Best alternatives to Study Mode: YouTube (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Study Mode, 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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Study Mode alternatives, compared
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Music Mode for YouTube™
Hides the video and thumbnails on YouTube. Blocks the video keeping only the audio on YouTube Music.
≈80K users4.6★ from 573 ratingsUpdated 3 weeks ago4 permissions- About 80× more users than Study Mode
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 3)
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Dark Mode for YouTube™
Augment your YouTube experience with Dark Mode
≈4K users2.7★ from 37 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years1 permissions- About 4.0× more users than Study Mode
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 3)
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Adblock for YouTube™
Remove all ads from YouTube. Block ads and pop-unders on YouTube videos and remove all other types of ads. Make YouTube work faster.
≈300K users4.6★ from 3.1K ratingsUpdated 4 months ago5 permissions- About 300× more users than Study Mode
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (5 vs 3)
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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 Study Mode
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 3)
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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 Study Mode
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 3)
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Adblock for Youtube™
Removes ads from Youtube™.
≈11M users4.4★ from 383K ratingsUpdated 4 weeks ago9 permissions- About 11000× more users than Study Mode
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (9 vs 3)
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Youtube Custom Speed
Change the speed of Youtube videos to whatever you like, with customizable presets and keyboard shortcuts!
≈50K users4.6★ from 265 ratingsUpdated 12 months ago1 permissions- About 50× more users than Study Mode
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 3)
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Looper for YouTube
Auto replay videos with ONE-CLICK, able to customise features such as AUTO LOOP toggle, setting loop counts and loop portion.
≈400K users4.6★ from 4K ratingsUpdated 6 months ago1 permissions- About 400× more users than Study Mode
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 3)
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ShortsBlocker - Remove Shorts from YouTube
Remove Shorts videos from Youtube
≈100K users4.5★ from 920 ratingsUpdated 2 weeks ago2 permissions- About 100× more users than Study Mode
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 3)
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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 Study Mode
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 3)
Study Mode alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Study Mode?
By users, the most popular alternative is Adblock for Youtube™ with ≈11M users and a 4.4-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Music Mode for YouTube™.
Which Study Mode alternative has the best rating?
Clean YouTube: Block Shorts, Hide Comments & Feeds has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.8 out of 5 from 453 ratings.
Is there a Study Mode alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
Dark Mode for YouTube™ asks for 1 permissions, against 3 for Study Mode.
How many alternatives to Study Mode are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to Study Mode on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
Users and ratings are the figures shown on the Chrome Web Store, re-checked continuously. Alternatives are matched on name, description, category and topic. Browse best-of lists by niche.