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Disable YouTube Shorts

Chrome extension by developmentbycores · Productivity · Workflow

A Chrome extension in Productivity · Workflow with 20 000 users, an established extension.

No site access is declared in the manifest, so it cannot read the pages you open on its own.

What the developer says, and 2 screenshots

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Users
20 000
Rating
3.2 (78 ratings)
Users, last 15 days
unchanged
Rating, last 30 days
Not watched long enough to say
Version
1.1.1
Updated in the store
2026-04-03
Published
2024-02-22
Manifest
V3
Browser access
2 permissions

How it has moved

Users
unchanged since 01.09
20k · 3 readings
  1. 2026-09-0120k
  2. 2026-09-1320k
  3. 2026-09-1520k
Rating
-0.029 since 01.09
reviewsrating 3.218-3.247 · 3 readings
  1. 2026-09-01reviews77rating3.247
  2. 2026-09-13reviews78rating3.218
  3. 2026-09-15reviews78rating3.218
Users
unchanged since 01.09
20k · 3 readings
  1. 2026-09-0120k
  2. 2026-09-1320k
  3. 2026-09-1520k
Rating
-0.029 since 01.09
reviewsrating 3.218-3.247 · 3 readings
  1. 2026-09-01reviews77rating3.247
  2. 2026-09-13reviews78rating3.218
  3. 2026-09-15reviews78rating3.218

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What it can reach

No site access is declared in the manifest, so it cannot read the pages you open on its own.

  • Act on the current tab, but only after you click it activeTab
  • Store data in your browser storage

The full permission history for this extension

What changed recently

Nothing has moved on this listing since we started watching it.

The publisher

developmentbycores publishes 10 listings we track, 47k users between them.

  1. UnHook YouTube developmentbycores · Productivity · Tools · published 2024-03-12 10k users ★ 4.6
  2. Authenticator App developmentbycores · Productivity · Tools · published 2024-05-03 10k users ★ 3.8
  3. Block Porn developmentbycores · Productivity · Tools · published 2024-09-01 2k users ★ 4.2
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  1. Currency Exchange Rate developmentbycores · Lifestyle · Household · published 2024-06-25 2k users ★ 5.0
  2. Cat Gatekeeper developmentbycores · Productivity · Tools · published 2026-06-01 1k users ★ 5.0
  3. Block Sites developmentbycores · Productivity · Workflow · published 2024-03-20 725 users ★ 4.0
  4. UTC Time Converter developmentbycores · Productivity · Tools · published 2024-07-13 614 users ★ 5.0
  5. Clipboard History developmentbycores · Productivity · Tools · published 2024-11-15 347 users ★ 5.0

Like this one

Listings the catalog judges closest in what they say they do.

  1. Disable YouTube Shorts Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 56 users ★ 5.0
  2. Disable YouTube Shorts Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 48 users
  3. Shorts Exterminator: YouTube Shorts Blocker Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 7 users ★ 5.0
  4. YouTube Shorts Blocker Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 3 users (last published figure)
  5. YouTube Shorts Filter Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 11 users

The top 5 only. The full comparison, with why each one is close, is on the alternatives page; ranking a whole neighbourhood by your own criteria is in the app.

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