About YT Block
YT Block is a small independent project. We're building a Chrome extension that hides the parts of YouTube that eat your time and leaves the rest of YouTube alone.
Why we're making it
Plenty of people need YouTube for study and for work. The trouble is everything around the video they came for. The Home feed, Up next and Shorts keep offering something else to watch, and a quick search for a tutorial can turn into a lost evening.
Blocking the whole site would stop that, and it would also take away the videos you actually need. So the extension works piece by piece. You hide a channel, a word in video titles, the Shorts shelf or the Home feed, and everything else stays. The home page has the full list of features.
How we build it
The extension runs only on youtube.com and asks for access to that site alone. We keep its permissions to what the features need. Your block lists are stored in your browser, and there's no account to create or sign in to.
Where things stand
The extension is in development and isn't in the Chrome Web Store yet. This site already works, and so do the tools on it. The channel list builder and the keyword filter tester run in your browser and send nothing anywhere. The privacy page explains what the site does with your data.
Get in touch
We'd like to hear about bugs and ideas. You'll find the address on the contact page.
Keep YouTube for what you came for
The extension hides the channels, words, Shorts and recommendations you choose.
Coming to the Chrome Web Store