Best alternatives to FocusTube - Hide YouTube Shorts, Recommendations, Suggestions & Block Words (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to FocusTube, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.
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FocusTube alternatives, compared
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YouTube Detox — Block Shorts, Hide Recommendations & Stay Focused
A complete toolkit to help you use YouTube with purpose. Block Shorts, remove distractions, and stay focused on what truly matters.
≈5K users4.6★ from 62 ratingsUpdated 3 months ago5 permissions- About 5.0× more users than FocusTube
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Clean YouTube: Block Shorts, Hide Comments & Feeds
YouTube Distraction-free. Remove Shorts, Recommended Videos, Thumbnails, Comments and other Distractions.
≈30K users4.8★ from 453 ratingsUpdated 10 days ago2 permissions- About 30× more users than FocusTube
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 5)
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Unhook - Remove YouTube Recommended & Shorts
Hide YouTube related videos, shorts, comments, suggestions wall, homepage recommendations, trending, and other distractions.
≈1M users4.9★ from 4.6K ratingsUpdated 7 months ago4 permissions- About 1000× more users than FocusTube
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (4 vs 5)
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YouTube Clean: Block Shorts, Filter Recommendations & Skip Ads
Block Shorts, stop auto-dubbing and translated titles, hide watched videos and comments, get an endless home feed. 70+ free tools.
≈1K users4.9★ from 14 ratingsUpdated 2 weeks ago2 permissions- A similar number of users to FocusTube
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 5)
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YouTube Recommendation Blocker
[OPEN SOURCE] Blocks YouTube recommendations on the front page and on the side of the video player, as well as the comments section
≈1K users4.7★ from 13 ratingsNo special permissions- A similar number of users to FocusTube
- Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 5)
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Remove YouTube Shorts and Recommended
Hide YouTube shorts, trending, related videos, homepage recommendations, related videos and other distractions.
≈1K users4.1★ from 12 ratingsUpdated 21 months ago3 permissions- A similar number of users to FocusTube
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 5)
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LockedIn - Remove YouTube Shorts & Distractions
Stop doomscrolling. Hide YouTube Shorts, feeds, and comments. Block the algorithm and stay LockedIn on what matters.
≈10K users5.0★ from 4 ratingsUpdated 11 days ago6 permissions- About 10× more users than FocusTube
- Asks for more permissions (6 vs 5)
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Hide shorts for Youtube™
Hides shorts from YouTube™ from home page, subscriptions and search results.
≈8K users4.7★ from 23 ratingsUpdated 6 months ago1 permissions- About 8.0× more users than FocusTube
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 5)
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Youtube shorts blocker
Block annoying Youtube Shorts. Play shorts as it was simple video in default player
≈100K users4.6★ from 387 ratingsUpdated 9 months ago1 permissions- About 100× more users than FocusTube
- Rated 0.2 stars lower
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 5)
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Remove YouTube Shorts
Removes YouTube Shorts and prevents you from wasting your precious time.
≈300K users4.6★ from 688 ratingsUpdated 2 months ago2 permissions- About 300× more users than FocusTube
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 5)
FocusTube alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to FocusTube?
By users, the most popular alternative is Unhook - Remove YouTube Recommended & Shorts with ≈1M users and a 4.9-star rating. The closest match by what it does is YouTube Detox — Block Shorts, Hide Recommendations & Stay Focused.
Which FocusTube alternative has the best rating?
Unhook - Remove YouTube Recommended & Shorts has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.9 out of 5 from 4.6K ratings.
Is there a FocusTube alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
YouTube Recommendation Blocker asks for 0 permissions, against 5 for FocusTube.
How many alternatives to FocusTube are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to FocusTube on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
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