Unplug by mkdalex
Remove distracting and addictive elements from YouTube and Reddit. Take back control of your attention.
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About this extension
Unplug lets you take back control of your attention by toggling off the parts of YouTube and Reddit designed to keep you scrolling.
YouTube — hide or disable:
- Homepage feed & recommendations
- Shorts
- Sidebar suggested videos
- Comments, likes, subscribe button
- End screen cards, autoplay, video wall
- Notification bell, create button
- AI summaries, merch & info cards
- Clickbait filter with adjustable sensitivity
- Grayscale thumbnails to reduce visual pull
Reddit — hide or disable:
- Promoted / sponsored posts
- Trending, recommended communities
- Sidebar, chat, notifications
- Voting, awards, share buttons
- Login / signup nags
- Related posts, join buttons
All settings are per-site with instant toggle. No data is collected — everything stays in your browser.
Source code: GitHub
YouTube — hide or disable:
- Homepage feed & recommendations
- Shorts
- Sidebar suggested videos
- Comments, likes, subscribe button
- End screen cards, autoplay, video wall
- Notification bell, create button
- AI summaries, merch & info cards
- Clickbait filter with adjustable sensitivity
- Grayscale thumbnails to reduce visual pull
Reddit — hide or disable:
- Promoted / sponsored posts
- Trending, recommended communities
- Sidebar, chat, notifications
- Voting, awards, share buttons
- Login / signup nags
- Related posts, join buttons
All settings are per-site with instant toggle. No data is collected — everything stays in your browser.
Source code: GitHub
Rated 5 by 1 reviewer
Permissions and data
Required permissions:
- Access browser tabs
- Access your data for sites in the ytimg.com domain
- Access your data for sites in the youtube.com domain
- Access your data for sites in the reddit.com domain
Data collection:
- The developer says this extension doesn't require data collection.
More information
- Version
- 1.0.0
- Size
- 38.48 kB
- Last updated
- 4 days ago (18 Mar 2026)
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- Licence
- MIT Licence
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