---
title: "No Shorts Mode for YouTube™ – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "1,000 users, rated 4.70 by 10 people. Version 1.1.8, updated 2026-03-19. Requests 4 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ilkcgpioigbhepilmhljihldmpgldpme"
---

# No Shorts Mode for YouTube™

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 1,000
- Rating: 4.70 from 10 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-09-27 03:12 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: – (needs a week of history)
- Users gained in 30 days: – (needs a month of history)
- Rank by users: #17,733 of 264,704 live extensions
- Rank in Tools: #4,498 of 103,503

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> Hide and block YouTube Shorts, or open them in the regular video player

- Extension ID: `ilkcgpioigbhepilmhljihldmpgldpme`
- Developer: [Thunderarea](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u9490af9e582a8f87e649ae38c0f3ceaf)
- Trader status: Not declared a trader under EU law
- Category: [Productivity › Tools](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/tools)
- First published: 2025-12-10
- Last updated: 2026-03-19
- Version: `1.1.8`
- Size: 137 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (17): Deutsch, English, Indonesia, Tiếng Việt, Türkçe, español, français, italiano, polski, português (Brasil), svenska, Ελληνικά, العربية, हिन्दी, ไทย, 日本語, 한국어
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/no-shorts-mode-for-youtub/ilkcgpioigbhepilmhljihldmpgldpme>
- View the code or download the CRX, in CRX Viewer: <https://robwu.nl/crxviewer/?crx=https%3A%2F%2Fchromewebstore.google.com%2Fdetail%2Filkcgpioigbhepilmhljihldmpgldpme>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-09-27 | 1,000 | 4.70 | 10 |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

No changes found since tracking began on 2026-09-27.

## What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language.

### Sites

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

### Sites where it runs scripts

- `*://m.youtube.com/*`: m.youtube.com
- `*://www.youtube-nocookie.com/*`: www.youtube-nocookie.com
- `*://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 |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [Music Mode for YouTube™](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/abbpaepbpakcpipajigmlpnhlnbennna) | 80,000 | 4.60 | 570 | Workflow & Planning |

All 2 extensions by [Thunderarea](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u9490af9e582a8f87e649ae38c0f3ceaf).

## 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 2026-09-27 03:12 UTC; next check around 2026-10-03.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “No Shorts Mode for YouTube™” (ilkcgpioigbhepilmhljihldmpgldpme). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ilkcgpioigbhepilmhljihldmpgldpme. Accessed 2026-09-28.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_ilkcgpioigbhepilmhljihldmpgldpme,
  title   = {No Shorts Mode for YouTube™ (ilkcgpioigbhepilmhljihldmpgldpme)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ilkcgpioigbhepilmhljihldmpgldpme},
  urldate = {2026-09-28}
}
```

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