Better YouTube
Hide YouTube Shorts across the site.
As of June 2026, Better YouTube has 43 users and a 5.00/5 rating from 3 reviews in the Productivity category.
Usersup 104.8 percent+104.8%
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Ratingno change0%
5.00
3 reviews
Reviewsno change0%
3
Version
0.1.3
Manifest V3
History
9 snapshotsTracking since Apr 1, 2026.
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| Date | Users | Rating | Reviews | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 2026 | 21 | 5.00 | 3 | 0.1.3 |
| Apr 16, 2026 | 30 | 5.00 | 3 | 0.1.3 |
| Apr 24, 2026 | 39 | 5.00 | 3 | 0.1.3 |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 30 | 5.00 | 3 | 0.1.3 |
| May 7, 2026 | 29 | 5.00 | 3 | 0.1.3 |
| May 12, 2026 | 35 | 5.00 | 3 | 0.1.3 |
| May 17, 2026 | 40 | 5.00 | 3 | 0.1.3 |
| May 26, 2026 | 49 | 5.00 | 3 | 0.1.3 |
| Jun 5, 2026 | 41 | 5.00 | 3 | 0.1.3 |
| Now | 43 | 5.00 | 3 | 0.1.3 |
Permissions & access
- Permissions
- storage
- Host access
- https://www.youtube.com/*
Screenshots
About
Better YouTube is a lightweight Chrome extension that declutters youtube.com for long-form viewing. Features: - Hide Shorts, Explore, More from YouTube, Breaking News, Movies, Playables, and Home topic tabs - Extended playback speed controls (0.1x-5x) with slider + buttons - Toggle everything from the popup; settings sync with Chrome Privacy: no analytics, no tracking, no data collection; permissions limited to youtube.com + storage. Not affiliated with YouTube or Google.
Technical
- Version
- 0.1.3
- Manifest
- V3
- Size
- 18.8KiB
- Min Chrome
- 88
- Languages
- 1
- Featured
- No
Metadata
- ID
- nllhjoojnmeecenjlehclocedimdalao
- Developer ID
- u51fbc1b53a21a4ef06af8271bdb90b12
- Developer Email
- [email protected]
- Created
- Jan 27, 2026
- Last Updated (Store)
- Feb 11, 2026
- Last Scraped
- Jun 5, 2026
- Website
- goosewin.com
- Support URL
- —
- Privacy Policy
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Data sourced from the Chrome Web Store · last verified Jun 5, 2026.