Hide YouTube Shorts and keep YouTube useful
Feedbreak removes Shorts from the home page, the sidebar and search results before they load, and can hide the home feed too. You still search, watch and subscribe as usual.
What it hides
- Shorts shelf on the home page and in search
- The Shorts tab in the sidebar
- Home feed recommendations (optional)
- Up next sidebar, end screens and autoplay (optional)
- Comments (optional)
What stays
- Search
- Subscriptions and your channels
- Playlists, history and Watch later
- The video you came to watch
How to set it up
- 01
Get Feedbreak
Add it to your browser when the store listing opens. Join the early-access list above and we will send one email.
- 02
Pick YouTube and a strength
Setup asks what you want from YouTube. Light hides Shorts only. Balanced adds the home feed. Strict adds suggestions and end screens.
- 03
Open YouTube
Shorts are gone before the page paints. Every hidden area says why, with Show once and Always show.
Why hide Shorts instead of avoiding them
Shorts are built to make the next one effortless. Willpower is a poor match for that, so the easier fix is to not see them at all. On desktop YouTube shows Shorts in several places: a shelf in the home feed, a tab in the sidebar, rows in search results and links under videos.
Feedbreak hides all of those places with one choice. You keep search, your subscriptions and the long videos you actually wanted.
If you still want some Shorts
Pro has a daily budget. Pick ten minutes, watch on purpose, and Shorts are hidden again until midnight. If a creator you love posts Shorts, add them to your always-show list and their videos stay visible.
What it does not do
Feedbreak never reads video titles, page text or your account name. Everything runs on your device. Read the privacy policy for the full list.
Questions
Yes. Shorts that would appear in search are hidden along with the shelf, so you see regular videos only. Show once brings a hidden area back for a single visit.
Yes. Peek or Show once lets you open it, and nothing is lost. Feedbreak hides links and shelves, it does not block the site.
Hide rules are updated remotely, usually within hours, and every site is checked automatically each night. See the status page for the current state.
Yes. Feedbreak is built for Chrome, Edge and Firefox, with Safari to follow. The store listings are not live yet.
Hiding Shorts is free, with unlimited changes and no ads. Pro adds schedules and daily budgets, such as ten minutes of Shorts a day.
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