Hide YouTube Short by Jiru Gutema

Have you ever meant to watch one video… and ended up scrolling Shorts for hours? This extension removes YouTube Shorts from the homepage, sidebar, and Shorts video pages by deleting relevant DOM elements and redirecting Shorts pages to the homepage.

5 (3 reviews)

38 Users

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About this extension

Clean Up Your Web Experience

This extension helps you take control of your browsing by removing youtube shorts from youtube.com

Key Features

YouTube Shorts Blocker
Removes Shorts sections from the homepage and sidebar.
Redirects Shorts video pages to the main YouTube homepage.
Works instantly and continuously, even as new content loads.

How It Works

Uses lightweight DOM manipulation and a MutationObserver to remove elements in real time.
No reloads needed — content is removed as soon as it appears.
Fully client-side: no data collection, no analytics, no tracking.

Privacy Friendly
100% local processing
No external scripts or network activity
Open, transparent code with no dependencies or build tools

Perfect for users who want a minimalist, focused browsing experience without distractions from Shorts or ads.

Developer comments

Hide YouTube Short

A lightweight Firefox and Chrome extension that removes YouTube Shorts from your browsing experience, helping you stay focused on regular video content.

Features

Complete Shorts Removal: Eliminates Shorts from homepage, sidebar, and dedicated Shorts pages
Real-time Detection: Automatically removes Shorts as they load dynamically
Performance Optimized: Debounced execution prevents excessive processing
Error Resilient: Built-in error handling ensures stable operation
Minimal Footprint: Lightweight code with no external dependencies

Installation

You can install the extension directly from the Mozilla Add-ons store:

Hide YouTube Shorts on Mozilla Add-ons

How It Works

The extension uses content script injection to:

Target specific YouTube Shorts elements using CSS selectors
Remove Shorts shelves, reels, and navigation links
Replace the Shorts page with a custom message
Monitor DOM changes for dynamically loaded content

Technical Details

Manifest Version: 2
Permissions: Active tabs on YouTube domains
Content Script: Runs on all YouTube pages
Performance: Debounced execution (100ms delay)

Browser Compatibility

Firefox
Chrome

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit issues or pull requests.

License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details

Author

Jiru Gutema
Email: jirudagutema@gmail.com

Disclaimer

This extension is not affiliated with YouTube or Google. Use at your own discretion.

Why This Extension?

There is no way to bypass this rule of this extension. There are alternative extensions but they do not remove all Shorts and can be bypassed dynamically, for example using dynamic routes like https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ or https://www.youtube.com/shorts/abc123. They also do not remove Shorts from the homepage, sidebar, and other places. This extension is designed to remove all of them.

Rated 5 by 3 reviewers

Release notes for 1.4

user interface is added in this version to toggle on and off the extension.

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