shortsblocker

About

You opened YouTube to watch one video. Thirty minutes later you're still there, swiping through Shorts you didn't ask for and don't even remember. That's not your fault — it's by design.

shortsblocker removes Shorts from your YouTube entirely and gives you Focus Mode to lock out the home feed when you need to actually get things done.

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WHAT IT DOES
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► BLOCKS YOUTUBE SHORTS — COMPLETELY
Every path into Shorts is cut off. Direct links, sidebar entries, home feed shelves, the navigation icon — gone. If you land on a Shorts URL, you get a clean "blocked" screen instead. No more accidental scrolling sessions.

► HIDES SHORTS EVERYWHERE ON THE PAGE
Shorts shelves in the home feed, the Shorts tab in the sidebar, Shorts chip filters — all removed the moment the page loads. You won't even see them to be tempted.

► FOCUS MODE
When you need to go deeper, activate Focus Mode. The extension locks out the YouTube home feed for you to not even be tempted to click on a video. The feed comes back only when you deactivate focus mode.

► INSTANT EFFECT — NO PAGE REFRESH NEEDED
Activating or ending Focus Mode triggers an automatic reload of your YouTube tab. The change takes effect immediately, no manual refresh required.

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WHY IT MATTERS
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Shorts are engineered to be addictive. They're short enough that stopping feels like it costs nothing, but long enough that each one pulls you into the next. The average Shorts session lasts far longer than users expect, and the content rarely leaves you feeling better for having watched it.

Shortsblocker doesn't lecture you or set screen time warnings you'll click past. It simply removes the mechanism. No Shorts, no feed, no rabbit hole — just YouTube when you actually want it, for the things you actually came for.

If you use YouTube for tutorials, music, podcasts, or specific channels, you don't need Shorts to get there. This extension keeps all of that working perfectly while removing the parts that waste your time.

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WHAT IT DOESN'T DO
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✗ It does not block YouTube itself
✗ It does not track your watch history or browsing
✗ It does not send any data anywhere
✗ It does not modify your YouTube account or settings
✗ It does not show ads, request donations, or upsell anything

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PERMISSIONS USED
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• Storage — saves your Focus Mode timer and duration preference locally
• Host access to youtube.com — required to block and redirect Shorts URLs

That's it. No access to your browsing history, no tabs permission, no external requests.

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INSTALL IT ONCE. FORGET ABOUT SHORTS FOREVER.
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