CleanTube - YouTube Content Filter

Tracking since Apr 21, 2026.

Changelog

• May 23, 2026
  host_permissions

  *://*.youtube.com/*, *://www.youtube.com/*, *://*.googlevideo.com/*, *://cleantube.net/*, *://localhost/*, http://localhost/*

  *://*.youtube.com/*, *://*.googlevideo.com/*, *://cleantube.net/*

• May 6, 2026
  description

  Take control of your YouTube experience with CleanTube - 
  Advanced content filtering that blocks unwanted videos, comments, live chatters, and more.
  
  🎯 THREE SIMPLE WAYS TO BLOCK:
  • Click 🚫 icons next to usernames, channels, and videos
  • Right-click selected text to block as keyword.
    Right-click on a user or channel to block.
  • Add users/channels/keywords manually in popup
  
  💬 BLOCKS EVERYWHERE:
  • Videos - From blocked channels or containing keywords
  • Comments - From blocked users or containing blocked words
  • YouTube Shorts - By title keywords
  • Live Chat - Real-time message filtering in livestreams
  • Notifications - From blocked channels/users
  
  ✨ POWERFUL FEATURES:
  • Live blocking statistics with session timer
  • Wildcard patterns: REACTION*, *PRANK*, EP?
  • Advanced regex support: /^GAMING.*/i
  • Smooth animations and instant blocking
  • 100% private - all data stays on your device
  
  🚀 WORKS ON MOST YOUTUBE PAGES:
  Home, subscriptions, search, watch pages, shorts, live streams, notifications, and more.
  
  No setup required - install and start blocking immediately with one-click icons!
  
  Perfect for blocking reaction channels, drama content, specific keywords, annoying users, or any content you don't want to see.
  
  ★ Completely free forever - no premium features or subscriptions
  ★ Privacy-focused - no tracking, no data collection
  ★ Real-time blocking without page refresh
  ★ Compatible with all Chromium browsers
  
  Install CleanTube and transform your YouTube browsing experience today!

  Take control of your YouTube experience with CleanTube —
    Advanced content filtering that blocks unwanted videos, comments, live chatters, Shorts, and more.
  
    🎯 THREE SIMPLE WAYS TO BLOCK:
    • Click 🚫 icons next to usernames, channels, and videos
    • Right-click selected text to block as keyword
      Right-click on a user or channel to block
    • Add users / channels / keywords manually in the popup
  
    💬 BLOCKS EVERYWHERE:
    • Videos — from blocked channels, users, or containing keywords
    • Comments — author, channel name, or body text match
    • YouTube Shorts — by title keywords or hide them entirely
    • Live Chat — real-time message filtering in livestreams
    • Notifications — from blocked channels and users
  
    🧹 ONE-CLICK CONTENT FILTERS:
    • Hide watched videos past a threshold you choose
    • Hide low-view videos (Home / Subs / Search / Sidebar)
    • Hide YouTube Shorts everywhere — cards, nav, chips, tabs
    • Hide YouTube community posts ("Latest posts" shelves)
    • Hide auto-generated Mixes and radio playlists
    • Per-page toggles — enable any filter only where you want it
  
    ✨ POWERFUL FEATURES:
    • Live blocking statistics — by category, by reason, by filter
    • Wildcard patterns: REACTION*, *PRANK*, EP?
    • Advanced regex support: /^GAMING.*/i
    • Smooth animations and instant blocking (no page refresh)
    • Cloud-updated selectors — keeps working when YouTube changes its layout, no reinstall needed
    • 100% private — your block lists stay on your device
  
    🚀 WORKS ON MOST YOUTUBE PAGES:
    Home, subscriptions, search, watch pages, Shorts, live streams, notifications, comments, and more.
  
    No setup required — install and start blocking immediately with one-click icons!
  
    Perfect for blocking reaction channels, drama content, specific keywords, annoying users, clickbait mixes, or any content you don't want to
    see.
  
    ★ Completely free forever — no premium features or subscriptions
    ★ Privacy-focused — no tracking, no data collection
    ★ Real-time blocking without page refresh
    ★ Compatible with all Chromium browsers
  
    Install CleanTube and transform your YouTube browsing experience today!
  
    Key additions:
    - "ONE-CLICK CONTENT FILTERS" section covering watched / low-view / shorts / posts / mixes + per-page toggles
    - "Live blocking statistics by category, by reason, by filter" 
    - Expanded "Blocks everywhere" to mention author/channel/body comment matching and Shorts as its own option

• May 6, 2026
  host_permissions

  *://*.youtube.com/*, *://www.youtube.com/*, *://*.googlevideo.com/*

  *://*.youtube.com/*, *://www.youtube.com/*, *://*.googlevideo.com/*, *://cleantube.net/*, *://localhost/*, http://localhost/*

• May 6, 2026
  permissions

  storage, contextMenus, activeTab, notifications, scripting

  storage, contextMenus, activeTab, notifications, scripting, tabs

Permissions & access

Permissions

storagecontextMenusactiveTabnotificationsscriptingtabs

Host access

*://*.youtube.com/*, *://*.googlevideo.com/*, *://cleantube.net/*

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