D-Tox: YouTube Detox

You opened YouTube for one video. Forty-five minutes later, you're three rabbit holes deep — and you never chose any of it. D-Tox strips away everything YouTube uses to hijack your attention: the feed, the Shorts, the autoplay, the sidebar pulling you somewhere you didn't decide to go. What's left is clean, fast, and yours. Open YouTube. Watch what you came for. Leave. ──────────────────────────────────── ⚡ INSTANT TOGGLES — NO RELOAD EVER ──────────────────────────────────── Every single toggle applies the moment you flip it. No page reload. No delay. Just instant control — the way it should work. ──────────────────────────────────── 🎛️ 20 CONTROLS ACROSS 5 CATEGORIES ──────────────────────────────────── 📡 Feed • 🏠 Home Feed — blank homepage, zero algorithm bait • 📹 Sidebar Recommendations — hide it and the video auto-centers to fill the screen • #️⃣ Shorts — blocked everywhere: home feed, search results, filter chips, sidebar nav • 🎵 Playlists — remove playlist widgets and recommendations • 🔀 Mixes — hide auto-generated mix playlists • 📺 More From YouTube — remove the "suggested for you" cards 🖥️ Interface • 💬 Comments — gone. Read the video, not the discourse. • 👤 Profile Photos — reduce visual noise in threads • 🔔 Notifications — hide the bell and notification dropdown • 📌 Top Header — remove the header bar entirely for a cleaner view 📦 Content • 💬 Live Chat — hide chat during streams • ❤️ Fundraiser — remove donation shelf banners • 🪟 Screen Feed — hide on-screen suggestions that appear during playback • 🃏 Screen Cards — hide clickable overlay cards mid-video • 🛍️ Merch & Ticket Offers — remove merch shelf • ℹ️ Video Info — hide title, description, and metadata 🔍 Discovery • 🔥 Explore / Trending — remove from the sidebar nav entirely • 🔎 Search Filters — hide the filter bar in search results 🎮 Controls • ▶️ Autoplay — D-Tox clicks the toggle off for you, every single time • 🏷️ Annotations — hides info cards, end screens, and overlay links ──────────────────────────────────── ⚡ 4 PRESETS FOR INSTANT SETUP ──────────────────────────────────── Not sure where to start? One click gets you there: 🧘 Minimal — Only search and the player. Absolute focus mode. 🎯 Focus — Keep sidebar, hide everything else that distracts. ✨ Light — Subtle tweaks. Mostly untouched, slightly cleaner. 🛠️ Custom — You decide exactly what stays and what goes. ──────────────────────────────────── ✅ WHY PEOPLE USE IT ──────────────────────────────────── ✦ "I stopped doom-scrolling the home feed within the first day." ✦ One hour saved per week = 52 hours a year. Use it on something that matters. ✦ No more autoplay dragging you into videos you never chose. ✦ Sidebar gone = video expands and centers. It looks stunning. ✦ Works on Chrome, Brave, and Edge. ──────────────────────────────────── 📱 USING YOUTUBE ON MOBILE? ──────────────────────────────────── D-Tox is a desktop Chrome extension, but you can run it on mobile too — here's how: 1. Download Kiwi Browser from the Google Play Store (Android only) → Kiwi is a Chromium-based browser that supports Chrome extensions natively 2. Open Kiwi Browser → tap the ⋮ menu → Extensions → + (from store) 3. Search for "D-Tox" and install — it works exactly the same as on desktop 4. Open YouTube in Kiwi Browser and enjoy a distraction-free mobile experience ⚠️ Note: This works on Android. iOS does not support Chrome extensions in any browser. ──────────────────────────────────── 🔒 PRIVACY — THE SHORT VERSION ──────────────────────────────────── D-Tox collects nothing. Sends nothing. Your toggle preferences are stored locally on your device using Chrome's built-in storage — they never leave your browser. No analytics. No tracking. No third parties. Ever. → Full privacy policy: https://d-tox.najmushsaaquib.com/privacy ──────────────────────────────────── 🔑 PERMISSIONS EXPLAINED ──────────────────────────────────── D-Tox requests only what it needs — nothing more: • Storage — saves your toggle preferences locally on your device • ActiveTab — applies your settings to the current YouTube tab • Tabs — sends instant toggle updates so changes apply without a page reload ──────────────────────────────────── ⭐ OPEN SOURCE ──────────────────────────────────── D-Tox is fully open source. Read the code, fork it, contribute, or just verify it does exactly what it says. → https://github.com/najmushsaaquib/d-tox Built with intention, not algorithms. — Najmush