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FocusTube: Block YouTube Shorts, Hide Recommendations & Distractions

7,000 users Rated 4.73 from 138 ratings Last updated 23 Jul 2026

By Benjamin Floyd Rubin Live in the Chrome Web Store dnnpgmbhdojpjkpeeafgdelohfhbpiga Last checked 27 Sep 2026, 00:05 UTC

The listing

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

Reclaim your attention on YouTube. Remove shorts, comments, thumbnails, sidebar & feeds. One toggle for distraction-free focus.Summary from the listing
Developer
Benjamin Floyd Rubin
Trader status
Not declared a trader under EU law
Category
Productivity › Tools
First published
30 Nov 2023
Last updated
23 Jul 2026
Version
1.8.1
Size
333 KiB
Minimum Chrome
88
Languages
6 languages

Deutsch, English, español, français, português (Brasil), русский

Website
getfocustube.com
Support page
https://getfocustube.com/support
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Users over time As shown on the Chrome Web Store

Tracking began on 27 Sep 2026. The chart appears after the second check.

Show the numbers
CheckedUsersRatingRatings
2026-09-277,0004.73138
Users, 7 days
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needs a week of history
Users, 30 days
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needs a month of history
Rank
#8,855
by users, of 264,254 extensions
In its category
#2,081
of 103,321 in Tools

What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first

No changes found since tracking began on 27 Sep 2026.

What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language

Sites
  • https://getfocustube.com/*getfocustube.com
  • https://www.getfocustube.com/*www.getfocustube.com
  • https://www.youtube.com/*www.youtube.com
  • https://youtube.com/*youtube.com
Sites where it runs scripts
  • https://www.youtube.com/*www.youtube.com
  • https://youtube.com/*youtube.com
Browser features
  • declarativeNetRequestBlock or change network requests, using rules
  • storageSave settings and data in your browser
  • tabsRead the addresses and titles of your tabs

About this data

Collected from the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing. It's checked every week, because it has 1,000 or more users, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 27 Sep 2026, 00:05 UTC; next check around 1 Oct 2026.

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Citation
Extension Tracker. “FocusTube: Block YouTube Shorts, Hide Recommendations & Distractions” (dnnpgmbhdojpjkpeeafgdelohfhbpiga). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/dnnpgmbhdojpjkpeeafgdelohfhbpiga. Accessed 2026-09-28.
BibTeX
@misc{extensiontracker_dnnpgmbhdojpjkpeeafgdelohfhbpiga,
  title   = {FocusTube: Block YouTube Shorts, Hide Recommendations & Distractions (dnnpgmbhdojpjkpeeafgdelohfhbpiga)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/dnnpgmbhdojpjkpeeafgdelohfhbpiga},
  urldate = {2026-09-28}
}

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