Unhook - Remove YouTube Recommended & Shorts

Hide YouTube related videos, shorts, comments, suggestions wall, homepage recommendations, trending, and other distractions.

Unhook: Remove YouTube Distractions & Focus on Content

"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.

Add-on stats

By: Unhook
Rating: 4.90
(168)
Version: 1.6.7 (Last updated: 2024-04-12)
Version code: 1.6.7
Creation date: 2021-12-27
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
  • webRequest
  • https://www.youtube.com/*
  • https://m.youtube.com/*
Size: 37.86K
Full description: See detailed description

Other platforms

Unhook - Remove YouTube Recommended & Shorts (v1.6.8)
4.88 (2,820) 800,000
Not available on Android
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User reviews

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Pros
  • Highly effective at removing distractions from YouTube
  • Customizable functionalities based on user preferences
  • Helps improve productivity and focus when using YouTube
  • Removes unwanted content like Shorts and recommendations
  • User-friendly compared to other methods of blocking distractions
Cons
  • Volume issue where audio is halved when the add-on is active
  • Requires clearing cookies for the volume issue to be resolved
Most mentioned
  • Great distraction prevention tool
  • Customizable settings for user preferences
  • Significant improvement in productivity
  • Volume halving issue when the extension is active
User reviews
Great! I cannot possibly browse YouTube without it. BUT IT HAS ONE ISSUE: Video volumes get halved. If you have the volume slider at 100%, you get 50% sound, and if it is any less, you get the half of that. I don't know what's causing this issue but if I 1) disable Unhook and then (mandatory) 2) clear all the YouTube cookies then the volume becomes normal and loud. If I skip disabling Unhook, then the first video starts loud but in 100 milliseconds the page refreshes very briefly and the volume is halved again.
by Utkan, 2025-02-08

this is the most beatiful extension I ever see
by Mert, 2025-02-08

Edit: Over a year later, disable autoplay still does not work for non-playlists. Review: Downloaded to use the disable autoplay feature. It only disables the feature from being activated/deactivated, it does not prevent a video from automatically starting to play.
by Edward, 2025-02-01
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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Unhook - Remove YouTube Recommended & Shorts requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details
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