Best alternatives to YouTube Clean: Block Shorts, Filter Recommendations & Skip Ads (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to YouTube Clean, 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 Clean alternatives, compared
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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 30× more users than YouTube Clean
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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- A similar number of users to YouTube Clean
- Asks for more permissions (5 vs 2)
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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 1000× more users than YouTube Clean
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 2)
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YouTube Detox — Block Shorts, Hide Recommendations & Stay Focused
A complete toolkit to help you use YouTube with purpose. Block Shorts, remove distractions, and stay focused on what truly matters.
≈5K users4.6★ from 62 ratingsUpdated 3 months ago5 permissions- About 5.0× more users than YouTube Clean
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (5 vs 2)
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YouTube Comment Reader
Search, Sort, Filter, Translate, Read, Export YouTube Comments in spreadsheet format. Navigate Comments & Rplies with arrow keys
≈7K users4.3★ from 52 ratingsUpdated 7 months ago1 permissions- About 7.0× more users than YouTube Clean
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 2)
- Listed under Social Networking
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YouTube™ Comment Translate
Automatically translate YouTube comments using the Google-Translate API
≈30K users4.2★ from 114 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years2 permissions- About 30× more users than YouTube Clean
- Updated less recently
- Listed under Accessibility
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Remove YouTube Shorts and Recommended
Hide YouTube shorts, trending, related videos, homepage recommendations, related videos and other distractions.
≈1K users4.1★ from 12 ratingsUpdated 21 months ago3 permissions- A similar number of users to YouTube Clean
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (3 vs 2)
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YouTube™ Comment Translate
Translate YouTube comments instantly with Google Translate. Customizable target language and a button to auto translate all comments
≈4K users4.9★ from 25 ratingsUpdated 6 weeks ago2 permissions- About 4.0× more users than YouTube Clean
- Listed under Tools
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Youtube shorts blocker
Block annoying Youtube Shorts. Play shorts as it was simple video in default player
≈100K users4.6★ from 387 ratingsUpdated 9 months ago1 permissions- About 100× more users than YouTube Clean
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 2)
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NoteGPT: YouTube Summary, Chat with AI Assistant, ChatGPT DeepSeek Claude
Summarize YouTube videos and turn transcripts into notes with AI. Generate captions, then translate, copy, or download subtitles.
≈400K users4.9★ from 8.6K ratingsUpdated 7 weeks ago6 permissions- About 400× more users than YouTube Clean
- Asks for more permissions (6 vs 2)
- Listed under Tools
YouTube Clean alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to YouTube Clean?
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 Clean YouTube: Block Shorts, Hide Comments & Feeds.
Which YouTube Clean alternative has the best rating?
NoteGPT: YouTube Summary, Chat with AI Assistant, ChatGPT DeepSeek Claude has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.9 out of 5 from 8.6K ratings.
Is there a YouTube Clean alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
YouTube Comment Reader asks for 1 permissions, against 2 for YouTube Clean.
How many alternatives to YouTube Clean are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to YouTube Clean on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
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