YouPause - make YouTube less addictive
Take a pause from endless scrolling and recommendations
As of June 2026, YouPause - make YouTube less addictive has 117 users and a 5.00/5 rating from 2 reviews in the Workflow & Planning category.
Workflow & Planning★ Featured
Usersdown 2.5 percent−2.5%
117
117
Ratingno change0%
5.00
2 reviews
Reviewsno change0%
2
Version
1.3
Manifest V3
History
5 snapshotsTracking since Apr 1, 2026.
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| Date | Users | Rating | Reviews | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 2026 | 120 | 5.00 | 2 | 1.3 |
| Apr 21, 2026 | 128 | 5.00 | 2 | 1.3 |
| May 6, 2026 | 138 | 5.00 | 2 | 1.3 |
| May 18, 2026 | 135 | 5.00 | 2 | 1.3 |
| Jun 1, 2026 | 131 | 5.00 | 2 | 1.3 |
| Now | 117 | 5.00 | 2 | 1.3 |
Permissions & access
- Permissions
- storageactiveTab
- Host access
- None declared
Screenshots
About
YouTube is an incredible platform for learning, research, and discovery. But it's also engineered to keep you watching, scrolling, and clicking endlessly. We’ve all been there: you start with one video for work or study, and two hours later, you’re deep into recommendations you never meant to see. This extension is a simple, powerful fix designed to deal with this problem. It provides the user a way to remove the visual cues that keep the user hooked to the platform from showing up, so you can watch with purpose and leave without distraction. Features: 🧠 Distraction-free homepage – just a clean search bar. No thumbnails, no noise. 🚫 No recommended videos – gone from the homepage, sidebar, and end screen. 🙈 Comments hidden – remove the vortex of opinions and distractions. 🧭 Side navigation panel removed – no quick hops to trending, subscriptions, or shorts. ✖️ YouTube logo hidden – disables the easy jump back to the addictive homepage. The result? You search. You watch. You leave. No scrolling. No spirals. No wasted hours. No sign-up, no accounts, no tracking. Enable/Disable anytime. Just install and breathe easier.
Technical
- Version
- 1.3
- Manifest
- V3
- Size
- 40.76KiB
- Min Chrome
- 88
- Languages
- 1
- Featured
- Yes
Metadata
- ID
- bnmggfnfmifcnfmcnapefffankkjnhoi
- Developer ID
- u7425eb0feb2761bc841fb23b4e80a535
- Developer Email
- [email protected]
- Created
- May 29, 2025
- Last Updated (Store)
- Jun 24, 2025
- Last Scraped
- Jun 1, 2026
- Support URL
- —
- Privacy Policy
- —
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