Hide YouTube Thumbnails, Shorts & Previews

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Open in Chrome Web Store

Users

Avg rating

5.0

Ratings

Updated

Aug 27, 2026

Media

2 items

Description

Take control of YouTube: blur thumbnails and titles per area, hide Shorts, comments, and end screens, and schedule focus hours. YouTube is designed to pull you from one video into ten more. This extension covers up the algorithm so you only see the video you came for. WHAT IT DOES • Blurs thumbnails, titles, and channel info on the homepage feed and the watch-page sidebar — the video you're actually watching stays untouched • Hover to reveal a video when you *choose* to look, or turn hover-reveal off for strict mode • Blocks YouTube's autoplaying hover previews • Hides Shorts entirely — shelves and menu entries • Optionally blurs search results and hides comments and end-screen suggestion cards • Adjustable blur intensity • Focus schedule: activate only during the hours you choose (overnight ranges supported) HOW TO USE Click the toolbar icon to open the control panel. Everything applies instantly — no page reload needed. Note: this is an independent project and is not affiliated with or endorsed by YouTube or Google.

History

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Details & SEO

SEO signals

Listing completeness signals

Title length
Characters in the extension name.
42
Description length
Characters in the listing description.
1037
Media assets
Screenshots and videos on the listing.
2
Has promo video
Whether the listing includes at least one video.
No
Languages
Declared language locales.
1
Developer website
Listing exposes a developer website URL.
No
Contact email
Listing exposes a contact email.
Yes
Keyword in name
Case-insensitive substring match in the name.
—
Keyword in description
Case-insensitive substring match in the description.
—
Keyword occurrences in description
Count of case-insensitive occurrences in the description.
—
Category user-count percentile
Share of same-category extensions with fewer users (null if unknown).
43.7

These are transparent listing completeness / keyword signals, not a prediction of Chrome Web Store search ranking.

Description

Details & SEO

SEO signals

Listing completeness signals

Title length
Characters in the extension name.
42
Description length
Characters in the listing description.
1037
Media assets
Screenshots and videos on the listing.
2
Has promo video
Whether the listing includes at least one video.
No
Languages
Declared language locales.
1
Developer website
Listing exposes a developer website URL.
No
Contact email
Listing exposes a contact email.
Yes
Keyword in name
Case-insensitive substring match in the name.
—
Keyword in description
Case-insensitive substring match in the description.
—
Keyword occurrences in description
Count of case-insensitive occurrences in the description.
—
Category user-count percentile
Share of same-category extensions with fewer users (null if unknown).
43.7

These are transparent listing completeness / keyword signals, not a prediction of Chrome Web Store search ranking.