Mono for YouTube

Tracking since Apr 4, 2026.

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• May 24, 2026
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  Meet Mono - the tired little robot who tidied up your YouTube so you didn't have to. Don't bother thanking him. He'll probably ignore you.
  
  This is a lightweight browser extension that strips YouTube down to the essentials by hiding recommendations, distractions, and dark patterns with pure CSS. No JavaScript, no tracking, no background processes.
  
  Features:
  - Blocks YouTube homepage recommendations
  - Removes sidebar and navigation menus
  - Hides notification and create buttons
  - Hides YouTube Shorts shelves
  - Hides individual Shorts search results
  - Hides channel cards and channel search links
  - Hides search result shelves and filter clutter
  - Removes end cards and end-of-video autoplay recommendations
  - Removes fullscreen recommendation overlays
  - Removes subscribe, join, download, save, and more buttons
  - Removes comment input (comments remain readable)
  - Removes comment engagement bars and creator reply indicators
  - Removes live chat replay clutter and sidebar carousels
  - Removes info cards under video descriptions
  - Disables channel links
  - Centres the video player
  
  Lightweight CSS-only extension - no JavaScript, no tracking, no background processes. Works on all YouTube pages including watch, search, and homepage.
  
  💻 Source code: https://github.com/Aadam-Gafar/Mono-for-YouTube

• May 24, 2026
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  A distraction-free YouTube extension.

• May 24, 2026
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  Mono for YouTube

• May 24, 2026
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  lifestyle/well_being

• Apr 28, 2026
  description

  Meet Mono - the tired little robot who tidied up your YouTube so you didn't have to. Don't bother thanking him. He'll probably ignore you.
  
  This is a lightweight browser extension that strips YouTube down to the essentials by hiding recommendations, distractions, and dark patterns with pure CSS. No JavaScript, no tracking, no background processes.
  
  Features:
  - Blocks YouTube homepage recommendations
  - Removes sidebar and navigation menus
  - Hides YouTube Shorts shelves
  - Removes end cards and end-of-video autoplay recommendations
  - Removes subscribe and download buttons
  - Removes comment input (comments remain readable)
  - Disables channel links
  - Centres the video player
  
  Lightweight CSS-only extension - no JavaScript, no tracking, no background processes. Works on all YouTube pages including watch, search, and homepage.
  
  Development by Aadam Gafar
  Source code: https://github.com/Aadam-Gafar/Focus-YouTube-Simplified

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• Apr 28, 2026
  short_description

  Reclaim your time.

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• Apr 28, 2026
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  Mono, a distraction-free YouTube extension

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• Apr 28, 2026
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  lifestyle/well_being

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• Apr 4, 2026
  description

  If you find yourself spending too much time on YouTube, enjoy this stripped-back version of the site. Focus for YouTube is free of the infamous algorithm and boasts a clean, simple interface - you won't spend long here. This is not YouTube as entertainment, it is YouTube as a tool.
  
  Features:
  - clean, minimal interface
  - removed sidebar menus
  - removed recommendations
  - removed YouTube shorts
  - removed subscriptions
  - removed comment creation
  - disabled channel links
  - removed search suggestions
  
  Credit:
  - development by Aadam Gafar
  
  Source code available at: https://github.com/Aadam-Gafar/Focus-YouTube-Simplified
  Mozilla Firefox version available at: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/focus-youtube-simplified/

  Meet Mono - the tired little robot who tidied up your YouTube so you didn't have to. Don't bother thanking him. He'll probably ignore you.
  
  This is a lightweight browser extension that strips YouTube down to the essentials by hiding recommendations, distractions, and dark patterns with pure CSS. No JavaScript, no tracking, no background processes.
  
  Features:
  - Blocks YouTube homepage recommendations
  - Removes sidebar and navigation menus
  - Hides YouTube Shorts shelves
  - Removes end cards and end-of-video autoplay recommendations
  - Removes subscribe and download buttons
  - Removes comment input (comments remain readable)
  - Disables channel links
  - Centres the video player
  
  Lightweight CSS-only extension - no JavaScript, no tracking, no background processes. Works on all YouTube pages including watch, search, and homepage.
  
  Development by Aadam Gafar
  Source code: https://github.com/Aadam-Gafar/Focus-YouTube-Simplified

• Apr 4, 2026
  short_description

  This is not YouTube as entertainment, it is YouTube as a tool.

  Reclaim your time.

• Apr 4, 2026
  name

  Focus: YouTube Simplified

  Mono, a distraction-free YouTube extension

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