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Hide YouTube Shorts — Block & Remove Shorts from Your Feed icon

Hide YouTube Shorts Chrome Extension Analysis

Niche Lifestyle & Gaming Hacks

Store listing title: Hide YouTube Shorts — Block & Remove Shorts from Your Feed

Chrome extension ID: gcopfghoffafolnhhakhccaabhnbkabp

YouTube Hide Shorts is a browser extension that removes Shorts content from the YouTube home feed, search results, subscriptions, and sidebar. It also provides an interstitial screen for shared /shorts/ links, allowing users to watch content in the standard video player instead of the vertical-scroll Shorts player.

Developer:PYROCTAL
Version:2.2.0
Size:230KiB
Last updated:
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External:Chrome Web StoreOfficial website

Overview

Installs

71

Rating

★ —

0 reviews

Languages

55 locales

Includes Deutsch, English, English (Australia), English (United Kingdom)...

Market analysis

Review-backed positioning, friction, and market signals for this Chrome extension.

No review samples found

Macro category

Niche Lifestyle & Gaming Hacks

Pricing friction

Low review signal

Complaint intensity

Low review signal

Listing & review signals
Observed signals from store listing text and review samples.

Listing positioning

The product positions itself as a comprehensive, privacy-first tool designed to eliminate YouTube Shorts from all aspects of the user interface. It emphasizes a 'set it and forget it' approach that requires no configuration and provides a cleaner, distraction-free viewing experience.

Inferred product pattern

Single-purpose UI modification utility using CSS injection for platform cleanup.

Review-backed pain points

Review-backed data is not available.

Observed feature gaps

Review-backed data is not available.

Tags
YouTubeContent BlockerDigital WellbeingProductivity Tool
Target users

- Students

- Professionals

- Parents

- Digital Minimalists

Primary use cases

- Reducing digital distractions

- Improving study and research workflows

- Managing screen time for family

- Accessing advanced playback controls on shared short-form links

Positive themes

No positive theme data.

Negative themes

No negative theme data.

Observed friction

- None; the extension is marketed as completely free with no premium tiers.

Evidence boundary: Information derived from the Chrome Web Store listing provided by the developer. No user reviews are currently available for this extension. The lack of user reviews prevents verification of the extension's actual performance or compatibility with frequent YouTube interface updates.
Complaint summaries
Review-backed complaint signals grouped by operational area.

Support

Review-backed data is not available.

Reliability

Review-backed data is not available.

Privacy

Review-backed data is not available.

Access & pricing

- Free usage observed

- No account requirement observed

- Free plan or free usage claimed

Store listing facts

Listing assets

- Screenshots: 5

- Videos: 0

- Languages: 55

Trust signals

- Developer contact

- Official website

Store metadata

- Version: 2.2.0

- Size: 230KiB

- Last updated:

Listing SEO keywords

Search intent keywords
Keyword signals for evaluating how users may discover, compare, or search for this extension category.

Core discovery

remove youtube shortshide shorts chrome extensiondisable youtube shorts feedblock shorts on youtube

Comparison

youtube shorts blockerbetter youtube experienceshorts remover extension

Problem

too many shorts on youtubeyoutube shorts distractionstop infinite scroll youtube

Alternative

youtube minimalist extensionhide sidebar youtube

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Screenshots

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Links

Website: pyroctal.com

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