Disable YouTube Shorts Chrome Extension Analysis
Automation & Workflow EfficiencyChrome extension ID: fbihmpboneacjbbdajiaoocphnjgomol
A Chrome extension designed to remove YouTube Shorts and other distracting elements from the user interface. It features a Focus Mode and customizable settings to help users prioritize long-form content and intentional browsing.
Overview
Installs
10K+
Rating
★ 3.2
73 reviews
Languages
52 locales
Includes Deutsch, English, Filipino, Indonesia...
Market analysis
Review-backed positioning, friction, and market signals for this Chrome extension.
Macro category
Automation & Workflow Efficiency
Pricing friction
Low review signal
Complaint intensity
High review signal
Listing positioning
The product positions itself as a tool for 'deep focus' and staying 'unhooked' from mindless scrolling. It claims to provide a distraction-free YouTube experience by hiding Shorts, comments, and other interruptions to boost productivity.
Inferred product pattern
UI modification utility aimed at digital wellbeing and productivity.
Review-backed pain points
Users report that the extension does not actually block Shorts from the home screen or search results, only removing the 'Shorts' link from the left navigation menu.
Observed feature gaps
The extension appears to lack the ability to filter out Shorts videos from the actual content feed and search results, despite claiming to 'hide' them.
- Students
- Professionals
- Users struggling with social media addiction
- Productivity enthusiasts
- Hiding YouTube Shorts from the feed
- Reducing distraction during work or study
- Customizing YouTube UI to remove shorts links
- Review-backed data is not available
- Core functionality failure
- Ineffective content blocking
- Only removes navigation links instead of video content
- Performance complaints detected
- No pricing friction reported in reviews; listing indicates a basic free version with optional premium features.
Support
No specific support communication complaints, though users express severe disappointment in product efficacy.
Reliability
High reliability concerns; multiple users across different languages state the extension is completely ineffective and does not perform its primary function.
Privacy
No privacy or security complaints observed in samples.
- Free entry with paid features
- No account requirement observed
- Limited free usage observed
Store listing facts
- Screenshots: 2
- Videos: 0
- Languages: 52
- Privacy policy
- Developer contact
- Version: 1.1.1
- Size: 824KiB
- Last updated:
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