Unhook - Remove YouTube Recommended & Shorts
Hide YouTube related videos, shorts, comments, suggestions wall, homepage recommendations, trending, and other distractions.
As of June 2026, Unhook - Remove YouTube Recommended & Shorts has 1,000,000 users and a 4.86/5 rating from 4,266 reviews in the Workflow & Planning category.
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4.3K reviews
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4.3K
Version
1.6.9
Manifest V3
90-day change · In the last 90 days this extension 1 version update.
History
11 snapshotsTracking since Apr 23, 2026.
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| Date | Users | Rating | Reviews | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 2026 | 1.0M | 4.85 | 4.0K | 1.6.8 |
| Apr 28, 2026 | 1.0M | 4.86 | 4.1K | 1.6.9 |
| May 8, 2026 | 1.0M | 4.86 | 4.1K | 1.6.9 |
| May 11, 2026 | 1.0M | 4.86 | 4.2K | 1.6.9 |
| May 15, 2026 | 1.0M | 4.86 | 4.2K | 1.6.9 |
| May 19, 2026 | 1.0M | 4.86 | 4.2K | 1.6.9 |
| May 24, 2026 | 1.0M | 4.86 | 4.2K | 1.6.9 |
| May 29, 2026 | 1.0M | 4.86 | 4.2K | 1.6.9 |
| Jun 3, 2026 | 1.0M | 4.86 | 4.2K | 1.6.9 |
| Jun 7, 2026 | 1.0M | 4.86 | 4.2K | 1.6.9 |
| Jun 12, 2026 | 1.0M | 4.86 | 4.3K | 1.6.9 |
| Now | 1.0M | 4.86 | 4.3K | 1.6.9 |
Permissions & access
- Permissions
- storagewebRequest
- Host access
- https://www.youtube.com/*, https://m.youtube.com/*
Screenshots
About
A browser extension to remove YouTube distractions, including the recommended sidebar, shorts, endscreen video suggestions, user comments, homepage related videos feed, trending tab, turn off autoplay or annotations, and more. Toggle the options through the popup to customize your own YouTube experience!
Compatible with mobile YouTube, m.youtube.com, through Firefox on Android. Also works on video embeds.
Request a feature: https://forms.gle/eJTVhmGtG5zp6YQE7
Unhook YouTube is available as an add-on for:
- Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube-recommended-videos/
- Microsoft Edge: https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/unhook-remove-youtube-r/hebpjnnclppdnfghdnmhgdljmjpfhggk
If you find Unhook useful, please consider making a donation: PayPal.me/unhook
OPTIONS:
- Hide Homepage Feed
- Hide Video Sidebar
- Hide Recommended (Related Videos)
- Hide Live Chat
- Hide Playlist
- Hide YouTube Shorts
- Hide End Screen Videowall
- Hide End Screen Cards
- Hide Comments
- Hide Mix Radio Playlists
- Hide Merch, Tickets, Offers
- Hide Video Info
- Hide Video Buttons Bar (share, likes, dislikes)
- Hide Channel (profile + subscribe button)
- Hide Video Description
- Hide Top Header
- Hide Notification Bell
- Hide Irrelevant Search Results ("Related to your search", "Latest from", "Searches related to", "People also search for", etc.)
- Hide Explore and Trending
- Hide More from YouTube
- Hide and Redirect Subscriptions
- Disable Autoplay
- Disable Annotations
YouTube is a trademark of Google Inc. Use of this trademark is subject to Google Permissions.Technical
- Version
- 1.6.9
- Manifest
- V3
- Size
- 37.32KiB
- Min Chrome
- 88
- Languages
- 1
- Featured
- Yes
Metadata
- ID
- khncfooichmfjbepaaaebmommgaepoid
- Developer ID
- u2858c9a66af8052cfca4c5d2f9026655
- Developer Email
- [email protected]
- Created
- Jun 5, 2018
- Last Updated (Store)
- Mar 22, 2026
- Last Scraped
- Jun 12, 2026
- Website
- unhook.app
- Support URL
- —
- Privacy Policy
- —
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