ShortStop — Block YouTube Shorts

🚫 ShortStop — The Best YouTube Shorts Blocker. 100% Free. Tired of YouTube Shorts hijacking your feed? ShortStop removes Shorts from every surface — instantly, with zero flash, and with full control over what gets blocked. ───────────────────────────────── ✨ WHAT IT BLOCKS ───────────────────────────────── 🏠 Homepage Shelf Removes the Shorts carousel from your YouTube homepage completely. ≡ Sidebar Tab Hides the Shorts entry from the left navigation sidebar. 🔍 Search Results Strips Shorts out of search results so you only see real videos. 📺 Channel Pages Hides the Shorts tab and Shorts grid on creator channel pages. ↗ URL Redirect If you accidentally click a Shorts link, ShortStop instantly redirects you to the normal video player — no Shorts UI, no vertical scroll. ───────────────────────────────── ⚡ WHY SHORTSTOP IS DIFFERENT ───────────────────────────────── ✓ Zero flash — CSS is injected before the page renders, so Shorts never appear even for a split second. Competitors show a brief flicker. ShortStop doesn't. ✓ Per-surface controls — Toggle each blocking surface independently. Want to keep channel Shorts but block homepage? Done. ✓ Live stats — See exactly how many Shorts you've blocked today and in total, plus an estimate of time saved. ✓ Instant toggle — Flip a switch in the popup and changes take effect on your open YouTube tab immediately. No page reload required. ✓ YouTube dark theme — The popup matches YouTube's own dark UI. It feels native. ✓ Badge counter — The extension icon shows today's blocked count in real time. ✓ YouTube-only permissions — ShortStop only has access to youtube.com. No broad host permissions, no browsing history, no data collection. ───────────────────────────────── 🔒 PRIVACY FIRST ───────────────────────────────── ShortStop collects zero user data. No account. No sign-up. No analytics. No ads. Your settings sync across your own devices via Chrome's built-in storage — nothing is sent to any server. Permissions used: • storage — saves your toggle preferences and blocked count locally • youtube.com access — required to hide Shorts elements on YouTube pages ───────────────────────────────── 🚀 GET STARTED IN 5 SECONDS ───────────────────────────────── 1. Install ShortStop 2. Open YouTube 3. Shorts are gone — instantly That's it. No setup. No account. Just a cleaner YouTube. Built with ❤️ by DevOps-Monk