Less Youtube Mess

Name: Less Youtube Mess
Rating: 5 (10 reviews)
Author: AtakanOzkan

Customize YouTube: Hide Shorts, Sidebar, Comments, Recommendations, and More!

As of June 2026, Less Youtube Mess has 30 users and a 5.00/5 rating from 10 reviews in the Workflow & Planning category.

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Users+200.0%

Rating0%

5.00

10 reviews

Reviews+11.1%

Version

1.8.1

Manifest V3

90-day change · In the last 90 days this extension 7 version updates.

History

9 snapshots

Tracking since Apr 1, 2026.

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Date	Users	Rating	Reviews	Version
Apr 1, 2026	10	5.00	9	1.3
Apr 17, 2026	10	5.00	9	1.4
Apr 24, 2026	10	5.00	9	1.6.6
May 1, 2026	11	5.00	9	1.7.6
May 8, 2026	16	5.00	9	1.7.8
May 13, 2026	25	5.00	9	1.7.9
May 25, 2026	28	5.00	9	1.8
Jun 1, 2026	31	5.00	9	1.8.1
Jun 7, 2026	28	5.00	9	1.8.1
Now	30	5.00	10	1.8.1

Changelog

May 25, 2026

description

Take back your focus and enjoy YouTube the way it was meant to be: clean and simple. Stop the doomscrolling trap and reclaim your time.

This extension is ultra-lightweight and gives you full control over what you see through a modern, easy-to-use menu.

Features

1️⃣ Block Distractions: Remove Shorts, comments and premieres.

2️⃣ Clean Video Player: Disable Autoplay entirely and hide end-screen cards, video sidebars, and like counts for focused viewing.

3️⃣ Zero Clutter: Instantly hide annoying Premium popups, search suggestions, the notification bell, and the YouTube logo.

4️⃣ Navigation Control: Hide the left menu completely, or selectively remove sections like "Explore", "You", and "More from YouTube".

5️⃣ Smart Redirect: Bypass the chaotic homepage and land directly on your Subscriptions feed every time you open YouTube.

6️⃣ List View: Transform your Subscriptions grid into a clean, easy-to-read chronological list. Toggle on the new Compact Mode for smaller thumbnails.

⏭️ This extension is 100% open source and designed to be fully privacy-focused. ⏭️
https://github.com/Atakan0zkan/Less-Youtube-Mess-Extension

📩 For suggestions, please email me: [email protected]

UPDATES -

Version 1.0 – Initial release!

Version 1.0.3 – Fixed minor bugs

Version 1.1 – Major performance improvements and bug fixes

Version 1.1.1 - Fixed minor bugs

Version 1.2 - New features for Left Navigation Bar!

Version 1.3 - Fixed minor bugs and extension menu is better now

Version 1.4 - Fixed Left Navigation bugs, improved toggles to work in real-time without refreshing, option to disable Premium popups and added major performance optimizations

Version 1.5 - Major optimization and security updates. This has been the biggest update so far

Version 1.6 - Added Autoplay and Compact List View features. Smashed filthy bugs and performance upgrades as usual

Version 1.6.3 - YouTube renamed ALL CSS class names from BEM format to camelCase. Updated all selectors.

Version 1.6.6 - Fixed list view thumbnail scaling for good. No bug fixes; I couldn't find any.

Version 1.7 - You can now hide the "+Create" button! I added a toggle to the popup menu and fixed the autoplay feature, along with some minor bugs.

Version 1.7.5 - You can now blur video thumbnails to avoid clickbait! I also added support for 9 different languages, enlarged the menu buttons for better accessibility, and fixed some bugs.

Version 1.7.6 - Better translations for all languages.

Version 1.7.8 - Added support for 14 more languages, bringing the extension to 24 supported languages in total. Also improved YouTube DOM resilience, hardened settings handling, and added better maintenance diagnostics for future YouTube layout changes.

Version 1.7.9 - Added new controls for Hype/Thanks, thumbnail hover playback, and original audio preference on dubbed videos. Also fixed the +Create button hiding, improved YouTube DOM resilience, and hardened cleanup/diagnostics for future layout changes.

Version 1.8 - Performance updates, translation fixes and security improvements.