Seamlessly play YouTube Shorts with the normal desktop interface
Users
7,000
0 in 30 days
Rating
4.6 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
35
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#12K
#10K among extensions
Version
1.17.0
updated 9 Sep 2024
Users
monthly, 3 years
Latest, 15 Oct 2026:7,000 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month
Ratings count
monthly, 3 years
Latest, 15 Oct 2026:35 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month
The Chrome Web Store rounds user counts down to the leading digit, so the user line moves in steps. The ratings count is exact and is the better signal of real adoption.
About Shorts Deflector
Why does clicking on a YouTube Short on a desktop bring up the mobile-optimized interface? With no video scrubbing, harder to access comments, less accessible view count, and more, it makes no sense to use on a desktop.
Shorts Deflector is an extension that allows you to seamlessly watch YouTube Shorts with the normal desktop interface. By using several techniques, this extension is super fast; you will barely notice the switch to the desktop viewer. Install now and try it out for yourself!
Upon install, the "Read your browsing history" permission may seem alarming, but this permission is only used to detect page updates.
Open source at https://github.com/evenevan/shorts-deflector
Read more at https://evenevan.github.io/shorts-deflector
Growth
Window
Users
Change
Ratings
Rating
7 days
0
+0.0%
0
0.00
30 days
0
+0.0%
0
0.00
6 months
0
+0.0%
0
0.00
1 year
0
+0.0%
+1
+0.01
Chrome Web Store search rankings
Where Shorts Deflector appears when people search the store, with the 30 day change