YouTube Focus Mode: Block Shorts, Feed & Comments | Study Tool
A Free & Open Source distraction blocker for productivity. Block YouTube Shorts, hide Home Feed, recommendations & comments.
As of June 2026, YouTube Focus Mode: Block Shorts, Feed & Comments | Study Tool has 41 users and a 5.00/5 rating from 4 reviews in the Workflow & Planning category.
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5.00
4 reviews
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Version
2.0.0
Manifest V3
History
8 snapshotsTracking since Apr 1, 2026.
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| Date | Users | Rating | Reviews | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 2026 | 32 | 5.00 | 4 | 2.0.0 |
| Apr 17, 2026 | 33 | 5.00 | 4 | 2.0.0 |
| Apr 26, 2026 | 35 | 5.00 | 4 | 2.0.0 |
| May 7, 2026 | 36 | 5.00 | 4 | 2.0.0 |
| May 13, 2026 | 35 | 5.00 | 4 | 2.0.0 |
| May 22, 2026 | 34 | 5.00 | 4 | 2.0.0 |
| Jun 1, 2026 | 35 | 5.00 | 4 | 2.0.0 |
| Jun 9, 2026 | 39 | 5.00 | 4 | 2.0.0 |
| Now | 41 | 5.00 | 4 | 2.0.0 |
Permissions & access
- Permissions
- storage
- Host access
- None declared
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About
⭐ YouTube Focus Mode isn’t just a blocker — it’s your personal productivity dashboard. Stop scrolling and start focusing by hiding addictive shorts, recommendations, and games, while clearly seeing how you use YouTube. 📊 Focus Stats Dashboard (NEW in v2.0.0) See the real impact of your focus across Today, This Week, This Month, and All Time: 🎯 Shorts Avoided — Every addictive short you didn’t scroll through ✅ Videos Avoided — Recommended videos you successfully ignored 🚨 Minutes Spent — Your actual time spent on YouTube 🚫 Block Distractions Individually You are fully in control. Enable or disable any feature: • Block YouTube Shorts — Remove the Shorts shelf and tab • Hide Home Feed — Replace recommendations with a clean, blank page • Remove Sidebar Recommendations — Break the “Up Next” algorithm loop • Hide Comments — Avoid noise and stay focused on content • Hide Playables — Remove unnecessary UI clutter 🔒 100% Privacy-Focused & Open Source Productivity should never come at the cost of privacy. • No tracking — No browsing history, analytics, or user data • Open source — Verify the code yourself • Free forever — No ads, no paywalls, no premium tiers 💻 Open Source Project View the source code, report issues, or contribute on GitHub: https://github.com/IbragimovJasur/youtube-focus-mode Turn YouTube from a distraction machine into a focused, intentional tool.
Technical
- Version
- 2.0.0
- Manifest
- V3
- Size
- 30.72KiB
- Min Chrome
- 88
- Languages
- 1
- Featured
- No
Metadata
- ID
- iojlgfppmfhnlmmohajhofjjgnhkcmbg
- Developer ID
- u91eeb9c51951502a03e6669b8ba29139
- Developer Email
- [email protected]
- Created
- Nov 29, 2025
- Last Updated (Store)
- Jan 7, 2026
- Last Scraped
- Jun 9, 2026
- Website
- ytfocus.live
- Support URL
- —
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