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Shorts Blocker — Block YouTube Shorts

3,000 users Rated 4.97 from 39 ratings Last updated 5 Oct 2026

By yevhen.tretiakov Live in the Chrome Web Store hineadfehgklomeomhnofpihfpoahkpf Search Google ↗ Last checked 9 Nov 2026, 11:46 UTC

The listing

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

Block YouTube Shorts, disable Shorts scrolling, or watch Shorts in the regular video player.Summary from the listing
Developer
yevhen.tretiakov
Enhanced Safe Browsing
Trusted. What this means →
Category
Lifestyle › Well-being
First published
14 Dec 2025
Last updated
5 Oct 2026
Version
2.5
Size
1.35 MiB
Minimum Chrome
88
Languages
64 languages

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

Website
shortsblocker.app
Support page
https://shortsblocker.app/support/
See Chrome Web Store page ↗ View its code or download CRX ↗
Users over time As shown on the Chrome Web Store
10K20KTracking began 27 Sep 202627 Sep4 Oct11 Oct18 Oct25 Oct1 Nov8 Nov2026-09-27: 20,000 users2026-11-02: 3,000 users2026-11-09: 3,000 users2026-10-06: new version3,00010K20KTracking began27 Sep18 Oct8 Nov2026-09-27: 20,000 users2026-11-02: 3,000 users2026-11-09: 3,000 users2026-10-06: new version3K
Average rating
4.804.905.0027 Sep11 Oct25 Oct8 Nov4.974.804.905.0027 Sep18 Oct8 Nov4.97
Number of ratings
34363827 Sep11 Oct25 Oct8 Nov3934363827 Sep18 Oct8 Nov39
New version One point per check. Source: the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing.
Show the numbers
CheckedUsersRatingRatings
2026-11-093,0004.9739
2026-11-023,0004.9739
2026-10-06–4.9735
2026-09-29–4.9735
2026-09-2720,0004.9734
Users, 7 days
No change
since a week ago
Users, 30 days
–
needs a month of history
Rank
#12,533
by users, of 292,131 extensions
In its category
#37
of 3,145 in Well-being

What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first

  1. New version 2.5, replacing 2.4.

    Added the permissions alarms, scripting.

    Added the sites *://*.youtube.com/*, *://youtube.com/*.

    Now listed in 64 languages, from 65.

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
  • *://*.youtube.com/*youtube.com and its subdomains
  • *://youtube.com/*youtube.com
Sites where it runs scripts
  • *://*.youtube.com/*youtube.com and its subdomains
  • *://m.youtube.com/*m.youtube.com
  • *://www.youtube.com/*www.youtube.com
  • *://youtube.com/*youtube.com
Browser features
  • activeTabThe tab you're on, only after you click the extension
  • alarmsRun tasks on a schedule
  • scriptingRun scripts on sites it can reach
  • storageSave settings and data in your browser

More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account

ExtensionUsersRatingRatingsCategory
UnTrap for YouTube — Block Shorts, Remove Recommendations, Detox & Focus100,000 2.79859 Well-being
SocialFocus — Hide Feeds, Block Shorts & Remove Distractions30,000 4.28209 Well-being
All 3 extensions by yevhen.tretiakov →

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 9 Nov 2026, 11:46 UTC; next check around 16 Nov 2026.

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Citation
Extension Tracker. “Shorts Blocker — Block YouTube Shorts” (hineadfehgklomeomhnofpihfpoahkpf). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-09. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/hineadfehgklomeomhnofpihfpoahkpf. Accessed 2026-11-13.
BibTeX
@misc{extensiontracker_hineadfehgklomeomhnofpihfpoahkpf,
  title   = {Shorts Blocker — Block YouTube Shorts (hineadfehgklomeomhnofpihfpoahkpf)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-09},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/hineadfehgklomeomhnofpihfpoahkpf},
  urldate = {2026-11-13}
}

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