ShieldTube - Adblock for YouTube

ShieldTube - Adblock for YouTube is a fast, lightweight browser extension designed to deliver a smooth, distraction-free video streaming experience on YouTube. Tired of disruptive mid-roll ads, video interruptions, and intrusive promotional banners? ShieldTube restores clean, uninterrupted viewing with native Manifest V3 performance. KEY FEATURES ⚡ Instant Video Ad Skipping: Automatically detects video ads, mutes sound, and fast-forwards directly to your content. 🚫 Banner & Overlay Filtering: Cleanly eliminates promotional banners, side ads, and sponsored suggestions without breaking site layouts. 🛡️ Ad-Tracking Cookie Cleaner: Inspects and clears advertising and profiling cookies (such as IDE, DSID, NID, and _gads) to enhance your browsing privacy. 🧹 Ad History Sanitizer: Cleans ad redirect links and click-tracking entries from your local browser history with a single click. 🔘 Simple One-Click Control: Easily toggle protection on or off at any time directly from the popup menu. 📊 Real-Time Stats: Keep track of total blocked ads and cleaned tracking cookies locally on your device. HOW IT WORKS 1. Install ShieldTube from the Chrome Web Store. 2. Open YouTube and enjoy smooth, uninterrupted video playback. 3. Click the extension icon in your browser toolbar to toggle features or manage ad privacy cookies anytime. 100% PRIVATE & LOCAL ShieldTube is built with user privacy as a core principle: - 100% Local Execution: Operates entirely inside your browser without connecting to external analytics servers or remote tracking endpoints. - No Personal Data Collection: We do not monitor, store, or transmit your personal browsing history, search queries, or identities. - Transparent Permissions: The cookies and history permissions are strictly utilized on supported domains to provide user-initiated cookie cleanup and ad redirect sanitization. DISCLAIMER YouTube is a trademark of Google LLC. Use of this trademark is subject to Google Permissions. ShieldTube is an independent project developed to improve user experience and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by YouTube or Google LLC.