Best alternatives to NoShorts (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to NoShorts, 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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No YouTube Shorts
Removes all Shorts from YouTube
≈100K users4.6★ from 614 ratingsUpdated 22 months ago4 permissions- About 10× more users than NoShorts
- Rated 0.4 stars lower
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 1)
- Listed under Accessibility
- 2
No Shorts Mode for YouTube™
Hide and block YouTube Shorts, or open them in the regular video player
≈1K users4.7★ from 10 ratingsUpdated 8 months ago4 permissions- About 10× fewer users than NoShorts
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 1)
- Listed under Tools
- 3
Shorts to Normal player
Redirects youtube shorts to Normal Player
≈10K users4.9★ from 82 ratingsUpdated 9 days ago1 permissions- A similar number of users to NoShorts
- Listed under Social Networking
- 4
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 8 months ago4 permissions- About 100× more users than NoShorts
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 1)
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Remove YouTube Shorts
Removes YouTube Shorts and prevents you from wasting your precious time.
≈300K users4.6★ from 716 ratingsUpdated 3 months ago2 permissions- About 30× more users than NoShorts
- Rated 0.3 stars lower
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (2 vs 1)
- 6
Better YouTube Shorts
Take back the controls on YouTube Shorts with seeking, speed, volume and more!
≈20K users3.3★ from 215 ratingsUpdated 8 weeks ago1 permissions- About 2.0× more users than NoShorts
- Rated 1.7 stars lower
- Listed under Functionality & UI
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Redirect Shorts
Redirects youtube shorts to the normal player
≈5K users4.5★ from 41 ratingsUpdated 5 months ago1 permissions- About 2.0× fewer users than NoShorts
- Rated 0.4 stars lower
- Updated less recently
- Listed under Accessibility
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Remove YouTube Shorts and Recommended
Hide YouTube shorts, trending, related videos, homepage recommendations, related videos and other distractions.
≈1K users3.9★ from 14 ratingsUpdated 22 months ago3 permissions- About 10× fewer users than NoShorts
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (3 vs 1)
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YT Shorts Auto Next
Short Youtube video automatically moves to the next video
≈1K users5.0★ from 2 ratingsUpdated 5 months agoNo special permissions- About 10× fewer users than NoShorts
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 1)
- Listed under Communication
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Hide YouTube Shorts
Hides YouTube Shorts elements from the homepage and blocks Shorts pages.
≈1K users5.0★ from 6 ratings1 permissions- About 10× fewer users than NoShorts
- Listed under Accessibility
NoShorts alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to NoShorts?
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 No YouTube Shorts.
Which NoShorts alternative has the best rating?
Shorts to Normal player has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.9 out of 5 from 82 ratings.
Is there a NoShorts alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
YT Shorts Auto Next asks for 0 permissions, against 1 for NoShorts.
How many alternatives to NoShorts are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to NoShorts on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
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