Enhance focus on YouTube by hiding distractions like thumbnails, shorts, irrelevant results, live chats, and recommendations.

Latest Version

Version
1.5.0
Update
December 5, 2024
Size
751KiB
Developer
Category
Users
868
Rating
4.81818 ★
Manifest Version
3
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English
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Permissions
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Storage
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Hide Thumbnails, Shorts, and more on YouTube Extension

**Extension Updated on December 4th, 2024**
The extension has been optimized with an updated layout.
Playlist page and playlists page will be coming soon.

If you're experiencing any issues or want a new feature, fill out the form below (or just leave a review with your request and I'll respond)
Link to form: https://forms.gle/EwpoSyN54HzobyZD6

The Hider chrome extension allows you to:
1. Easily hide various page elements on YouTube while you browse (such as navigation bar, recommendations, sidebars, live chats and more)
2. Eliminate distractions and avoid mindlessly clicking through YouTube videos with click-baity thumbnails
3. Remove unnecessary search results when searching for videos (such as \"People also watched\", \"For You\" and more) that distract you from what you're actually searching for

You can toggle the following elements across the Home page, Subscriptions page, Channel page, Search page and Video page:
- Navigation bar
- Side bar
- All videos
- Shorts
- Thumbnails
- Video player
- Video end cards
- Recommendations
- Title and Description
- Comments
- Thumbnails
- Live Chat
- Results
- Irrelevant Search Results (\"People Also Watched\", \"For You\" and more)
- Playables and breaking news
- and more!

Benjamin Rubin
www.benjaminrubin.me
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "manifest_version": 3, "name": "Hide Thumbnails, Shorts, and more on YouTube", "description": "Enhance focus on YouTube by hiding distractions like thumbnails, shorts, irrelevant results, live chats, and recommendations.", "version": "1.5.0", "background": { "service_worker": "background.js", "type": "module" }, "action": { "default_popup": "popup.html", "default_icon": { "16": "images/icon-16.png", "32": "images/icon-32.png", "48": "images/icon-48.png", "128": "images/icon-128.png" } }, "content_scripts": [ { "matches": ["https://*.youtube.com/*"], "js": ["youtube-content.js"] } ], "permissions": ["tabs", "storage"], "host_permissions": ["https://*.youtube.com/*"], "icons": { "16": "images/icon-16.png", "32": "images/icon-32.png", "48": "images/icon-48.png", "128": "images/icon-128.png" } } "
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