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Block YouTube channel in one click

There's always that one creator who turns up on every page you open. Press Block channel on any of their videos and the whole channel drops out of Home, search, Up next and Subscriptions. You can also hide videos by a word, or switch the Shorts shelf off.

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  • Up to 10,000 channels

Sample feed: block a channel on a card, or use the panel to hide words and Shorts

The channels and videos are made up. The feed reacts the way YouTube does with the extension installed.

Showing all 8 items. Nothing is hidden yet.

14:02

My brother's car vs. 10,000 ping pong balls

Prank Patrol

3.4M views · 2 days ago

27:41

Locked inside a supermarket until sunrise

Night Shift Nate

8.2M views · 5 days ago

Shorts

Wait until the end

12M views

Soap cutting, extra satisfying

2.3M views

Dog vs. robot vacuum, round 2

7.7M views

A 5-second kitchen trick

1.4M views

18:40

Reacting to the weirdest phone ever sold

React Lab

1.2M views · 1 day ago

22:17

Eating a 10,000 calorie burger (ASMR)

Big Bite Bros

4.6M views · 2 weeks ago

What the extension switches off

Channels

One button, and the channel stops following you around

A regular YouTube account has no way to block a channel. The three-dot menu offers Don't recommend channel, and that only asks YouTube to show the creator less often. The extension puts a Block channel button on every video card and on channel pages. Use it once and the creator is gone from Home, search results, the Up next column and Subscriptions until you unblock them.

How to block YouTube channels
Keywords

Hide every video that mentions a word

Watching a show a season behind? Add "spoiler" and videos with it in the title or channel name stay out of sight. The same trick works for pranks, a game or a celebrity feud you're sick of hearing about. Tick Whole word only when a short word keeps catching longer ones.

How to block keywords on YouTube
Shorts

A real off switch for Shorts

YouTube lets you see fewer Shorts on the phone app, but there's no setting that removes them. Turn on Hide Shorts and the shelves disappear from Home, search and Subscriptions, along with the Shorts entry in the side menu. A Shorts link opens as an ordinary video if you want it to.

How to block YouTube Shorts

Three steps to a quieter feed

  1. 1

    Get the file

    Download the free zip from the install page and unpack it into a folder that stays put.

  2. 2

    Add it to the browser

    On the extensions page switch on Developer mode and press Load unpacked. Count on a minute.

  3. 3

    Block the first channel

    Point at a video on YouTube and press Block channel. The page updates while you watch.

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What happens to your list

Your channels, words and switches stay in your browser. The details:

  • Nobody signs in

    There's no account with us and no e-mail to give. The extension doesn't touch your Google account, and a blocked creator is never told.

  • Saved by the browser

    The list sits in the browser's extension storage. If you use browser sync, the browser copies it between your computers, and we never get a copy. No analytics inside.

  • Two permissions

    It asks for storage to keep the list and for site access to hide cards on YouTube and close the sites you add. Each permission, explained.

Questions about blocking channels

Is there a block YouTube channel button on YouTube itself?

Only for supervised kids' accounts, where a parent can block a channel. Everyone else gets Don't recommend channel, which is only a hint to the recommendation system. This extension adds a Block channel button for any account, or no account at all.

Does the channel find out?

No. The videos are only hidden on your screen, and nothing goes to YouTube or to the creator.

How do I undo a block?

Open the settings from the panel, find the channel in your list and press Unblock. Its videos come back as soon as YouTube loads new cards.

Will it work on my phone or TV?

No. It runs in Chrome, Edge, Brave and Opera on a computer. The YouTube apps on phones, tablets and TVs don't accept extensions.

Is it really free?

Yes. There's no paid plan and no ads, see the refund policy. It also leaves YouTube's own ads alone, since it isn't an ad blocker.

More fixes and answers are on the help page.

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Keep the creators you like. Lose the rest.

Free, no account, and any block comes off with one click. Runs in Chrome, Edge, Brave and Opera on a computer.

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