CleanFeed – Block YouTube Shorts, Feed & Recommendations | Focus Lock

Tracking since May 15, 2026.

Changelog

• Jun 9, 2026
  description

  YouTube is engineered to keep you scrolling. The homepage feed, the sidebar suggestions on watch pages, the end-screen overlays, Shorts, the wall of comments — none of it is there by accident. It's all there to keep you on the site longer.
  
  CleanFeed hides those parts. Just those parts. The videos you actually search for still play normally.
  
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  10 toggles. Turn on what bothers you, leave the rest alone.
  
  — Homepage feed (just a search bar)
  — Shorts, everywhere they appear
  — Sidebar recommendations on watch pages
  — End-screen video suggestions
  — Comments (with a "show comments" button so you can still read them when you actually want to)
  — Trending and Explore tabs
  — Live chat on streams
  — Autoplay (auto-disabled on every video)
  — Thumbnails (replaced with neutral placeholders — pick videos by reading titles, not by falling for clickbait)
  — Algorithm shelves on the Subscriptions page (chronological only)
  
  Works on YouTube Music too.
  
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  Focus Lock
  
  Set a 4-digit PIN, pick a duration (30 minutes to "until I unlock"), and every blocker force-enables. The popup toggles get disabled.
  
  Need to bail early? Hold the unlock button for 60 seconds straight. The friction stops impulsive "just one quick video" disables but never traps you in a genuine emergency.
  
  PIN is hashed with SHA-256 and a random salt. It never leaves your browser.
  
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  Time tracker
  
  Minutes spent on YouTube today, this week, and a rolling 7-day average. Only counts when a YouTube tab is focused and visible — background tabs don't lie to you.
  
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  Pause for an hour
  
  Sometimes you genuinely need recommendations — finding new music, researching a topic. Click pause, every blocker steps out of the way for 60 minutes, then auto-resumes.
  
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  Right-click to block a channel
  
  See a channel you'd rather never see again? Right-click any of their videos → "Block this channel with CleanFeed." Gone from your homepage, sidebar, search, everywhere.
  
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  Pricing
  
  Free: any 2 blockers active at a time. Forever. No trial that expires, no daily limits.
  
  Pro: $4.99 one-time. Unlocks all 10 blockers, Focus Lock, channel whitelist, right-click channel blocking, and custom CSS. Lifetime updates. No subscription.
  
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  Privacy
  
  Everything runs locally in your browser. No analytics, no telemetry, no data sent to a server. CleanFeed doesn't know what you watch. The only network calls go to ExtensionPay when you upgrade or log in — that's it.
  
  Full privacy policy: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/VeryBrightSky/cleanfeed/main/PRIVACY.md
  
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  Heads up: YouTube updates its layout occasionally, which can briefly break individual blockers. If something stops hiding, it usually means a selector needs updating. Email [email protected] if you spot one.
  
  Made by an independent developer. No ads in the extension, no upsells, no email list.

  Stop YouTube from hijacking your day.
  
  YouTube is engineered to keep you scrolling. The homepage feed, the sidebar suggestions, the end-screen overlays, Shorts, the wall of comments — none of it is there by accident. It's all there to keep you on the site longer.
  
  CleanFeed hides those parts. Just those parts. The videos you actually search for still play normally.
  
  $4.99 once. No subscription, no account, no email required. Pay once, own it forever.
  
  —
  
  10 toggles. Turn on what bothers you, leave the rest alone.
  
  — Homepage feed (just a search bar)
  — Shorts, everywhere they appear
  — Sidebar recommendations on watch pages
  — End-screen video suggestions
  — Comments (with a "show comments" button so you can still read them when you actually want to)
  — Trending and Explore tabs
  — Live chat on streams
  — Autoplay (auto-disabled on every video)
  — Thumbnails (replaced with neutral placeholders — pick videos by reading titles, not by falling for clickbait)
  — Algorithm shelves on the Subscriptions page (chronological only)
  
  Works on YouTube Music too.
  
  —
  
  Focus Lock
  
  Set a 4-digit PIN, pick a duration (30 minutes to "until I unlock"), and every blocker force-enables. The popup toggles get disabled.
  
  Need to bail early? Hold the unlock button for 60 seconds straight. The friction stops impulsive "just one quick video" disables but never traps you in a genuine emergency.
  
  PIN is hashed with SHA-256 and a random salt. It never leaves your browser.
  
  —
  
  Time tracker
  
  Minutes spent on YouTube today, this week, and a rolling 7-day average. Only counts when a YouTube tab is focused and visible — background tabs don't lie to you.
  
  —
  
  Pause for an hour
  
  Sometimes you genuinely need recommendations — finding new music, researching a topic. Click pause, every blocker steps out of the way for 60 minutes, then auto-resumes.
  
  —
  
  Right-click to block a channel
  
  See a channel you'd rather never see again? Right-click any of their videos → "Block this channel with CleanFeed." Gone from your homepage, sidebar, search, everywhere.
  
  —
  
  Pricing
  
  Free: any 2 blockers active at a time. Forever. No trial that expires, no daily limits.
  
  Pro: $4.99 one-time. Unlocks all 10 blockers, Focus Lock, channel whitelist, right-click channel blocking, and custom CSS. Lifetime updates. No subscription.
  
  —
  
  Privacy
  
  Everything runs locally in your browser. No analytics, no telemetry, no data sent to a server. CleanFeed doesn't know what you watch. The only network calls go to ExtensionPay when you upgrade or log in — that's it.
  
  Full privacy policy: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/VeryBrightSky/cleanfeed/main/PRIVACY.md
  
  —
  
  Heads up: YouTube updates its layout occasionally, which can briefly break individual blockers. If something stops hiding, it usually means a selector needs updating. Email [email protected] if you spot one.
  
  Made by an independent developer. No ads in the extension, no upsells, no email list.

• Jun 3, 2026
  short_description

  Block YouTube Shorts, hide the homepage feed, recommendations & comments. Distraction-free YouTube with PIN Focus Lock + Pomodoro.

  Hide YouTube’s distractions. Free: 2 blockers. Pro: all 17 + Focus Lock + Pomodoro. $4.99 once. Yours forever. No subscription.

• May 21, 2026
  short_description

  Hide YouTube's homepage feed, Shorts, recommendations, comments. Focus Lock, time tracker, 10 toggles, $4.99 one-time.

  Block YouTube Shorts, hide the homepage feed, recommendations & comments. Distraction-free YouTube with PIN Focus Lock + Pomodoro.

• May 21, 2026
  name

  CleanFeed — focus on YouTube

  CleanFeed – Block YouTube Shorts, Feed & Recommendations | Focus Lock

• May 21, 2026
  permissions

  storage, contextMenus

  storage, contextMenus, alarms, notifications

Permissions & access

Permissions

storagecontextMenusalarmsnotifications

Host access

*://*.youtube.com/*, *://music.youtube.com/*

Screenshots