YouTube Shorts Blocker

Block YouTube Shorts across YouTube: hide Shorts shelves, cards and nav links, and bounce /shorts/ pages back home.

As of June 2026, YouTube Shorts Blocker has users in the Productivity category.

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Version
1.0.0
Manifest V3

History

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Tracking since Jun 5, 2026.

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DateUsersRatingReviewsVersion
Jun 5, 20261.0.0
Now1.0.0

Permissions & access

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

Screenshots

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About

YouTube Shorts Blocker removes Shorts from YouTube while leaving normal videos, subscriptions, search, playlists, and channels alone.

What it blocks:

- Shorts shelves on Home, Subscriptions, Search, and channel pages
- Shorts cards mixed into feeds and recommendations
- Shorts entries in the sidebar and channel navigation
- Direct youtube.com/shorts/... links

When a Shorts page is opened, the extension redirects it back to the YouTube homepage before the vertical Shorts player loads. This avoids the endless auto-prefetched Shorts feed and keeps browsing focused on regular YouTube.

Privacy:

- No account required
- No analytics
- No tracking
- No remote server
- No data collection

The extension runs locally in your browser and only touches YouTube pages so it can hide Shorts UI and block Shorts URLs.

Technical

Version
1.0.0
Manifest
V3
Size
12.87KiB
Min Chrome
116
Languages
1
Featured
No

Metadata

ID
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Developer ID
uf338cb682c9e748abaef1c25dfa39e0d
Developer Email
[email protected]
Created
Jun 4, 2026
Last Updated (Store)
Jun 4, 2026
Last Scraped
Jun 11, 2026
Website

Data sourced from the Chrome Web Store · last verified Jun 11, 2026.