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Hide YouTube Shorts — Block & Remove Shorts from Your Feed

72 users No ratings yet Last updated 24 Oct 2026

By PYROCTAL Live in the Chrome Web Store gcopfghoffafolnhhakhccaabhnbkabp Search Google ↗ Last checked 25 Oct 2026, 05:41 UTC

The listing

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

Hide YouTube Shorts on home, search and subscriptions. A Shorts blocker with one toggle; watch Short links as regular videos.Summary from the listing
Developer
PYROCTAL
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Category
Productivity › Tools
First published
25 Mar 2026
Last updated
24 Oct 2026
Version
2.2.0
Size
230 KiB
Minimum Chrome
88
Languages
55 languages

Deutsch, English, English (Australia), English (United Kingdom), English (United States), Filipino, Indonesia, Kiswahili, Melayu, Nederlands, Tiếng Việt, Türkçe, català, dansk, eesti, español, español (Latinoamérica), français, hrvatski, italiano, latviešu, lietuvių, magyar, norsk, polski, português (Brasil), português (Portugal), română, slovenčina, slovenščina, suomi, svenska, čeština, Ελληνικά, български, русский, српски, українська, עברית, العربية, فارسی, मराठी, हिन्दी, বাংলা, ગુજરાતી, தமிழ், తెలుగు, ಕನ್ನಡ, മലയാളം, ไทย, አማርኛ, 中文（中国）, 中文（台灣）, 日本語, 한국어

Website
pyroctal.com
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Users over time As shown on the Chrome Web Store
606570Tracking began 27 Sep 202627 Sep4 Oct11 Oct18 Oct25 Oct2026-09-27: 58 users2026-10-23: 69 users2026-10-25: 72 users2026-10-25: new version72606570Tracking began27 Sep11 Oct25 Oct2026-09-27: 58 users2026-10-23: 69 users2026-10-25: 72 users2026-10-25: new version72
New version One point per check. Source: the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing.
Show the numbers
CheckedUsersRatingRatings
2026-10-2572––
2026-10-2369––
2026-09-2758––
Users, 7 days
No change
since a week ago
Users, 30 days
+14
+24.1%
Rank
#76,008
by users, of 292,131 extensions
In its category
#25,006
of 115,641 in Tools

What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first

  1. New version 2.2.0, replacing 2.0.5.

    Renamed from “YouTube Hide Shorts” to “Hide YouTube Shorts — Block & Remove Shorts from Your Feed”.

    The summary on the listing changed.

    The developer's website link changed.

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 27 Sep 2026.

We know contact emails only by a keyed hash, so they're never shown. Recent account and contact changes →

What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language

Sites
  • *://www.youtube.com/*www.youtube.com
Sites where it runs scripts
  • *://www.youtube.com/*www.youtube.com
Browser features
  • storageSave settings and data in your browser

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About this data

Collected from the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing. It's checked every month, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 25 Oct 2026, 05:41 UTC; next check around 22 Nov 2026.

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Citation
Extension Tracker. “Hide YouTube Shorts — Block & Remove Shorts from Your Feed” (gcopfghoffafolnhhakhccaabhnbkabp). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-10-25. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/gcopfghoffafolnhhakhccaabhnbkabp. Accessed 2026-11-13.
BibTeX
@misc{extensiontracker_gcopfghoffafolnhhakhccaabhnbkabp,
  title   = {Hide YouTube Shorts — Block & Remove Shorts from Your Feed (gcopfghoffafolnhhakhccaabhnbkabp)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-10-25},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/gcopfghoffafolnhhakhccaabhnbkabp},
  urldate = {2026-11-13}
}

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