Work · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Secare
Surgical control over YouTube - hide an element in one click
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
- 1CP
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…
2024 · its alternatives →
- 2YB
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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YouTube started blocking me because I use an adblocker. So I made this simple Firefox Add-On (haven't made it cross-browser yet, contributions welcome!) to open videos in alternative front-ends (piped.video by default). Default keybinding: Alt+J to reopen current page in the configured frontend. Shift+Click to open any video in a new tab in the configured frontend. You can change the default frontend to something else if you like.
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2016 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →
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Remove YouTube recommendations, comments, and more
2019 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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YouTube, your way – hide the noise, watch in peace
2025 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Hide My Web▲139Hide, blur and highlight elements of any webpage.
2021 · hidemyweb.wordpress.com · its alternatives →
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Control YouTube from anywhere in your browser.
2020 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Control your YouTube with your fingers!
2022 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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- 11YS
Download YouTube Search Fixer for Firefox. Remove ALL distracting search results, redirect shorts back to legacy page and try little visual changes suited for low resolution screens.
2020 · addons.mozilla.org · its alternatives →
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Watch your YouTube homefeed without the distractions
2022 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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This is a small project i made years ago and updated to whisper last year, i still use it from time to time and thought it might be useful to others, or just put the idea out there for someone better than me to make a better implementation!
2024 · 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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Fast YouTube controls with shortcuts
Nov 2025 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Hide spoilers, profanity, politics, distractions by keywords
Nov 2025 · filter-everything-online.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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Hide YouTube views, likes, comments, and/or subscribers
2021 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Hide any annoying web element with a single click
Jun 2026 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
- 21
Stay focused on YouTube by hiding distractions..
2025 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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LockedIn▲2Stay focused on Youtube | Block Shorts & Distractions
Nov 2025 · kartikhalkunde.github.io · its alternatives →
- 24
Hello Hacker News community, I've been developing a simple Chrome extension designed to assist journalists and researchers or learners in their YouTube investigations. You can swiftly identify specific segments within a video using semantic searches, powered by the OpenAI API. This transforms hours of potential scrubbing into moments of precision seeking. Whether you're sifting through extensive interviews, press conferences, and event footage on YouTube, or you require a quote from a video source, This extension is a handy tool. It also aids in quickly fact-checking statements made in…
2023 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →
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