YouTube Detox — Less Stimulating Feed, Focus & Grayscale

Make YouTube boring. 100% grayscale kills clickbait thumbnails, dims Shorts & recommendations. Dopamine detox for focus.

As of June 2026, YouTube Detox — Less Stimulating Feed, Focus & Grayscale has 17 users and a 5.00/5 rating from 1 reviews in the Workflow & Planning category.

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Version
1.0.0
Manifest V3

History

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Tracking since May 17, 2026.

17.2415.513.76May 17, 2026Jun 13, 2026
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Permissions & access

Permissions
storage
Host access
*://*.youtube.com/*

Screenshots

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About

YouTube Detox — Hide Distractions & Reduce YouTube Addiction

Turn YouTube into a calmer, less addictive experience.

YouTube Detox removes the visual stimulation designed to keep you scrolling for hours. It converts YouTube into grayscale, dims distracting content, hides notification anxiety, and makes Shorts far less tempting — helping you focus on what you actually opened YouTube for.

Perfect for students, professionals, developers, and anyone trying to reduce mindless scrolling or do a dopamine detox.

Key Features

• Convert all of YouTube to grayscale
• Dim YouTube Shorts so they become easy to ignore
• Fade ads, promotions, and recommendation cards
• Hide red notification badges completely
• Reduce distraction from comments and autoplay overlays
• Keep the video player fully clear and watchable
• Works across homepage, search, watch pages, channels, trending, and subscriptions
• One-click toggle from the toolbar anytime

Why It Works:

YouTube uses bright colors, thumbnails, and notifications to trigger impulsive clicks and endless scrolling.

By removing color stimulation, YouTube Detox makes thumbnails less emotionally triggering and helps reduce compulsive browsing. The result is a cleaner, calmer, and more intentional YouTube experience.

Privacy Friendly:

YouTube Detox collects zero personal data.

No tracking.
No analytics.
No external servers.
No API calls.

Your settings stay inside your browser.

Technical

Version
1.0.0
Manifest
V3
Size
30.02KiB
Min Chrome
88
Languages
1
Featured
No

Metadata

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Developer ID
u1b74e766fdc11cc8d67c5a0b548e2df0
Developer Email
[email protected]
Created
May 16, 2026
Last Updated (Store)
May 16, 2026
Last Scraped
Jun 13, 2026
Website
Support URL

Data sourced from the Chrome Web Store · last verified Jun 13, 2026.