Best alternatives to YouFocus - Hide YouTube Distractions (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to YouFocus, 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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YouFocus alternatives, compared
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CleanTube – Distraction-Free YouTube
Focus on the videos you choose. Hide distracting menus and recommendations, and make Subscriptions your YouTube home.
≈6K users4.3★ from 14 ratingsUpdated 2 weeks ago3 permissions- A similar number of users to YouFocus
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (3 vs 1)
- 2
Fovely: YouTube Focus & Distraction Blocker
Block YouTube distractions, keep the tutorial: Fovely hides the videos and Shorts that don't fit the goal you type.
≈1K users4.9★ from 8 ratingsUpdated 5 days ago6 permissions- About 5.0× fewer users than YouFocus
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (6 vs 1)
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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 11 days ago6 permissions- About 2.0× more users than YouFocus
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (6 vs 1)
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Hide YouTube Thumbnails
Hide YouTube Thumbnails for less clickbaity browsing
≈50K users4.7★ from 145 ratingsUpdated 8 months ago1 permissions- About 10× more users than YouFocus
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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 1.6× more users than YouFocus
- Rated 0.2 stars lower
- Updated more recently
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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 7 months ago4 permissions- About 200× more users than YouFocus
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 1)
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Hide video duration on YouTube by Denis
Hide video duration on YouTube to avoid spoilers
≈2K users4.0★ from 26 ratingsUpdated 11 months ago4 permissions- About 2.5× fewer users than YouFocus
- Rated 0.9 stars lower
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 1)
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Youtube™ Thumbnail Preview
View youtube thumbnails with a single click.
≈10K users4.4★ from 33 ratingsNot updated for 4+ years1 permissions- About 2.0× more users than YouFocus
- Rated 0.4 stars lower
- Updated less recently
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Really Hide YouTube Shorts
A very simple plugin to hide all YouTube Shorts. Created by Zero.
≈4K users4.5★ from 36 ratingsUpdated 15 months ago3 permissions- A similar number of users to YouFocus
- Rated 0.3 stars lower
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (3 vs 1)
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FocusTube - Hide YouTube Shorts, Recommendations, Suggestions & Block Words
Hide YouTube Shorts, recommendations, suggestions, and comments. Block channels and words. The ultimate distraction-free tool.
≈1K users4.8★ from 33 ratingsUpdated 7 weeks ago5 permissions- About 5.0× fewer users than YouFocus
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (5 vs 1)
YouFocus alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to YouFocus?
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 CleanTube – Distraction-Free YouTube.
Which YouFocus alternative has the best rating?
Unhook - Remove YouTube Recommended & Shorts has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.9 out of 5 from 4.6K ratings.
How many alternatives to YouFocus are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to YouFocus on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
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