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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