Hide YouTube Thumbnails for less clickbaity browsing

Latest Version

Version
2.5.0
Update
October 31, 2023
Size
26.04KiB
Developer
Category
Users
60,000+
Rating
4.84112 ★
Manifest Version
3
Web Store Status
Languages Support
Deutsch
English
Français
Nederlands
Español
Italiano
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Permissions
Storage
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Hide YouTube Thumbnails Extension

Simply hides thumbnails on YouTube to have a more peaceful and less distracting browsing experience. Also useful for avoiding spoilers or inappropriate imagery.

Options available:
- Temporarily turn off hiding
- Blur rather than hide thumbnails
- Show thumbnails on hover
- Show only solid color
- Show thumbnails on search results / playlist / watch / subscriptions / channel pages

This extsion could also be descibed as blocking YouTube thumbnails on videos, disabling YouTube thumbnails on videos, blurring YouTube thumbnails on videos. People have found it useful for:
- Hiding distracting or inappropriate YouTube thumbnails in class when teaching students
- Hiding YouTube thumbnails to reduce distraction and procrastination when studying or working
- Hiding YouTube thumbnails to avoid spoilers in the video
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "manifest_version": 3, "version": "2.5.0", "name": "__MSG_extName__", "description": "__MSG_extDescription__", "homepage_url": "https://github.com/domdomegg/hideytthumbnails-extension", "browser_specific_settings": { "gecko": { "id": {17c4514d-71fa-4633-8c07-1fe0b354c885} }, "gecko_android": {} }, "icons": { "48": "img/icon48.png", "128": "img/icon128.png", "512": "img/icon512.png" }, "default_locale": "en", "content_scripts": [ { "matches": [ "*://*.youtube.com/*" ], "js": [ "common.js", "inject.js" ], "run_at": "document_start" } ], "options_ui": { "page": "options.html", "browser_style": true }, "permissions": [ "storage" ]}
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User reviews

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Jordan (ID: 00000053fa063feb) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 04/25/2024 This extension is alright. It does look odd with nothing there besides the name of the video but I don't like these people with weird thumbnails I'll still rate it 5.

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Roman M (ID: 00000095996fd627) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 10/30/2023 Simple, but powerful extension. Thanks for sharing it. Thumbnails make it so easy to fall down the YouTube rabbit hole. Don't get me started on the prevalent annoying face making trend. ;-)

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Lothnar (ID: 000000b31a6f7fb6) Voted 3 ★ - Updated 10/19/2023 I wouldn't mind an option to just stop the thumbnail playing and I don't mean the inline nonsense that pops out, I mean the actual thumbnail from playing.

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SGM Grow (ID: 000000f447ce4017) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 10/16/2023 thx

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Kais (ID: 0000009325495a6f) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 10/11/2023 Nice break from all the constant clutter of thumbnails. Thank you.