YouTube enhancer. Hide YouTube shorts, recommended videos, trending, comments, feed and other distractions.

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1.4.0
Update
November 24, 2024
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6,000+
Rating
4.91045 ★
Manifest Version
3
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Clean YouTube - Remove Shorts & Related Videos Extension

A browser extension to remove YouTube distractions, including the recommended videos, shorts, endscreen video suggestions, comments, homepage, trending tab, turn off autoplay or annotations, and more. Toggle the options through the popup to customize your own YouTube experience!

Focus on the YouTube content you love without distractions! Make your YouTube clean!

With Clean YouTube, you can:

💪 Remove Distractions: Hide shorts, comments, and suggested videos that take away from your viewing pleasure.
🧩 Customize Your View: Use only one video player without any distracting elements on the page. Try a Clean Mode in which there is only a video player on the page.

Remove YouTube distractions and customize the user interface with options.

YouTube™ content blocker.

Features:
✅Clean Mode - Show only Video Player on Page
✅Black and White Mode
✅Hide Home Feed
✅Hide Related (Recommended) Videos
✅Hide Explore, Trending
✅Hide Shorts
- Hide Shorts Tab
- Hide any Shorts Video
- Hide Shorts from Related Videos
✅Hide Comments
✅Hide Subscribe Button
✅Hide Likes
✅Hide Live Chat
✅Hide Top Header Bar
- Hide Search Bar
- Hide Notifications
✅Hide the Top Bar including Search Box
✅Hide Subscriptions
✅Disable Autoplay
✅Disable End Screen Cards

Streamline your YouTube experience with Clean YouTube – the essential extension for a cleaner, more enjoyable video watching experience.

Feel free to contact me if you want to see any features in the next releases.

Extension doesn't track any information about you and does not send data anywhere.

YouTube is a trademark of Google Inc. Use of this trademark is subject to Google Permissions.
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Source Manifest.json

{
"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx",
"name":"__MSG_extName__",
"description":"__MSG_extDescription__",
"version":"1.4.0",
"default_locale":"en",
"manifest_version":3,
"icons":{"16":"16.png",
"32":"32.png",
"48":"48.png",
"96":"96.png",
"128":"128.png"},
"action":{"default_popup":"popup.html",
"default_title":"YouTube Blocker"},
"offline_enabled":true,
"background":{"service_worker":"background.js"},
"permissions":["storage"],
"host_permissions":["*://*.youtube.com/*"],
"content_scripts":[{"matches":["*://*.youtube.com/*"],
"js":["clear-youtube.cs.js"],
"run_at":"document_end"}]}
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How to download and manually install Clean YouTube - Remove Shorts & Related Videos extension for Chrome

Looking for a way to install Clean YouTube - Remove Shorts & Related Videos 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 Clean YouTube - Remove Shorts & Related Videos extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install Clean YouTube - Remove Shorts & Related Videos extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.

Method 1: Download Clean YouTube - Remove Shorts & Related Videos extension and manually install through Drag &Drop

If you ever need to manually install a Clean YouTube - Remove Shorts & Related Videos 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 Clean YouTube - Remove Shorts & Related Videos Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.

Look for the Clean YouTube - Remove Shorts & Related Videos extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the Clean YouTube - Remove Shorts & Related Videos extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for Clean YouTube - Remove Shorts & Related Videos 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 Clean YouTube - Remove Shorts & Related Videos 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 Clean YouTube - Remove Shorts & Related Videos extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode

This is another method to install Clean YouTube - Remove Shorts & Related Videos 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 Clean YouTube - Remove Shorts & Related Videos extension file

Select and download the Clean YouTube - Remove Shorts & Related Videos 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 Clean YouTube - Remove Shorts & Related Videos 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 Clean YouTube - Remove Shorts & Related Videos 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 Clean YouTube - Remove Shorts & Related Videos 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 Clean YouTube - Remove Shorts & Related Videos extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.

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