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Best alternatives to Remove YouTube Shorts - Bring the old YouTube back (2026)

10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Remove YouTube Shorts, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.

Remove YouTube Shorts - Bring the old YouTube back today

≈1K users3.8★ from 4 ratingsUpdated 21 months ago2 permissions

Remove YouTube Shorts alternatives, compared

  1. 1

    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 300× more users than Remove YouTube Shorts
    • Updated more recently
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
  2. 2

    Remove YouTube Shorts Shopping Stickers - Block Sticker Ad on YouTube

    Automatically removes Shopping Sticker overlays from YouTube Shorts videos.

    ≈2K users4.9★ from 13 ratingsUpdated 4 months ago1 permissions
    • About 2.0× more users than Remove YouTube Shorts
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 2)
    • Listed under Tools
  3. 3

    No YouTube Shorts

    Removes all Shorts from YouTube

    ≈100K users4.6★ from 614 ratingsUpdated 22 months ago4 permissions
    • About 100× more users than Remove YouTube Shorts
    • Asks for more permissions (4 vs 2)
    • Listed under Accessibility
  4. 4

    ShortsBlocker - Remove Shorts from YouTube

    Remove Shorts videos from Youtube

    ≈100K users4.2★ from 929 ratingsUpdated 13 days ago2 permissions
    • About 100× more users than Remove YouTube Shorts
    • Updated more recently
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
  5. 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 3.0× more users than Remove YouTube Shorts
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for more permissions (4 vs 2)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
  6. 6

    YouTube Shorts & Playables Remover

    Removes Shorts and Playables from YouTube homepage, search results, and sidebar.

    ≈5K users4.4★ from 13 ratingsUpdated 3 weeks ago1 permissions
    • About 5.0× more users than Remove YouTube Shorts
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 2)
    • Listed under Tools
  7. 7

    Youtube Shorts Remover

    Goodbye Forever Youtube Shorts

    578 users5.0★ from 7 ratingsUpdated 13 months ago3 permissions
    • About 1.7× fewer users than Remove YouTube Shorts
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (3 vs 2)
    • Listed under Tools
  8. 8

    Shorts Remover for YouTube™ Subscriptions

    A slim extension that removes YouTube™ Shorts from the YouTube™ subscriptions feed

    ≈1K users4.1★ from 46 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years1 permissions
    • A similar number of users to Remove YouTube Shorts
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 2)
    • Listed under Tools
  9. 9

    Remove YouTube Shorts & Playables

    Toggle YouTube Shorts and Playables on or off — hide them from the sidebar and feed, and redirect their pages to Home.

    168 users4.0★ from 4 ratingsUpdated 2 weeks ago2 permissions
    • About 6.0× fewer users than Remove YouTube Shorts
    • Updated more recently
    • Listed under Functionality & UI
  10. 10

    GoodTube - Adblock for Youtube + Remove Youtube Shorts + Restore old UI

    Undetectable Youtube adblock / adblocker! With options to Remove Youtube Shorts, Auto Set Youtube Video Quality, Remove AI and more!

    ≈5K users4.4★ from 273 ratingsUpdated 11 days ago1 permissions
    • About 5.0× more users than Remove YouTube Shorts
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 2)
    • Listed under Functionality & UI

Remove YouTube Shorts alternatives: questions

What is the best alternative to Remove YouTube Shorts?

By users, the most popular alternative is Remove YouTube Shorts with ≈300K users and a 4.6-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Remove YouTube Shorts.

Which Remove YouTube Shorts alternative has the best rating?

Remove YouTube Shorts has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.6 out of 5 from 716 ratings.

Is there a Remove YouTube Shorts alternative that asks for fewer permissions?

Remove YouTube Shorts Shopping Stickers - Block Sticker Ad on YouTube asks for 1 permissions, against 2 for Remove YouTube Shorts.

How many alternatives to Remove YouTube Shorts are there?

We list 10 close alternatives to Remove YouTube Shorts on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.

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