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YouTube Detox — Block Shorts, Hide Recommendations & Stay Focused

A complete toolkit to help you use YouTube with purpose. Block Shorts, remove distractions, and stay focused on what truly matters.

Users4KCurrent public install base
Rating4.6Store average score
Reviews57Public review volume
Manifest versionV3Extension platform version
7-day growth0Net users gained this week
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Version5.8.1
ManifestV3
Size413KiB
Languages1English
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YouTube Detox is a productivity extension designed for people like me who feel that their phone — and platforms like YouTube — are getting in the way of their goals. If you’ve ever opened YouTube to watch "just one video", only to find yourself an hour later watching random videos that don't even matter to you, you’re not alone. And while no piece of software can magically transform your habits overnight, this extension can provide you with the support and the tools you need in your quest to take back control of your time and attention — so you could spend them the way you truly intend to.

💡 FEATURES

🧹 Remove What Distracts You

Gain control of how YouTube looks and behaves to make it less distracting. For example, you can:

- Remove Shorts from all pages

- Play Shorts videos as regular videos

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Store average score4.6Chrome Web Store aggregate rating, including ratings without synced review text
Synced text average4.5Average computed only from synced review bodies below
Reviews with text40Synced review bodies
Total ratings / reviews57Chrome Web Store public rating/review count

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Isaac Glad2026年2月11日
5

This extension is SO USEFUL!!! I have been using it for a couple months at this point and it helps me so much with being mindful with my YouTube usage, especially needing to pause and decide how much time I want to spend on YouTube. It is definitely a go-to extension for encouraging mindfulness. 12/10 would recommend (have in fact recommended and shared with my friends and family 👏👏👏)

Version 5.8.1Language en
Martha Irvin-Wilmot2026年1月29日
5

Does what it says, really helpful. Thanks! 😊

Version 5.8.1Language en
Tuan Anh Nguyen2026年1月10日
4

Please make an another extension for apps as well. Btw the best block and focus extension ever

Version 5.8.1Language en
1 helpful · 0 not helpful
Евгений Хацков2026年1月2日
5

exactly what I was looking for

Version 5.8.1Language en
Just No1se 1202026年1月1日
5

Thank you, devs. You're the best.

Version 5.8.0Language en
SenseiRax2025年12月22日
5

I have been struggling with time management and doom scrolling for a while. This Chrome extension is really helpful for reducing scrolling and being more productive! I recommend this to everyone who have been struggling with productivity!

Version 5.7.1Language en
Grzegorz G2025年12月21日
5

perfect when you study

Version 5.7.1Language en
Sourav Layek2025年10月20日
5

best extension, I was going to build something similar in terms of the format but you save lots of my time by building this also preventing my mindless scroll

Version 5.7.0Language en
1 helpful · 0 not helpful
Akhand Pratap Singh2025年9月24日
5

best extension for me for reducing my addiction of watching YouTube shorts

Version 5.5.0Language en
1 helpful · 0 not helpful
Valentine Ortega2025年9月10日
5

Excellent extension. It truly helped me manage my youtube addiction without having to remove myself completely from the platform. I am pleased by the new feature that allows you to determine how long you want the break between sessions to last. I don't know if it's related in any way, but I did use the "ask for a feature" button inside the extension to ask for that specifically. I am a teacher, and I tell my students about this extension in an effort to reduce social media consumption and overall screentime. Thank you for your work

Version 5.5.0Language en
1 helpful · 0 not helpful