Hide YouTube Thumbnails

by Adam Jones · Workflow & Planning

FeaturedManifest V3 Free

View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 15 Oct 2026

Hide YouTube Thumbnails for less clickbaity browsing

Users

50K

0 in 30 days

Rating

4.6 / 5

−0.16 in 30 days

Ratings

145

0 in 30 days

Store rank

#3,450

#3,007 among extensions

Version

2.6.3

updated 18 Feb 2026

Users

monthly, 3 years

Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 50,000 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 years

Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 145 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

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About Hide YouTube Thumbnails

Simply hides thumbnails on YouTube to have a more peaceful and less distracting browsing experience. Also useful for avoiding spoilers or inappropriate imagery. Options available: - Temporarily turn off hiding - Blur rather than hide thumbnails - Show thumbnails on hover - Show only solid color - Show thumbnails on search results / playlist / watch / subscriptions / channel pages This extsion could also be descibed as blocking YouTube thumbnails on videos, disabling YouTube thumbnails on videos, blurring YouTube thumbnails on videos. People have found it useful for: - Hiding distracting or inappropriate YouTube thumbnails in class when teaching students - Hiding YouTube thumbnails to reduce distraction and procrastination when studying or working - Hiding YouTube thumbnails to avoid spoilers in the video