anti-Distraction Skin", "version": "0.2.0", "description": "Chrome extension to liberate you from the infinite distraction cycle of YouTube.", "content_scripts": [ { "css": ["style.css"], "js": ["arrive.min.js", "content.js"], "matches": ["https://www.youtube.com/*"] } ], "action" : { "default_popup" : "popup.html", "default_icon" : { "48": "icon-48.png", "128": "icon-128.png", "256": "icon-256.png" } }, "web_accessible_resources": [ { "resources": [ "icon-256.png" ], "matches": [ "*://*/*" ] } ], "permissions": [ "storage" ]}
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How to download and manually install YouTube Liberation: Anti-Distraction Skin extension for Chrome

Looking for a way to install YouTube Liberation: Anti-Distraction Skin extensions for Chrome, you can search for them in the Chrome Web Store, clicking the "Add to Chrome" button, and following the straightforward process.

However, you may need to install YouTube Liberation: Anti-Distraction Skin extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install YouTube Liberation: Anti-Distraction Skin extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.

Method 1: Download YouTube Liberation: Anti-Distraction Skin extension and manually install through Drag &Drop

If you ever need to manually install a YouTube Liberation: Anti-Distraction Skin extension for Chrome, don't worry, it's a simple process. Just follow these easy steps, and you will have your extension ready to use in no time.

Step 1: Download the YouTube Liberation: Anti-Distraction Skin Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.

Look for the YouTube Liberation: Anti-Distraction Skin extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the YouTube Liberation: Anti-Distraction Skin extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for YouTube Liberation: Anti-Distraction Skin extension that contains all the data.

Step 2: Extract &Arrange Files

Once the file is downloaded, extract that file into its own folder. Similarly, give that extension files a permanent home. In other words, keep it in a folder that you don't accidentally delete it because these files will be needed to make that extension work.

Step 3: Go to the Chrome Extensions Page

Open Google Chrome and in the address bar, type chrome://extensions; it will open the Google Chrome extensions page. Make sure that "My extensions" is selected in the sidebar.

Step 4: Drag and Drop the Extension

Now, go to the folder where you extracted the YouTube Liberation: Anti-Distraction Skin extension and drag &drop the extension file from there anywhere onto the extension page within Google Chrome.

Step 5: Complete the Installation

Once you drag and drop the extension file, follow the steps that Google Chrome takes you through. Similarly, if the extension file is of .crx file format, you will be required to review the permissions and then add the extension.

Now, you can manage that added extension as you would like to with any other Chrome extension that you added through Chrome Webstore. Its icon will also appear in the Google Chrome Menu on the right side of the address bar once you activate it.

Method 2: Download YouTube Liberation: Anti-Distraction Skin extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode

This is another method to install YouTube Liberation: Anti-Distraction Skin extension manually, but the twist is that here, you install by enabling the developer mode option provided in Google Chrome. This mode is commonly used for testing extensions or running unpublished tools.

Step 1: Download the YouTube Liberation: Anti-Distraction Skin extension file

Select and download the YouTube Liberation: Anti-Distraction Skin extension by clicking the 'Download CRX' button on the website.

Step 2: Extract the downloaded contents

Convert the file to a ZIP file if it is in CRX format then extract the YouTube Liberation: Anti-Distraction Skin extension zip file or folder that you downloaded. Make sure you extract it using the same folder name and keep it safely in another folder, so you don't delete it by mistake. The extracted folder will be needed to keep your YouTube Liberation: Anti-Distraction Skin extension running.

Step 3: Open Chrome Extension Setting Page

In the address bar of Google Chrome, type chrome://extensions and open the Chrome Extension Page.

Step 4: Enable Developer Mode

After opening the Chrome Extension page, look at the top right side, and you will find the toggle option of "Developer mode."Simply enable that developer mode option.

Step 5: Load the Unpacked Extension

Once you enable the developer mode option, you will see the menu of Load Unpacked, Pack Extensions and Update. From that, select the option "Load unpacked."

Step 6: Select the Extension Folder

Once the pop-up opens upon clicking Load unpacked, select the YouTube Liberation: Anti-Distraction Skin extension directory and click on the "Select Folder "button.

Step 7: Confirm and Install

After you select an extension folder of a Google Chrome extension you're installing manually, confirm its installation for the final time and let the installation complete.

Conclusion

Here we've made a step-by-step guide on How to manually install YouTube Liberation: Anti-Distraction Skin extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.

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User reviews

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Alejandro Rios-Cristaldo (ID: 0000008e0c18825f) Voted 4 ★ - Updated 06/18/2023 It really decimates the site, for a quick no non-sense, blunt and aggressively bleak as bleach and desert approach, like for when studying for exams, disciniplining your habits or lagged sleep, this might be IT. For me, I had to disable EVERYTHING, javascripts, CSS user styles, the cosmetic extensions and general overhaul like improved tube also borked: this app is as impartial as ruthless and a good in desperate time, this is a wartime extension equivalent

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cortes jeremy (ID: 000000b4b7743d3a) Voted 4 ★ - Updated 05/01/2023 Good but no dark mod support, the background is pure white.

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Sunil S (ID: 00000088451f152b) Voted 2 ★ - Updated 10/27/2022 Background colour is too bright, could have given option to choose background colour.

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Hüseyin Cahit Burduroğlu (ID: 00000036aaf3b864) Voted 4 ★ - Updated 10/25/2022 It needs a 'disable/enable extension' button. Sometimes all we need is some distraction.

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Temur Soliev (ID: 0000005e2f87cd33) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 08/07/2022 I love this extention!