Hides most YouTube spam comments

Latest Version

Version
2.4.1
Update
September 6, 2024
Size
650KiB
Developer
Category
Users
1,000+
Rating
2.5 ★
Manifest Version
3
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English (United States)
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Permissions
Storage
UnlimitedStorage
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YouTube Spam Remover Extension

Detects spam comments and automatically hides them, protecting its users from spoofers, adult content pushers, and other annoyances.

If the add-on hides a comment you want to see, simply click the \"Likely spam (+)\" text and it will reveal the hidden comment (with the profile picture blurred just in case). Displaying the reason the comment was marked as spam can be disabled/enabled via the \"spam reason labels\" in the options menu.


Release notes:

(September 5, 2024) v2.4.1

This version adds a bugfix for the handling of open YouTube videos just after the extension is installed. Previously they would get stuck hidden until the user loaded more comments.

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(August 31, 2024) v2.4.0

Great news! This version introduces support for Shorts!

In addition to the above, this version adds:
- Some significant performance improvements that minimize page jank (largely by minimizing the time spent in the main mutationobserver)
- An updated allowed sites list (separate updating support is still pending release)
- A fix for a rare bug in Firefox for Linux that caused a hang when the browser mysteriously puts a base64-encoded 1x1px white GIF in an avatar's src tag (thanks gh/PassiveLemon for the report!)

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(August 30, 2024) v2.3.1

This patches an occasional issue that would cause comments to be permanently hidden due to the video author's avatar taking longer than 10 seconds to load after the extension initialized.

The patch also changes the order in which comments are scanned, giving priority to the top-most comments in the batch (which are likely the next you'd like to read!).

Finally, a new permission requirement has been added that will allow for allowed site data to be updated separately from the extension itself (hosted on the project's GitHub). This feature has not yet been implemented, but will be with the next minor patch.

In addition to the above, this version adds:
- Miscellaneous minor performance improvements due to changes in comment filtering and separating avatar and text processing into separate workers.

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(August 24, 2024) v2.3.0
Critical update!

This patches an issue that prevented the extension from working on Chrome entirely resulting from the roll-out of Trusted Types. It also fixes several issues that previously caused all comments to be permanently hidden.

In addition to the above, this version adds:
- Several new blocked phrases
- Performance improvements related to asynchronous handling of comments
- Several stability improvements related to the handling of virtual routing \"page\" changes
- A \"Logging level\" option in the extension settings to aid in bug support
- Minor tweaks to appearance of comments that are still being scanned

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(March 16, 2023) v2.2.1
- Fixed bug that caused some comments by the video author to be marked as spam after loading a second video by the same author

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(March 12, 2023) v2.2.0
Critical update!

This patches a bunch of feature-breaking issues related to changes in the YouTube site structure.
In addition to these patches, the allowed sites list has been updated to match the latest data regarding the most visited sites.

Technical:
- Fixed bug that cause comments to get stuck verifying forever (never became visible)
- Fixed bug that caused irrational behavior when switching between videos (YouTube's virtual routing system means the page doesn't reload during navigation)
- Fixed bug that prevented automatic approval of pinned and hearted comments
- Fixed bug that broke collapsing of comments flagged for bad content
- Fixed several performance bugs related to scanning comments multiple times
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "manifest_version": 3, "name": "YouTube Spam Remover", "version": "2.4.1", "description": "Hides most YouTube spam comments", "icons": { "16": "icon16.png", "48": "icon48.png", "128": "icon128.png" }, "permissions": [ "storage", "unlimitedStorage" ], "host_permissions": [ "https://yt3.ggpht.com/*", "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/samipfjo/YouTube-Spam-Remover/main/src/extern/opennsfwjs/model/*", "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/samipfjo/YouTube-Spam-Remover/main/allowed-sites/*" ], "content_scripts": [ { "matches": ["https://www.youtube.com/watch*", "https://youtube.com/watch*", "https://www.youtube.com/shorts*", "https://youtube.com/shorts*"], "js": ["yt-spam-remover.js", "opennsfw.min.js", "pixelmatch.min.js"], "css": ["yt-spam-remover.css"], "run_at": "document_end" } ], "web_accessible_resources": [ { "resources": ["yt-spam-remover-text-worker.js", "yt-spam-remover-opennsfw-worker.js", "opennsfw.min.js", "pixelmatch.min.js", "allowed-sites.json.gz"], "matches": ["https://www.youtube.com/*", "https://youtube.com/*"] } ], "action": { "default_icon": { "16": "icon16.png", "48": "icon48.png" }, "default_popup": "gui/ytsr-gui-tab.html" }, "options_ui": { "page": "gui/ytsr-gui-options.html", "browser_style": true }, "background": { "service_worker": "yt-spam-remover-background.js" }}
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How to download and manually install YouTube Spam Remover extension for Chrome

Looking for a way to install YouTube Spam Remover 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 Spam Remover extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install YouTube Spam Remover extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.

Method 1: Download YouTube Spam Remover extension and manually install through Drag &Drop

If you ever need to manually install a YouTube Spam Remover 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 Spam Remover Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.

Look for the YouTube Spam Remover extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the YouTube Spam Remover extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for YouTube Spam Remover 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 Spam Remover 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 Spam Remover extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode

This is another method to install YouTube Spam Remover 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 Spam Remover extension file

Select and download the YouTube Spam Remover 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 Spam Remover 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 Spam Remover 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 Spam Remover 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 Spam Remover extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.

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User reviews

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n/a “hidden” n/a (ID: 0000002c436d0fa2) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 10/29/2023 The only spam I see are chain threads with high thumbs ups. The phonies say some general things to , each other, then eventually get to saying a phone/telegram/email or whatever, spread across multiple posts to contact the person to donate your money to. I thought this would remove them but instead all it did was blurred almost the everyone's avatars.

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n ascentt (ID: 000000ea67c3094b) Voted 2 ★ - Updated 08/05/2023 Gonna have to remove this now I'm afraid. It causes more harm than it solves. The spam bots are back in full force, none seem to get removed. and the channel owner gets marked as spam every single time, in fact the channel owners seem to be the only comments ever effected in every video's comments. Gonna uninstall because the only reason I use youtube comments is to read comments from the video uploader. instead they get removed, and the rest of comments are just unfiltered spam. The addon was great at the start of the year though, not sure what change since then.

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Steffan Smith (ID: 0000000b8ed0c71e) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 06/29/2023 Still havent seen it hide proper spam, just hides profile pics for no reason

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roblox archiver (roblox archiver) (ID: 0000004a1be62f6f) Voted 4 ★ - Updated 06/22/2023 pretty good, it does false flag comments from the own creators, could you solve that?

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Veldaren (ID: 000000b4a4e20ce3) Voted 2 ★ - Updated 05/06/2023 I installed this extension after seeing a sickening amount of NSFW bots in the comment section of a YouTube short, however, the app doesn't seem to work there at all. I just see that when comments load as I'm scrolling on a normal video page, they are blurry for a moment. But so far, my experience with this extension has been really underwhelming. We'll see how it performs under normal videos, but it's useless if it can't do its thing for YouTube Shorts as well.