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Unhook - Remove YouTube Recommended & Shorts

Chrome extension by Unhook · Productivity · Workflow

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A Chrome extension in Productivity · Workflow with 1 000 000 users, one of the largest listings in the store.

Specific sites only: 2 match patterns.

What the developer says, and 5 screenshots

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Users
1 000 000
Rating
4.9 (4 485 ratings)
Users, last 9 days
unchanged
Rating, last 30 days
Not watched long enough to say
Version
1.6.9
Updated in the store
2026-03-22
Published
2018-06-05
Manifest
V3
Browser access
2 permissions, 2 site patterns

How it has moved

Users
unchanged since 01.09
1M · 6 readings
  1. 2026-09-011M
  2. 2026-09-031M
  3. 2026-09-041M
  4. 2026-09-061M
  5. 2026-09-081M
  6. 2026-09-091M
Rating
unchanged since 01.09
reviewsrating 4.86 · 6 readings
  1. 2026-09-01reviews4.5krating4.86
  2. 2026-09-03reviews4.5krating4.86
  3. 2026-09-04reviews4.5krating4.86
  4. 2026-09-06reviews4.5krating4.86
  5. 2026-09-08reviews4.5krating4.86
  6. 2026-09-09reviews4.5krating4.86
Users
unchanged since 01.09
1M · 6 readings
  1. 2026-09-011M
  2. 2026-09-031M
  3. 2026-09-041M
  4. 2026-09-061M
  5. 2026-09-081M
  6. 2026-09-091M
Rating
unchanged since 01.09
reviewsrating 4.86 · 6 readings
  1. 2026-09-01reviews4.5krating4.86
  2. 2026-09-03reviews4.5krating4.86
  3. 2026-09-04reviews4.5krating4.86
  4. 2026-09-06reviews4.5krating4.86
  5. 2026-09-08reviews4.5krating4.86
  6. 2026-09-09reviews4.5krating4.86

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What it can reach

Specific sites only: 2 match patterns.

  • https://www.youtube.com/*
  • https://m.youtube.com/*
  • Watch the network requests your browser makes webRequest
  • 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

Unhook publishes 5 listings we track, 1.1M users between them. Listed website: unhook.app.

  1. Turn Off YouTube Comments & Live Chat Unhook · Productivity · Workflow · published 2021-02-15 20k users ★ 4.4
  2. Block YouTube Feed - Homepage, Sidebar Videos Unhook · Productivity · Workflow · published 2021-02-27 20k users ★ 4.8
  3. Remove YouTube End Cards & End Screen Videos Unhook · Lifestyle · Social · published 2021-02-21 20k users ★ 4.1
Show 1 more from this publisher
  1. Turn Off YouTube Autoplay Next & Annotations Unhook · Productivity · Workflow · published 2020-05-03 3k users ★ 3.2

Like this one

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

  1. Removes Recommend Videos on Youtube Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 64 users ★ 4.2
  2. YouShield - Remove YouTube Recommendations Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 1k users ★ 5.0
  3. Unhook NG Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 170 users ★ 5.0
  4. YouTidy Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 3 users
  5. YouTube Focus Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 11 users

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