Hide YouTube Thumbnails

Name: Hide YouTube Thumbnails
Rating: 4.74 (137 reviews)
Author: Adam Jones

Hide YouTube Thumbnails for less clickbaity browsing

As of June 2026, Hide YouTube Thumbnails has 40,000 users and a 4.74/5 rating from 137 reviews in the Workflow & Planning category.

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Users−20.0%

40.0K

40,000

Rating0%

4.74

137 reviews

Reviews+0.7%

137

Version

2.6.3

Manifest V3

90-day change · In the last 90 days this extension lost 10.0K users.

History

6 snapshots

Tracking since Apr 5, 2026.

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Date	Users	Rating	Reviews	Version
Apr 5, 2026	50.0K	4.74	136	2.6.3
Apr 16, 2026	40.0K	4.74	136	2.6.3
May 7, 2026	50.0K	4.74	136	2.6.3
May 11, 2026	50.0K	4.74	137	2.6.3
May 18, 2026	50.0K	4.75	138	2.6.3
Jun 2, 2026	50.0K	4.74	137	2.6.3
Now	40.0K	4.74	137	2.6.3

Permissions & access

Permissions: storage
Host access: None declared

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About

Simply hides thumbnails on YouTube to have a more peaceful and less distracting browsing experience. Also useful for avoiding spoilers or inappropriate imagery.

Options available:
- Temporarily turn off hiding
- Blur rather than hide thumbnails
- Show thumbnails on hover
- Show only solid color
- Show thumbnails on search results / playlist / watch / subscriptions / channel pages

This extsion could also be descibed as blocking YouTube thumbnails on videos, disabling YouTube thumbnails on videos, blurring YouTube thumbnails on videos. People have found it useful for:
- Hiding distracting or inappropriate YouTube thumbnails in class when teaching students
- Hiding YouTube thumbnails to reduce distraction and procrastination when studying or working
- Hiding YouTube thumbnails to avoid spoilers in the video