---
title: "Shorts Block – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "155 users, no ratings yet. Version 1.2.1, updated 2026-11-10. Requests 1 permission."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/cljafnjgiapacdnbplpfgemlclbcbimp"
---

# Shorts Block

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 155
- Rating: no ratings yet
- Last checked: 2026-11-11 05:37 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: – (needs a week of history)
- Users gained in 30 days: – (needs a month of history)
- Rank by users: #56,608 of 292,131 live extensions
- Rank in Education: #1,874 of 12,901

## The listing

What the Chrome Web Store shows, as of the last check.

Summary from the listing:

> Blocks YouTube Shorts with a block screen, hides comments and recommendations, and disables scrolling. Covers mobile YouTube too.

- Extension ID: `cljafnjgiapacdnbplpfgemlclbcbimp`
- Developer: [Techniko](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u33605601b5308c78272acbf905e4942a)
- Enhanced Safe Browsing: Trusted ([what this means](https://extensiontracker.com/enhanced-safe-browsing))
- Category: [Productivity › Education](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/education)
- First published: 2026-11-03
- Last updated: 2026-11-10
- Version: `1.2.1`
- Size: 61.77 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 105
- Languages (1): English (Australia)
- Support page: `https://github.com/turquoise-turtle/yt-shorts-block`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/shorts-block/cljafnjgiapacdnbplpfgemlclbcbimp>
- View its code or download CRX: <https://crxpeek.com/extension/cljafnjgiapacdnbplpfgemlclbcbimp>
- Search Google for the ID: <https://www.google.com/search?q=%22cljafnjgiapacdnbplpfgemlclbcbimp%22&tbs=li:1>

## Users over time

One row per check, newest first, as shown on the Chrome Web Store.

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-11-11 | 155 | – | – |
| 2026-11-10 | 39 | – | – |
| 2026-11-05 | – | – | – |
| 2026-11-04 | – | – | – |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

- 2026-11-11: New version `1.2.1`, replacing `1.2.0`.
- 2026-11-08: Now trusted by Enhanced Safe Browsing.
- 2026-11-05: New version `1.2.0`, replacing `1.0.0`.
- 2026-11-05: Added the permission `storage`.

## Developer history

Moves to another publisher account and new contact emails, newest first.

No move to another account and no new contact email since tracking began on 2026-11-04.

We know contact emails only by a keyed hash, so they're never shown. Recent changes: [Account and contact changes](https://extensiontracker.com/owners/).

## What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language.

### Sites where it runs scripts

- `https://m.youtube.com/*`: m.youtube.com
- `https://www.youtube.com/*`: www.youtube.com

### Browser features

- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser

## More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account.

| Extension | Users | Rating | Ratings | Category |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [Add Doc to Classroom](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/omnmfbjgmackkcedkabbpdpcijahechl) | 3,000 | – | – | Education |
| [YouTube Block (managed)](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/dpjpjnljgmlfhapfbepipenmhpjpdbmn) | 3 | – | – | Education |
| [Tab Decider](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/kniooccgcojkicbjpiagflalgfbgojfc) | 1 | – | – | Tools |
| [Tab Counter](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/pookjdpolommchndokhcjfbiecllgejl) | 1 | – | – | Tools |

All 5 extensions by [Techniko](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u33605601b5308c78272acbf905e4942a).

## About this data

Collected from the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing. It's checked again 7 and 30 days after it was published, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 2026-11-11 05:37 UTC; next check around 2026-12-03.

How the data is collected: <https://extensiontracker.com/methodology>.

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Shorts Block” (cljafnjgiapacdnbplpfgemlclbcbimp). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-11. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/cljafnjgiapacdnbplpfgemlclbcbimp. Accessed 2026-11-13.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_cljafnjgiapacdnbplpfgemlclbcbimp,
  title   = {Shorts Block (cljafnjgiapacdnbplpfgemlclbcbimp)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-11},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/cljafnjgiapacdnbplpfgemlclbcbimp},
  urldate = {2026-11-13}
}
```

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