Compact Grid Browser - For YouTube™
Make YouTube cleaner and easier to browse: compact grid, smaller thumbnails, hide Shorts, cut visual clutter.
As of June 2026, Compact Grid Browser - For YouTube™ has 96 users and a 4.00/5 rating from 4 reviews in the Productivity category.
Usersdown 5.9 percent−5.9%
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Ratingdown 20.0 percent−20.0%
4.00
4 reviews
Reviewsup 100.0 percent+100.0%
4
Version
1.0
Manifest V3
History
5 snapshotsTracking since Apr 20, 2026.
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| Date | Users | Rating | Reviews | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 2026 | 102 | 5.00 | 2 | 1.0 |
| May 5, 2026 | 91 | 5.00 | 2 | 1.0 |
| May 15, 2026 | 88 | 5.00 | 2 | 1.0 |
| May 28, 2026 | 87 | 5.00 | 2 | 1.0 |
| Jun 9, 2026 | 98 | 4.00 | 4 | 1.0 |
| Now | 96 | 4.00 | 4 | 1.0 |
Permissions & access
- Permissions
- None declared
- Host access
- https://www.youtube.com/*
Screenshots
About
Tired of oversized thumbnails and distracting Shorts on YouTube? Compact Grid Browser transforms your Home and Subscriptions pages into a clean, compact grid — making it faster and easier to focus on the videos you actually want to watch. 🚀Features: 🔳 Shrinks YouTube thumbnails for a tighter grid view 🙈 Hides Shorts rows and “Shorts” shelf sections 🏠 Works on Home and Subscriptions pages ⚡ Lightweight, fast, and simple — no settings required 🔒 100% private: no tracking, no data collection 🎯 Why use it? YouTube’s default layout often wastes space with large thumbnails and distracting Shorts. Compact Grid Browser helps you: 🔎 Scan content faster 🌿 Reduce visual noise ⭐ Focus on videos that matter to you Privacy: Runs only on youtube.com. No data is collected, transmitted, or stored.
Technical
- Version
- 1.0
- Manifest
- V3
- Size
- 457KiB
- Min Chrome
- 88
- Languages
- 1
- Featured
- No
Metadata
- ID
- kecihljnlbdobbplllcjdnlbiffdmhge
- Developer ID
- u7791048fc441e04915b00d8e5e5460b7
- Developer Email
- [email protected]
- Created
- Oct 1, 2025
- Last Updated (Store)
- Oct 1, 2025
- Last Scraped
- Jun 9, 2026
- Website
- —
- Support URL
- —
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