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Products that do what YouTube Home Blocker does

Block only the YouTube feed, keep the rest usable

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   YouTube banned adblockers so I built an extension to skip their ads▲713

   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

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   ShortsBlocker▲93

   Remove Shorts videos from YouTube

   2022

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   YouTube Rabbit Hole▲122

   Remove YouTube recommendations, comments, and more

   2019

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   AdBlocker for YouTube▲95

   Block youtube ads, text, popup videos automatically

   2021

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   YouTube Shorts Blocker▲1

   Turn YouTube back into long-form learning

   Mar 2026 · chromewebstore.google.com

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   Firefox add-on to open YouTube videos in alternative front ends▲333

   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

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   YouTube Filters▲10

   Filter YouTube. Hide channels, block keywords, regain focus.

   Dec 2025 · ytfilter.lovable.app

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   Unweb▲98

   Adblock for distracting crap like feeds and related content

   2020

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   Tube Spy▲171

   Discover the keywords that your YouTube competitors use

   2021

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    Sadblock▲155

    Block sad/depressing news from your social feeds

    2017

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    YouTube Stay!▲89

    Search YouTube without stopping the video

    2016

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    Chrome Web Store▲6

    Youtube Feed Hider

    Oct 2025

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    Youtube Shorts Blocker▲7

    Youtube shorts blocker

    Sep 2025

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    UnDistracted▲134

    Selectively block features of time wasting sites in chrome

    2019

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    De-Mainstream YouTube™▲100

    A browser extension to remove Mainstream Media from YouTube

    2020

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    Control Panel for YouTube▲111

    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

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    Tell YouTube ads to fuck off▲54

    2021 · fuckoff.yt

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    BlockTube - YouTube content blocker▲17

    2018 · github.com

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    Youtube Remote▲82

    Control YouTube from anywhere in your browser.

    2020

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    YouTube's killing adblockers, so we made an undetectable one▲11

    Hey HN! Me and my brother made an Undetectable YouTube Adblocker that doesn't get detected by Youtube (yet anyhow). Would love to hear what you guys think!

    2023 · chrome.google.com

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    YouTube Shorts Redirector▲55

    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

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    FeedZen▲75

    Block addictive content on social media

    2019

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    UnseenTube▲6

    Hide watched videos - chrome web store

    Sep 2025

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    YT Vids▲79

    Save your favorite YouTube videos

    2021

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