YouFocus – Stay Focused on YouTube

Tracking since Apr 1, 2026.

Changelog

• May 24, 2026
  description

  📌 YouFocus — YouTube Focus & Productivity Modes (Study / Work)
  
  YouFocus is a productivity extension that helps you stay focused on YouTube by removing distractions, blocking time-wasting channels, and tracking how you spend your time.
  Perfect for students, developers, self-learners, and anyone who studies or works through YouTube.
  
  ✨ Features
  🎯 Focus Modes
  
  Switch instantly between:
  
  Study Mode — hides homepage feed, Shorts, recommendations, and distractions.
  
  Work Mode — same restrictions, ideal for coding, deep work, or research.
  
  Focus Off — YouTube works as usual.
  
  ⏳ Automatic Time Tracking
  
  See exactly how much time you spend:
  
  studying
  
  working
  Daily statistics stored 100% locally.
  
  📚 Focused Watch History (Study & Work only)
  
  YouFocus saves:
  
  video title
  
  channel
  
  watch time
  
  date
  
  your personal notes
  Search and filter by Study / Work anytime.
  
  ⛔ Channel Blocking (Fun List)
  
  Add distracting channels to the Fun List — they will be blocked automatically in Study/Work modes.
  Great for:
  
  gaming
  
  comedy
  
  reaction videos
  
  anything that ruins focus
  
  📝 Notes for Each Video
  
  Save quick notes, summaries, or key points for your Study/Work videos.
  
  🎨 Light & Dark Theme
  
  Matches your system theme or manual toggle.
  
  🔒 Privacy
  
  All data is stored locally on your device.
  YouFocus does not send or collect any personal information.
  
  🧠 Why YouFocus?
  
  YouTube is the best learning platform — and the biggest source of procrastination.
  YouFocus helps you stay in control, avoid endless scrolling, and learn or work more efficiently.

  YouFocus helps you stay focused on YouTube: Study & Work modes, channel blocking, time tracking, and timed video notes. Free. No account. Everything stays on your device.
  
  🆕 NEW in 1.0.4 — Video notes with timestamps
  • Press + in the YouTube control bar (near subtitles)
  • Up to 10 notes per video, each saved at the exact second
  • Click any timestamp in History to reopen the video there
  • Gentle on-player reminder before each saved moment
  • Works in any focus mode (including Focus off)
  • One-time “What’s new” guide in the popup after update
  
  🎯 Focus modes
  • Study — hides home feed, Shorts, recommendations, and distractions
  • Work — same clean experience for deep work and tutorials
  • Focus off — normal YouTube; notes still work
  
  ⏳ Time tracking
  • Separate stats for study, work, and other viewing
  • Today’s totals in the popup
  • 100% local — nothing sent to a server
  
  📚 Watch history
  • Video title, channel, watch time, date
  • All timed notes listed under each video
  • Popup History and full History page in Options
  
  ⛔ Channel blocking (Fun list)
  • Block gaming, reactions, and channels that break your focus in Study/Work
  
  🔒 Privacy
  • No data collection or selling
  • Permissions: storage + activeTab only
  • Website: https://youfocus.site
  
  YouTube is the best free learning platform — and the biggest procrastination trap. YouFocus keeps you in control and lets you jump back to any moment with one click.
  
  Enable “Show + button on player” under Video notes and try it on your next tutorial.

• May 24, 2026
  short_description

  Focus modes for YouTube: Study, Work, History, Channel Blocking, Notes.

  Timed YouTube notes (+), Study/Work modes, block Shorts & channels — free, local, no account.

Permissions & access

Permissions

storageactiveTab

Host access

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

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