14:02SG
Filling my sister's garage with 5,000 paper planes
Stunt Goblins
Hide YouTube Shorts in your browser
The YouTube phone app has a daily limit for the Shorts feed, and you can set it to zero minutes. On a computer, we didn't find a setting like that. To hide Shorts in your browser, you need an extension.
Add to ChromeComing to the Chrome Web StoreTry the demo
See it on a feed
Turn on Hide Shorts. The Shorts shelf leaves the feed and the regular videos stay. You can also press Block channel on a card.
Made-up channels and videos. The rules behave the way they do in the extension.
Showing all 11 items. Nothing is hidden yet.
14:02
27:41
18:40Shorts
Stay until the last second
Loop Rocket
Relaxing clay carving ASMR
Calm Corner
My cat vs. the new printer
Furry Chaos
This 5-second desk trick
Minute Fixes
She did not see this snake coming
Stunt Goblins
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11:55
16:08Everything here matched your rules. On YouTube you'd see only what's left. Press Reset demo to bring it back.
What YouTube gives you
In Chrome on a computer, that's what the extension's Hide Shorts switch is for. If you only want to watch one Short in the regular player, start with the tool below.
Shorts link → normal player
Paste a youtube.com/shorts/… link. You get the regular watch?v=… link for the same video. It opens in the normal player, with a seek bar and without the endless feed. Nothing leaves your browser.
Normal player link
How the extension hides Shorts
The extension adds a Hide Shorts switch to youtube.com. Turn it on and these go away:
- The Shorts shelf on Home.
- The Shorts tab in the side menu.
- Shorts in search results.
- The Shorts tab on channel pages.
When you open a link to a Short, the video plays in the regular player, like the tool above does it.
Shorts are one switch in YT Block. If the Home feed pulls you in as well, see how to turn off recommendations. If it's one channel that keeps showing up, you can block the channel.
Questions about hiding Shorts
Does it work on my phone?
No. It's a browser extension for Chrome on a computer. In the YouTube phone app, use the built-in daily limit for the Shorts feed. You can set it to zero minutes.
Can I still watch a Short someone sends me?
Yes. A link to a Short opens in the regular player, so you can watch that one video without landing in the swipe feed.
Does it delete anything from my YouTube account?
No. It only changes what this browser shows on youtube.com. Your account and watch history stay as they are, and turning the switch off brings Shorts back.
Switch Shorts off once and keep them off
The extension adds one Hide Shorts switch to youtube.com in Chrome.
Coming to the Chrome Web Store