ShortStop — Block YouTube Shorts

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🚫 ShortStop — The Best YouTube Shorts Blocker. 100% Free.

  Tired of YouTube Shorts hijacking your feed? ShortStop removes Shorts from every surface — instantly, with zero flash, and with full control over what gets blocked.
  
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  ✨  WHAT IT BLOCKS
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  🏠 Homepage Shelf
  Removes the Shorts carousel from your YouTube homepage completely.

  ≡ Sidebar Tab
  Hides the Shorts entry from the left navigation sidebar.

  🔍 Search Results   
  Strips Shorts out of search results so you only see real videos.

  📺 Channel Pages
  Hides the Shorts tab and Shorts grid on creator channel pages.

  ↗ URL Redirect
  If you accidentally click a Shorts link, ShortStop instantly redirects you to the normal video player — no Shorts UI, no vertical scroll.

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  ⚡  WHY SHORTSTOP IS DIFFERENT
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  ✓ Zero flash — CSS is injected before the page renders, so Shorts never appear even for a split second. Competitors show a brief flicker. ShortStop doesn't.
  
  ✓ Per-surface controls — Toggle each blocking surface independently. Want to keep channel Shorts but block homepage? Done.
  
  ✓ Live stats — See exactly how many Shorts you've blocked today and in total, plus an estimate of time saved.
  
  ✓ Instant toggle — Flip a switch in the popup and changes take effect on your open YouTube tab immediately. No page reload required.
  
  ✓ YouTube dark theme — The popup matches YouTube's own dark UI. It feels native.
  
  ✓ Badge counter — The extension icon shows today's blocked count in real time.
  
  ✓ YouTube-only permissions — ShortStop only has access to youtube.com. No broad host permissions, no browsing history, no data collection.
  
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  🔒 PRIVACY FIRST
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  ShortStop collects zero user data. No account. No sign-up. No analytics. No ads. Your settings sync across your own devices via Chrome's built-in storage — nothing is sent to any server.
  
  Permissions used:
  • storage — saves your toggle preferences and blocked count locally
  • youtube.com access — required to hide Shorts elements on YouTube pages

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  🚀 GET STARTED IN 5 SECONDS
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  1. Install ShortStop
  2. Open YouTube
  3. Shorts are gone — instantly

  That's it. No setup. No account. Just a cleaner YouTube.

  Built with ❤️ by DevOps-Monk