Unhook[1] has been my go-to for this. Gives full customization over shorts, recommendations, comments, etc.
1a: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/youtube-recom...
1b: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/unhook-remove-youtu...
Unhook[1] has been my go-to for this. Gives full customization over shorts, recommendations, comments, etc.
1a: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/youtube-recom...
1b: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/unhook-remove-youtu...
Sadly, it hasn't been updated since 2024 and is slowly breaking. Haven't found a good replacement yet.
I keep Control Panel for YouTube [1] up to date with the latest YouTube shenanigans. Most recently: restoring the Related sidebar layout with the giant thumbs, if you're not hiding them.
Shorts are hidden and redirected if you land on one externally by default, and it _was_ also restoring the sort by Upload date filter UI, until YouTube went and killed that in the API ;_;
[1] https://soitis.dev/control-panel-for-youtube
YouTube killing he sort by upload date made me furious.
I feel like the only fight back is boycotting.
>Remove the pink gradient from progress bars
How do I do that without an entire addon? This pink gradient irritates me so much.
If you're using Firefox you could set up a userContent.css to apply the necessary CSS overrides to youtube.com, otherwise you'd need an extension to do that.
Does it still work for you? Unhook hasn't been updated in years and doesn't work for shorts anymore, on Firefox. It's still worth it to get rid of the suggested videos though.
It still works for me in Brave. While we're on the topic of "Unhooking" I also like to recommend the DeArrow[1] extension for YouTube.
1: https://dearrow.ajay.app/
It works fine for me, I have not noticed degradation
> doesn't work for shorts anymore, on Firefox
I do get shorts in search results, but if I click they do not load (the audio plays but no video). For the purposes it fills, that blocks them enough for me.
Some of the Unhook options are broken nowadays I think. Its that or one of my other 10 YouTube extensions I now have to deshittify that damn page. Disable translate, SponsorBlock, Disable AutoPlay, some better thumbnail thing..
You should check out dearrow as well. Gets rid of clickbait titles and thumbnails
I clicked comments to say the same thing. Can recommend