Growth · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Control Panel for YouTube
Hi HN, I recently released a new browser extension for YouTube, which in addition to the table stakes of hiding the existence of Shorts, hiding promoted content, automatically skipping ads, hiding useless/unused UI elements, hiding unwanted channels YouTube keeps recommending to you, letting you hide algorithmic suggestions etc. etc., makes other changes I've always wanted as a user, in the same vein as one of my other extensions, Control Panel for Twitter. The most significant of those is attempting to make your Subscriptions page more like an Inbox, by hiding videos you've already…
Control Panel for YouTube is a browser extension that customizes the YouTube viewing experience by hiding Shorts, ads, promoted content, and unwanted UI elements. It allows users to hide specific channels and… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Control Panel for YouTube launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Remove YouTube recommendations, comments, and more
2019 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Makes Twitter / X.com great again
2024 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! Since Youtube no longer allows AdBlockers, I built my own extension to get around their video ads. If there is an ad it temporarily manipulates the video; Mutes the volume, sets speed to 10x, and skips it if there is a button. Chrome Webstore link: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ad-accelerator/gpbo... Code: https://github.com/rkk3/ad-accelerator
2023 · its alternatives →
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Control YouTube from anywhere in your browser.
2020 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Fast YouTube controls with shortcuts
Nov 2025 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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A browser extension to remove Mainstream Media from YouTube
2020 · demainstream.com · its alternatives →
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Hide YouTube views, likes, comments, and/or subscribers
2021 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! I built this little extension to prevent, in my opinion, the most offensive anti-pattern used by tech companies. That is removing the seek bar in short-form videos. The "seek bar" is the bar at the bottom of a video that progresses as you play the video, and that you can click on or drag to skip around. Why companies ever thought it was a good idea to get rid of this I don't know, but I find it infuriating, so I decided to add it back for myself and thought others might like it too. ReelControl adds a progress bar and seeking capabilities to videos on Instagram, YouTube Shorts, and…
2025 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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I am neurodivergent and noticed the Youtube Shorts format was hacking my brain to engage longer than I wanted. I wrote this quick extension to gain my time back. If you have suggestions for improvement, I'm all ears. Thank you :)
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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hyde▲72Press Ctrl+M to hide/show the YouTube video player controls.
2020 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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2016 · essentialyoutube.com · its alternatives →
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Search YouTube transcripts without CTRL+F
2024 · youtubetranscriptsearch.com · its alternatives →
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Block youtube ads, text, popup videos automatically
2021 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Remove Shorts videos from YouTube
2022 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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EveryTube▲68Content from all video platforms on your YouTube subs page
2020 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Block (Some) YouTube Pre-Roll Video Ads. Contribute to KyleBenzle/DotYouTube development by creating an account on GitHub.
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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YouFilter▲67Free chrome extension to filter YouTube search results
2021 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Hi All, since I am consistently overwhelmed with all the all the ai/gpt news on the hn front page I built this simple extension to filter out such articles and show them on the extension popup if I'm in the mood to read. I am interested in the topic but just tired of reading the similar discussions (local models, llama on mac, ai taking away our jobs, etc) all the time. Every few days I search for topics on hn.algolia.com and go over any exciting development. Ironically, since this was the first time I built an extension chat-gpt helped build 90% of the extension since . Also once…
2023 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →
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A simple and ready to use remote controller to youtube
2017 · augustnmonteiro.github.io · its alternatives →
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Chrome extension to watch YouTube videos ad-free. Contribute to stevecondylios/invidious-linker development by creating an account on GitHub.
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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View the metadata and transcripts of removed YouTube videos
2021 · its alternatives →
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Secare ▲2Surgical control over YouTube - hide an element in one click
Jun 2026 · secare-website.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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