YouTube Hide Shorts

🔥 Tired of YouTube Shorts hijacking your feed? YouTube Hide Shorts removes every trace of Shorts from YouTube — your home feed, search results, subscriptions, sidebar, channel pages, and even those annoying filter chips. One click to install, zero configuration needed. Take back control of your YouTube experience and focus on the long-form content you actually came to watch. If you accidentally land on a /shorts/ URL from an external link, the extension displays a clean interstitial screen giving you the choice to watch the video in YouTube's standard player instead — no more getting trapped in the endless vertical scroll. ✨ KEY FEATURES 🚫 Complete Shorts Removal — Hides Shorts shelves, Shorts grid items, Shorts suggestions, and every other Shorts element across all YouTube pages. Not a single Short slips through. 🏠 Home Feed Cleanup — Removes the "Shorts" shelf and all inline Shorts content from your YouTube home page, leaving only the videos and creators you subscribe to. 🔍 Clean Search Results — Shorts are stripped from YouTube search results so you only see full-length videos, playlists, and channels when searching. 📺 Subscriptions Without Clutter — Your subscriptions feed shows only regular uploads from your favorite creators — no Shorts mixed in. 📌 Sidebar & Navigation — The "Shorts" link in YouTube's left sidebar is hidden, keeping navigation focused on what matters. 👤 Channel Page Filtering — When browsing a creator's channel, the Shorts tab and Shorts grid sections are removed from view. 🏷️ Filter Chip Removal — The "Shorts" filter chip that appears above feeds is hidden, preventing accidental filtering into Shorts-only views. 🔀 Smart Interstitial Redirect — When you open a /shorts/ URL (from a shared link, bookmark, or external site), a sleek overlay appears with two options: watch the video in YouTube's standard player (/watch?v= format) with full controls, or go back to where you were. You never get stuck in the Shorts player. ⚡ One-Click Toggle — The extension popup features a single power button to enable or disable Shorts hiding instantly. No page reload required on most pages. 🔄 Cross-Device Sync — Your toggle preference is saved via Chrome's sync storage, so your setting follows you across every computer where you're signed into Chrome. 🌍 55 Languages Supported — Full localization in 55 languages including English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Chinese, Arabic, Hindi, and many more. The extension adapts to your browser's language automatically. 🎨 Dark Theme Popup — The extension popup matches YouTube's dark aesthetic perfectly. Clean, minimal, and beautiful — it feels like a native part of the browser. 🎯 HOW IT WORKS Step 1 — Click "Add to Chrome" and confirm the installation. That's it. YouTube Hide Shorts is active immediately. Step 2 — Visit YouTube. You'll notice Shorts content is already gone from your home feed, search results, subscriptions, sidebar, and channel pages. Step 3 — If someone sends you a /shorts/ link, the extension intercepts it and shows an interstitial with the option to watch in YouTube's standard video player with full playback controls, progress bar, and keyboard shortcuts. Step 4 — Want to temporarily see Shorts again? Click the extension icon in your toolbar and tap the power button to toggle hiding off. Click again to re-enable. Your preference syncs across devices. Step 5 — There is no step 5. No settings to configure, no accounts to create, no tutorials to watch. It just works. 🔒 PRIVACY & SECURITY YouTube Hide Shorts was built with a privacy-first philosophy. Here is exactly what the extension does and does not do: ✅ What it does: Adds a CSS class to the page to hide Shorts elements, and displays an interstitial overlay on /shorts/ URLs. ❌ No data collection — The extension collects zero personal data. None. Not your browsing history, not your watch habits, not your search queries, nothing. ❌ No analytics or tracking — There are no analytics scripts, no telemetry, no usage tracking, no crash reporting. We have no idea how many times you use the extension or what you watch. ❌ No external requests — Every asset the extension uses (fonts, icons, stylesheets, scripts) is bundled locally inside the extension package. It never phones home, never loads remote resources, never contacts any server. ❌ No ads — The extension contains no advertisements and never will. Permissions explained: • "storage" — Used solely to save your on/off toggle preference and sync it across your Chrome devices. This is the only data the extension stores: a single boolean value. • "Host permission for youtube.com" — Required to inject the content script and stylesheet that hide Shorts elements on YouTube pages. The extension only runs on youtube.com and cannot access any other website. The extension uses Chrome's Manifest V3, the latest and most secure extension platform, which enforces strict security policies including a content security policy that prevents inline script execution and remote code loading. 💡 USE CASES 🎓 Students and Researchers — You're trying to find educational content or tutorials on YouTube, but Shorts keep cluttering your search results with 60-second clips that lack depth. YouTube Hide Shorts ensures your search results only show full-length videos with the substance you need. 💼 Professionals — You use YouTube for work-related content like conference talks, product demos, or training videos. Shorts are a distraction that breaks your workflow. This extension keeps your YouTube experience professional and focused. 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Parents Managing Screen Time — You want your family to use YouTube for educational and entertainment content without getting sucked into the infinite Shorts scroll. Installing YouTube Hide Shorts removes the most addictive part of the platform. 🧘 Digital Wellness — You're intentionally reducing short-form content consumption to improve your attention span and reduce…