YouTube Search Fixer by Phoenix
Remove ALL distracting search results, redirect shorts back to legacy page and try little visual changes suited for low resolution screens.
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About this extension
This extension is designed to fix YouTube search and de-clutter your home page to make it less distracting. Also available on chrome and other web browsers.
FEATURES
IS IT SAFE?
Absolutely. This is some barebones JavaScript to detect elements and some CSS to apply visual changes. There are no trackers phoning home or telemetry scripts working in the background in this extension. Not to mention no data is being sent or shared with any third party or the developer. It's completely open source so you can audit the code.
PRIVACY POLICY
This extension does not send or receive data of any kind nor does it use any cookies. This means no analytics of any kind.
Please note this extension works on both Light and Dark Mode. YouTube™ and Google™ are trademarks of Google Inc. Use of these trademarks is subject to Google Permissions.
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FEATURES
- Remove suggestions like "For you", "People also search for", "Searches related to", "Learn while you're at home", "Related to your search", "People also watched", "Other people are watching", "Recommended to you" and "Latest YouTube posts" from your feed.
- Remove Shorts from search results
- Remove Live Videos from search results
- Individual toggles for turning off sections. Eg. Horizontal Cardlist, Shorts Panel, Auto-Generated YouTube Mixes and many more.
- Use an option to permanently redirect "shorts" back to the normal video page.
- Turn off playlists from appearing in search results.
- Hide YouTube mixes and reels suggestions.
- Filter out channel listings from results.
- More spaced out collapsed sidebar on homepage with accent color to signify active tab.
- Video Spotlight to highlight videos in the search page (optional).
- Centered video title (optional).
- Centered video description (optional).
- An options page to turn off visual changes.
IS IT SAFE?
Absolutely. This is some barebones JavaScript to detect elements and some CSS to apply visual changes. There are no trackers phoning home or telemetry scripts working in the background in this extension. Not to mention no data is being sent or shared with any third party or the developer. It's completely open source so you can audit the code.
PRIVACY POLICY
This extension does not send or receive data of any kind nor does it use any cookies. This means no analytics of any kind.
Please note this extension works on both Light and Dark Mode. YouTube™ and Google™ are trademarks of Google Inc. Use of these trademarks is subject to Google Permissions.
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⚡ Times are really tough for me at the moment. So, if you find this helpful AND are able to donate, please consider buying me a cup of coffee. Appreciate you!
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This add-on needs to:
- Access your data for www.youtube.com
- Access your data for m.youtube.com
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- Version
- 7.0
- Size
- 96.22 KB
- Last updated
- 9 months ago (Jan 23, 2024)
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- License
- Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Release notes for 7.0
Updates
➡ Filter added : Remove Live Videos.
➡ Visual tweak added : Result Spotlight.
➡ Massive script optimization which allows the extension to run faster.
➡ Made changes that help consume lesser system resources while working and idle.
Fixed
➡ Improved individual toggles for turning off Shorts Panel and Auto-Generated YouTube Mixes.
➡ Addressed issue making extension slower on live streams.
➡ Removed unnecessary permission from manifest.json.
➡ Shorts redirection timing improved.
➡ Settings page overhaul.
➡ Misc. bug fixes.
➡ Filter added : Remove Live Videos.
➡ Visual tweak added : Result Spotlight.
➡ Massive script optimization which allows the extension to run faster.
➡ Made changes that help consume lesser system resources while working and idle.
Fixed
➡ Improved individual toggles for turning off Shorts Panel and Auto-Generated YouTube Mixes.
➡ Addressed issue making extension slower on live streams.
➡ Removed unnecessary permission from manifest.json.
➡ Shorts redirection timing improved.
➡ Settings page overhaul.
➡ Misc. bug fixes.
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