Work · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Shorts Killer
Hide YouTube Shorts completely and reclaim your focus
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Remove Shorts videos from YouTube
2022 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Youtube Shorts are pure evil. It just distract me whenever I open Youtube, I'll always waste my time in it and forget why I opened it. So I made a extension for myself and it works well, Still there is no improvement in my productivity but I'm not distracted. I made it for myself and personally using it, if you like you can use it too. I made it open-source, if you like it give a star -Vick
2025 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Stay focused and distraction-free while browsing YouTube.
Mar 2026 · its alternatives →
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Productivity extension to hide the shorts on Youtube.
2023 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
- 5YB
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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Remove Shorts from your device. Save your Time
2025 · shorts-blocker.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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Stop Reels▲163Hey HN, I just launched a free Chrome extension called Stop Reels — it blocks Reels/short videos on platforms like Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok, without breaking other features like messaging or the regular feed. Why I built it Like many people, I found myself endlessly scrolling Reels even when I only opened the apps for something specific. The algorithms are too good at hijacking attention. There are tools to block entire sites, but none I found that just surgically block Reels and Shorts — and leave the rest of the platform functional (DMs, posts, marketplace, etc). So I built…
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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Blocks Shorts on Youtube (Safari) to save your focus
Dec 2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
- 11CP
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 →
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UnDistracted▲134Selectively block features of time wasting sites in chrome
2019 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Weedout is a Safari extension that filters out videos YouTube labels as “Made with AI”.
Sep 2026 · masteranza.github.io · 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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Remove YouTube recommendations, comments, and more
2019 · 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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Take control of your feed and eliminate distractions
Sep 2026 · waafaa.com · its alternatives →
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Block youtube ads, text, popup videos automatically
2021 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Take control of what you see on your most visited sites.
2019 · 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 →
- 22TY
2021 · fuckoff.yt · its alternatives →
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Hide distractions on social media.
Jun 2026 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Short Scroll▲10The ultimate youtube shorts auto-scroll extension
2025 · roqayah.co · its alternatives →
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