Best alternatives to Redirect Shorts (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Redirect Shorts, 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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Redirect Shorts alternatives, compared
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Shorts to Normal player
Redirects youtube shorts to Normal Player
≈10K users4.9★ from 82 ratingsUpdated 9 days ago1 permissions- About 2.0× more users than Redirect Shorts
- Rated 0.4 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Listed under Social Networking
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Youtube-shorts block
Play the Youtube shorts video as if it were a normal video.
≈400K users4.1★ from 1.1K ratingsUpdated 12 months ago1 permissions- About 80× more users than Redirect Shorts
- Rated 0.4 stars lower
- Updated less recently
- Listed under Just for Fun
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Shorts Deflector
Seamlessly play YouTube Shorts with the normal desktop interface
≈7K users4.6★ from 35 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years5 permissions- A similar number of users to Redirect Shorts
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (5 vs 1)
- Listed under Tools
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YouTube Shorts Normal Player
Plays YouTube Shorts in the normal YouTube player so you can rewind the videos.
≈1K users4.6★ from 16 ratingsUpdated 11 days ago3 permissions- About 5.0× fewer users than Redirect Shorts
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (3 vs 1)
- Listed under Tools
- 5
remove shorts for youtube
Block all of the youtube shorts from homepage and play with Desktop UI as normal video
≈3K users3.4★ from 39 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years4 permissions- About 1.7× fewer users than Redirect Shorts
- Rated 1.2 stars lower
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 1)
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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Autoplay Shorts
Automatically plays the next short video on YouTube Shorts.
≈7K users3.3★ from 32 ratingsUpdated 6 months ago1 permissions- A similar number of users to Redirect Shorts
- Rated 1.3 stars lower
- Listed under Tools
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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 60× more users than Redirect Shorts
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (2 vs 1)
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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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 5.0× fewer users than Redirect Shorts
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 1)
- Listed under Tools
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No YouTube Shorts
Removes all Shorts from YouTube
≈100K users4.6★ from 614 ratingsUpdated 22 months ago4 permissions- About 20× more users than Redirect Shorts
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 1)
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ShortsBlocker - Remove Shorts from YouTube
Remove Shorts videos from Youtube
≈100K users4.2★ from 929 ratingsUpdated 2 weeks ago2 permissions- About 20× more users than Redirect Shorts
- Rated 0.3 stars lower
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (2 vs 1)
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
Redirect Shorts alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Redirect Shorts?
By users, the most popular alternative is Youtube-shorts block with ≈400K users and a 4.1-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Shorts to Normal player.
Which Redirect Shorts 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.
How many alternatives to Redirect Shorts are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to Redirect Shorts on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
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