Best alternatives to YouTube Blur (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to YouTube Blur, 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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YouTube Blur alternatives, compared
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YouTube Blocker
Block non-educational YouTube videos
≈20K users4.5★ from 38 ratingsUpdated 7 months ago6 permissions- About 20× more users than YouTube Blur
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (6 vs 2)
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Youtube Ad Blocker
Block ads on Youtube.
≈10K users2.9★ from 23 ratingsNot updated for 3+ years4 permissions- About 10× more users than YouTube Blur
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 2)
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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 YouTube Blur
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 2)
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Pro YouTube Ad Blocker
Block ads on YouTube for a seamless viewing experience.
≈20K users4.0★ from 41 ratingsUpdated 6 months ago4 permissions- About 20× more users than YouTube Blur
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 2)
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YouTube To Text
Youtube to Text: transcribe youtube video to text, generate accurate youtube transcript. Simplify convert youtube video to text
≈200K users4.7★ from 1.8K ratingsUpdated 4 months ago4 permissions- About 200× more users than YouTube Blur
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 2)
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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 YouTube Blur
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (9 vs 2)
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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 YouTube Blur
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (5 vs 2)
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Spark blocker - Adblock for Youtube
The app blocks ads on Youtube
≈20K users4.3★ from 53 ratingsUpdated 20 months ago5 permissions- About 20× more users than YouTube Blur
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (5 vs 2)
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Channel Block List for Youtube
Block distracting Youtube Channels
≈2K users3.1★ from 49 ratingsUpdated 16 months ago5 permissions- About 2.0× more users than YouTube Blur
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (5 vs 2)
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YouTube NonStop
Kiss the annoying "Video paused. Continue watching?" confirmation goodbye!
≈800K users3.3★ from 1.3K ratingsNot updated for 2+ yearsNo special permissions- About 800× more users than YouTube Blur
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 2)
YouTube Blur alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to YouTube Blur?
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 YouTube Blocker.
Which YouTube Blur alternative has the best rating?
YouTube To Text has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.7 out of 5 from 1.8K ratings.
Is there a YouTube Blur alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
YouTube NonStop asks for 0 permissions, against 2 for YouTube Blur.
How many alternatives to YouTube Blur are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to YouTube Blur 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.