Unhook - Remove YouTube Recommended & Shorts

Hide YouTube related videos, shorts, comments, suggestions wall, homepage recommendations, trending, and other distractions.
What is Unhook - Remove YouTube Recommended & Shorts?
"Unhook - Remove YouTube Recommended & Shorts" is an Edge browser extension designed to enhance your viewing experience on YouTube by stripping away various distractions. It allows users to hide recommended videos, shorts, comments, autoplay, annotations, trending content, and more to focus solely on the content they wish to watch. The add-on provides a customizable interface to tailor the YouTube experience to your preferences, including suppression of specific sidebar suggestions, end-screen prompts, and even the top header. Perfect for maintaining productivity or a minimalist view, Unhook offers a cleaner, more controlled way to enjoy YouTube content without the noise.
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By: Unhook
Version: 1.6.7 (Last updated: 2024-04-12)
Creation date: 2021-12-27
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
  • webRequest
  • https://www.youtube.com/*
  • https://m.youtube.com/*
Size: 37.86K

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# 395 ▲ 4
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Add-on summary

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A browser extension to eliminate distractions on YouTube, including the recommended sidebar, shorts, endscreen video suggestions, user comments, homepage related videos feed, trending tab, turn off autoplay or annotations, and more. Toggle the options through the popup to customize your own YouTube experience!

Compatible with mobile YouTube, m.youtube.com, through Firefox on Android. Also works on video embeds.

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If you find Unhook useful, please consider making a contribution: PayPal.me/unhook

OPTIONS:

  • Hide Homepage Feed
  • Hide Video Sidebar
    • Hide Recommended (Related Videos)
    • Hide Live Chat
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User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Edge Add-on Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Effectively removes distractions from YouTube, including recommendations and shorts.
  • Enhances productivity by helping users focus on specific content.
  • User-friendly and easy to enable or disable various features.
  • Extensively praised for helping users regain control over their viewing habits.
Cons
  • Can experience functionality issues after YouTube site updates.
  • Occasional bugs reported, such as circular loading icons when hiding recommendations.
Most mentioned
  • Removes distractions
  • Helps with productivity
  • User-friendly interface
  • Has experienced issues with updates
Recent reviews
Definitely a go for it extension for YouTube distractions and to overcome your habit of wasting time on non productive videos .
by Zeeshan, 2024-10-19
Absolutely amazing. I especially love it for work when I'm just looking for a specific tutorial, and I don't need to see all the other distracting garbage.
by Jared, 2024-10-05
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by 少爷, 2024-10-04
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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Unhook - Remove YouTube Recommended & Shorts is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Unhook - Remove YouTube Recommended & Shorts if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

Unhook - Remove YouTube Recommended & Shorts has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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