YouTube Grid Simple

Adjust YouTube home grid columns, hide Shorts shelves, and clean up ads and news shelves.

As of June 2026, YouTube Grid Simple has 13 users in the Functionality & UI category.

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Version
0.1.8
Manifest V3
90-day change · In the last 90 days this extension 1 version update, changed permissions.

History

6 snapshots

Tracking since Apr 1, 2026.

13.882.1999999999999993Apr 1, 2026Jun 9, 2026
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DateUsersRatingReviewsVersion
Apr 1, 202650.1.7
Apr 8, 202640.1.8
Apr 26, 202650.1.8
May 9, 202630.1.8
Jun 3, 202640.1.8
Jun 9, 202650.1.8
Now130.1.8

Changelog

  • Apr 1, 2026
    description
    YouTube Grid Columns Controller helps you customize how videos are displayed on YouTube home and feed pages.
    
     # Features:
     - Adjust video grid columns from 2 to 8
     - Hide Shorts shelves for a cleaner feed
     - Hide in-feed ad sections
     - Save preferences locally in your browser
    
    Use this for the 0.1.7 release note:
    
    Fixed Korean news shelf detection so sections such as "뉴스 속보" are now hidden correctly.
    YouTube Grid Columns Controller helps you customize how videos are displayed on YouTube Home and Subscriptions feeds.
    
    # Features:
    - Adjust video grid columns from 2 to 8
    - Hide Shorts shelves for a cleaner feed
    - Hide in-feed ad sections
    - Hide localized news and posts shelves
    - Save preferences locally in your browser
    
    Added support for the YouTube Subscriptions feed and improved shelf hiding on supported feeds.
    
    Fixed:
    - Disabled custom grid sizing on unsupported YouTube feeds such as /feed/you so they keep their default layout
    - Hid subscriptions feed shelves such as Shorts, Latest, Most relevant, and localized Latest YouTube posts sections
    - Improved localized shelf detection for Korean, English, German, and Japanese variants
  • Apr 1, 2026
    short_description
    Adjust YouTube video grid columns (2-8) and hide Shorts shelves.
    Adjust YouTube home grid columns, hide Shorts shelves, and clean up ads and news shelves.
  • Apr 1, 2026
    host_permissions
    *://www.youtube.com/
    *://www.youtube.com/*

Permissions & access

Permissions
storagetabs
Host access
*://www.youtube.com/*

Screenshots

YouTube Grid Simple screenshot 1

About

YouTube Grid Columns Controller helps you customize how videos are displayed on YouTube Home and Subscriptions feeds.

# Features:
- Adjust video grid columns from 2 to 8
- Hide Shorts shelves for a cleaner feed
- Hide in-feed ad sections
- Hide localized news and posts shelves
- Save preferences locally in your browser

Added support for the YouTube Subscriptions feed and improved shelf hiding on supported feeds.

Fixed:
- Disabled custom grid sizing on unsupported YouTube feeds such as /feed/you so they keep their default layout
- Hid subscriptions feed shelves such as Shorts, Latest, Most relevant, and localized Latest YouTube posts sections
- Improved localized shelf detection for Korean, English, German, and Japanese variants

Technical

Version
0.1.8
Manifest
V3
Size
16.75KiB
Min Chrome
88
Languages
1
Featured
No

Metadata

ID
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Developer ID
u4ce6f43738181b96eb8627de05c7df85
Developer Email
[email protected]
Created
Mar 9, 2026
Last Updated (Store)
Apr 1, 2026
Last Scraped
Jun 9, 2026
Website

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