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Less Addictive Youtube by Alexis Drain

Remove some elements from Youtube (which are the thumbnails, recommended videos sidebar, and comments) to make it less addictive.

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Remove comments and/or sidebar.Applies less addictive controls throughout Youtube like the search function.
About this extension
Remove some elements from YouTube to make it less addictive. Mix and match between the following options:
- Hide or show thumbnails and video preview
- Hide or show recommended videos sidebar
- Hide or show comments
- Hide or show Shorts
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Required permissions:

  • Access your data for sites in the youtube.com domain
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Version
1.48
Size
49.58 KB
Last updated
6 days ago (Aug 19, 2025)
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Release notes for 1.48
(8-19-2025) v1.48:
  • Fixed thumbnails breaking with new YouTube update.
  • Fixed issue where disabling thumbnails also disable channel avatar and banner.
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