Unhook
Browser extension that hides YouTube recommendations, Shorts, comments and other page elements.
Recommended for hiding YouTube Shorts, recommendations and the home feed1234, with fine-grained control over which parts of the page stay visible.567 No complaints came up, and it suits Firefox and Chrome users891011 who want YouTube reduced to subscriptions and search.121314
Why people recommend it
Hides distractions · 3
Commenters say it effectively hides Shorts, suggested videos and recommendations on YouTube.
“The Unhook extension on Firefox does a very good job of hiding various parts of YouTube (including Shorts)”
“I use the firefox extension "Unhook" to completely hide suggested content on Youtube. Really effective”
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“Unhook[1] has been my go-to for this. Gives full customization over shorts, recommendations, comments, etc.”
Browser support · 3
It is used on both Firefox and Chrome.
“I use Unhook on firefox and disabled the YouTube app.”
“I use the Unhook chrome extension”
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“Unhook[1] has been my go-to for this. Gives full customization over shorts, recommendations, comments, etc.”
Customization · 3
Users can choose to hide Shorts, comments, recommendations, the home feed and more.
“I use the "Unhook" Firefox extension to customize the YouTube page.”
“Unhook[1] has been my go-to for this. Gives full customization over shorts, recommendations, comments, etc.”
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“I use the excellent Unhook (with Ublock Origin) which turns the YT home page into a search box”
Subscriptions-only view · 3
Some use it to strip YouTube down to their subscriptions and search.
“I use Unhook to remove everything except my subscriptions and the search”
“On youtube I use Unhook and only look at /feed/subscriptions”
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“I use the excellent Unhook (with Ublock Origin) which turns the YT home page into a search box”
Less time wasted · 2
Commenters credit it with cutting time lost to recommended videos.
“I use the firefox extension "Unhook" to completely hide suggested content on Youtube. Really effective”
“I use Unhook to remove everything except my subscriptions and the search”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
Threads where it came up
- Meta reaches $17B settlement over social media harms to children 1 mention
- It's getting harder to focus every day 1 mention
- Pieces: Social Network for People 1 mention
- Anti-social: It's fads, not friends, which now dominate social media feeds 1 mention
- I made my phone slow on purpose 1 mention
- Google officially announces that ads will be included in AI Mode search results 1 mention
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All comments 9
“The Unhook extension on Firefox does a very good job of hiding various parts of YouTube (including Shorts)”
“I use the excellent Unhook (with Ublock Origin) which turns the YT home page into a search box”
“I use the Unhook chrome extension”
“I use the firefox extension "Unhook" to completely hide suggested content on Youtube. Really effective”
“I use Unhook on firefox and disabled the YouTube app.”
“On youtube I use Unhook and only look at /feed/subscriptions”
“I use the "Unhook" Firefox extension to customize the YouTube page.”
“Unhook[1] has been my go-to for this. Gives full customization over shorts, recommendations, comments, etc.”
“I use Unhook to remove everything except my subscriptions and the search”