Best alternatives to Unhook - Remove YouTube Recommended & Shorts (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Unhook, 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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Unhook alternatives, compared
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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 3.3× fewer users than Unhook
- Rated 0.2 stars lower
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 4)
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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 333× fewer users than Unhook
- Rated 1.5 stars lower
- Updated less recently
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YouShield - Remove YouTube Recommendations
Clear YouTube recommendations, suggestions, shorts and homepage
≈1K users5.0★ from 46 ratingsUpdated 6 months ago1 permissions- About 1000× fewer users than Unhook
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 4)
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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 9 days ago2 permissions- About 33× fewer users than Unhook
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 4)
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Youtube UnHooked
Hides parts of Youtube that are unneeded/addictive: recommendations, related videos, comments.
≈10K users4.6★ from 79 ratingsNot updated for 4+ yearsNo special permissions- About 100× fewer users than Unhook
- Rated 0.3 stars lower
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 4)
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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 10× fewer users than Unhook
- Rated 0.4 stars lower
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 4)
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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 10 days ago6 permissions- About 100× fewer users than Unhook
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (6 vs 4)
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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 125× fewer users than Unhook
- Rated 0.2 stars lower
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 4)
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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- About 1000× fewer users than Unhook
- Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 4)
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Disable YouTube Shorts
Use Disable YouTube Shorts extension to deep focus and stay unhooked. Distraction free tool will help you to hide Youtube shorts!
≈20K users3.2★ from 78 ratingsUpdated 6 months ago2 permissions- About 50× fewer users than Unhook
- Rated 1.6 stars lower
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 4)
Unhook alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Unhook?
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 Unhook 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 Unhook alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
Youtube UnHooked asks for 0 permissions, against 4 for Unhook.
How many alternatives to Unhook are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to Unhook on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
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