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LessTube: Hide YouTube Shorts & Distractions

Chrome extension by CayooDev · Productivity · Tools

A Chrome extension in Productivity · Tools with 8 000 users, a small but real audience.

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

What the developer says, and 5 screenshots

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Users
8 000
Rating
5.0 (4 ratings)
Users, last 21 days
+8k (the store rounds this count to 1 000, so it moves only between steps)
Rating, last 30 days
Not watched long enough to say
Version
1.0.9
Updated in the store
2026-10-23
Published
2026-10-10
Manifest
V3
Browser access
1 permission

How it has moved

Users
+8k since 11.10
0-8k · 9 readings
2026-10-12: released 1.0.32026-10-13: released 1.0.42026-10-15: released 1.0.52026-10-19: released 1.0.72026-10-20: released 1.0.9
  1. 2026-10-110
  2. 2026-10-133released 1.0.4
  3. 2026-10-16244
  4. 2026-10-17745
  5. 2026-10-181k
  6. 2026-10-193kreleased 1.0.7
  7. 2026-10-215k
  8. 2026-10-228k
  9. 2026-10-318k
Rating
+5.00 since 11.10
reviewsrating 0.00-5.00 · 9 readings
2026-10-12: released 1.0.32026-10-13: released 1.0.42026-10-15: released 1.0.52026-10-19: released 1.0.72026-10-20: released 1.0.9
  1. 2026-10-11reviews0rating0.00
  2. 2026-10-13reviews0rating0.00released 1.0.4
  3. 2026-10-16reviews3rating5.00
  4. 2026-10-17reviews3rating5.00
  5. 2026-10-18reviews4rating5.00
  6. 2026-10-19reviews4rating5.00released 1.0.7
  7. 2026-10-21reviews4rating5.00
  8. 2026-10-22reviews4rating5.00
  9. 2026-10-31reviews4rating5.00
Users
+8k since 11.10
0-8k · 9 readings
2026-10-12: released 1.0.32026-10-13: released 1.0.42026-10-15: released 1.0.52026-10-19: released 1.0.72026-10-20: released 1.0.9
  1. 2026-10-110
  2. 2026-10-133released 1.0.4
  3. 2026-10-16244
  4. 2026-10-17745
  5. 2026-10-181k
  6. 2026-10-193kreleased 1.0.7
  7. 2026-10-215k
  8. 2026-10-228k
  9. 2026-10-318k
Rating
+5.00 since 11.10
reviewsrating 0.00-5.00 · 9 readings
2026-10-12: released 1.0.32026-10-13: released 1.0.42026-10-15: released 1.0.52026-10-19: released 1.0.72026-10-20: released 1.0.9
  1. 2026-10-11reviews0rating0.00
  2. 2026-10-13reviews0rating0.00released 1.0.4
  3. 2026-10-16reviews3rating5.00
  4. 2026-10-17reviews3rating5.00
  5. 2026-10-18reviews4rating5.00
  6. 2026-10-19reviews4rating5.00released 1.0.7
  7. 2026-10-21reviews4rating5.00
  8. 2026-10-22reviews4rating5.00
  9. 2026-10-31reviews4rating5.00

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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.

  • Store data in your browser storage

The full permission history for this extension

Version history

  1. Version 1.0.9
  2. Version 1.0.7
  3. Version 1.0.5
Show the remaining 2
  1. Version 1.0.4
  2. Version 1.0.3

What changed recently

  1. Store badges changed
  2. Package size changed
  3. Store description rewritten
Show the remaining 9
  1. Released version 1.0.9 (was 1.0.7)
  2. Package size changed
  3. Renamed from "LessTube: Hide YouTube Shorts, Comments & Distractions" to "LessTube: Hide YouTube Shorts & Distractions"
  4. Released version 1.0.7 (was 1.0.5)
  5. Package size changed
  6. Store description rewritten (127 → 125 characters)
  7. Renamed from "LessTube — YouTube Cleaner & Customizer" to "LessTube: Hide YouTube Shorts, Comments & Distractions"
  8. Released version 1.0.5 (was 1.0.4)
  9. Package size changed

Older entries and the full day by day series are in the app.

The publisher

CayooDev. Listed website: lesstube.app.

Like this one

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

  1. UnFeed – Remove YouTube Recommended, Shorts & Distractions Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 15 users
  2. FocusTube: Block YouTube Shorts, Hide Recommendations & Distractions Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 7k users ★ 4.6
  3. PurifyYT – Hide Shorts, Block Distractions, Stay Focused Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 18 users ★ 5.0
  4. Clean YouTube: Block Shorts, Hide Comments & Feeds Describes nearly the same job, with an established audience 40k users ★ 4.9
  5. TubeTuner: Hide YouTube Shorts & Distractions Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 132 users ★ 5.0

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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