FocusTube
Chrome extension for YouTube

Stop wasting time on YouTube

FocusTube hides Shorts, recommendations, suggestions and comments. Block specific channels and words, and turn on a timed Focus Mode whenever you need to actually concentrate.

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  • No account
  • Nothing tracked
  • Open source

4.8 29 reviews 4,000+ active users

NEW v2.5.7

A minimalist YouTube home page

Turn your YouTube homepage into a clean, centered search screen: the real YouTube logo and the genuine search bar, nothing else. No feed, no rabbit holes—just search for what you came for and go.

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Focus Mode

One mode. Zero exceptions.

Timed sessions with breaks, or a quick mode with no timer.

1/3

Strips suggestions and home page content to stop the infinite scroll.

2/3

Removes Shorts from the home page, sidebar and search results.

3/3

Block specific channels or words, with a quick button to add them right from the feed.

What people say

4.8 · 29 reviews

Life changing
salvador gervilla
An amazing tool that definetly improves the youtube experience. Really good design and very useful. Congratulations!!!
Rubén Perales Gómez
Lifesaver!
Emir S.
Very usefull extension if you want to avoid unnecesary short videos from your youtube. Good job!
Mohsin Zaman
Such a productive extension
Vedhikha
Me ha ayudado a enfocarme mucho mejor en los cursos que estaba viendo en youtube, y ha evitado que me aparezcan videos engañosos de publicidad.
Miguel Palos Pou
its amazing though to have to select every channel and word seperately is a bit hard IT TOTALLY WORKS THO
Yumi (Rose)
has a few quirks, but it’s 5 stars extension. highly recommend!
Corintio Ante

You came for one video. Now you leave after one video.

Free, no account, no weird permissions. Just switch off what distracts you.

Add to Chrome — it's free
  • No account
  • Nothing tracked
  • Open source

4.8 29 reviews 4,000+ active users