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Best alternatives to YouTube Channel Blocker (2026)

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

YouTube Channel Blocker today

≈9K users4.3★ from 49 ratingsUpdated 6 months ago2 permissions

YouTube Channel Blocker alternatives, compared

  1. 1

    Youtube video and channel blocker

    Block Youtube videos by full title or partial match. Use the asterisk (*) to specify an arbitrary number of characters

    ≈3K users3.6★ from 38 ratingsUpdated 3 months ago3 permissions
    • About 3.0× fewer users than YouTube Channel Blocker
    • Rated 0.7 stars lower
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (3 vs 2)
    • Listed under Accessibility
  2. 2

    Channel Block List for Youtube

    Block distracting Youtube Channels

    ≈2K users3.1★ from 49 ratingsUpdated 17 months ago5 permissions
    • About 4.5× fewer users than YouTube Channel Blocker
    • Rated 1.2 stars lower
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for more permissions (5 vs 2)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
  3. 3

    YouTube Blocker

    Block non-educational YouTube videos

    ≈20K users4.5★ from 39 ratingsUpdated 8 months ago6 permissions
    • About 2.2× more users than YouTube Channel Blocker
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for more permissions (6 vs 2)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
  4. 4

    YTBlock - Block any content from YouTube™

    Block videos, comments, channels and much more!

    ≈70K users3.8★ from 354 ratingsUpdated 13 days ago6 permissions
    • About 7.8× more users than YouTube Channel Blocker
    • Rated 0.5 stars lower
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (6 vs 2)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
  5. 5

    Youtube shorts blocker

    Block annoying Youtube Shorts. Play shorts as it was simple video in default player

    ≈100K users3.5★ from 387 ratingsUpdated 10 months ago1 permissions
    • About 11× more users than YouTube Channel Blocker
    • Rated 0.8 stars lower
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 2)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
  6. 6

    YouTube Mix Blocker

    Blocks YouTube Mixes and cleans Mix watch URLs.

    ≈1K users2.3★ from 39 ratingsUpdated 4 months ago3 permissions
    • About 9.0× fewer users than YouTube Channel Blocker
    • Rated 2.0 stars lower
    • Asks for more permissions (3 vs 2)
    • Listed under Tools
  7. 7

    AdBlocker for YouTube™

    Removes all annoying ads and banners from YouTube!

    ≈50K users4.1★ from 207 ratingsUpdated 7 months ago2 permissions
    • About 5.6× more users than YouTube Channel Blocker
    • Rated 0.3 stars lower
    • Listed under Tools
  8. 8

    Shorts Blocker — Block YouTube Shorts

    Block YouTube Shorts, disable Shorts scrolling, or watch Shorts in the regular video player.

    ≈3K users5.0★ from 39 ratingsUpdated 5 weeks ago6 permissions
    • About 3.0× fewer users than YouTube Channel Blocker
    • Rated 0.6 stars higher
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (6 vs 2)
    • Listed under Well-being
  9. 9

    Channel Playlists for YouTube

    A lightweight extension for YouTube that redirects the browser to a playlist of all a channel's videos.

    ≈1K users5.0★ from 27 ratingsUpdated 15 months ago5 permissions
    • About 9.0× fewer users than YouTube Channel Blocker
    • Rated 0.7 stars higher
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for more permissions (5 vs 2)
    • Listed under Functionality & UI
  10. 10

    Unblocker for YouTube

    Free Unblocker for YouTube. This extension lets you unblock and watch YouTube if it’s blocked by your ISP or network administrator.

    ≈50K users2.7★ from 689 ratingsUpdated 9 months ago6 permissions
    • About 5.6× more users than YouTube Channel Blocker
    • Rated 1.7 stars lower
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for more permissions (6 vs 2)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning

YouTube Channel Blocker alternatives: questions

What is the best alternative to YouTube Channel Blocker?

By users, the most popular alternative is Youtube shorts blocker with ≈100K users and a 3.5-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Youtube video and channel blocker.

Which YouTube Channel Blocker alternative has the best rating?

AdBlocker for YouTube™ has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.1 out of 5 from 207 ratings.

Is there a YouTube Channel Blocker alternative that asks for fewer permissions?

Youtube shorts blocker asks for 1 permissions, against 2 for YouTube Channel Blocker.

How many alternatives to YouTube Channel Blocker are there?

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

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