---
title: "YouTube Focus Mode: Hide Shorts & Stay Distraction Free – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "73 users, rated 5.00 by 1 person. Version 1.0.5, updated 2026-10-27. Requests 3 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ipnepealklaghfflcgeilmbmodehkkfp"
---

# YouTube Focus Mode: Hide Shorts & Stay Distraction Free

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 73
- Rating: 5.00 from 1 rating
- Last checked: 2026-10-28 05:46 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: No change
- Users gained in 30 days: +5 (+7.4%)
- Rank by users: #75,615 of 292,131 live extensions
- Rank in Entertainment: #1,985 of 7,171

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> Hide YouTube Shorts, distracting recommendations, comments, and more to stay focused.

- Extension ID: `ipnepealklaghfflcgeilmbmodehkkfp`
- Developer: [SACHIN SHARMA](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u9d1d05cc195fbbf347701f9a403e4eaa)
- Enhanced Safe Browsing: Trusted ([what this means](https://extensiontracker.com/enhanced-safe-browsing))
- Category: [Lifestyle › Entertainment](https://extensiontracker.com/category/lifestyle/entertainment)
- First published: 2026-07-14
- Last updated: 2026-10-27
- Version: `1.0.5`
- Size: 359 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English
- Website: `htetcomp.blogspot.com`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/youtube-focus-mode-hide-s/ipnepealklaghfflcgeilmbmodehkkfp>
- View its code or download CRX: <https://crxpeek.com/extension/ipnepealklaghfflcgeilmbmodehkkfp>
- Search Google for the ID: <https://www.google.com/search?q=%22ipnepealklaghfflcgeilmbmodehkkfp%22&tbs=li:1>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-10-28 | 73 | 5.00 | 1 |
| 2026-10-07 | 68 | 5.00 | 1 |
| 2026-09-27 | 66 | 5.00 | 1 |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

- 2026-10-28: New version `1.0.5`, replacing `1.0.4`.
- 2026-10-28: Moved from Workflow & Planning to Entertainment.

## 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 2026-09-27.

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

- `*://*.youtube.com/*`: youtube.com and its subdomains

### Sites where it runs scripts

- `*://*.youtube.com/*`: youtube.com and its subdomains

### Browser features

- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser
- `tabs`: Read the addresses and titles of your tabs

## More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account.

| Extension | Users | Rating | Ratings | Category |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [System Info](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/blggnpadaaacdjijbldmohpnkfjpnbgi) | 2,000 | – | – | Tools |
| [Eyes Saver: Screen Timer & Blue Light Filter](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/bhnbcdoceifofdlmglcafocjmmnaibbd) | 586 | 3.00 | 2 | Well-being |
| [Nofollow Link](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/beehigfebmfhkfkcipiinjlndbedoboc) | 26 | – | – | Developer Tools |

All 4 extensions by [SACHIN SHARMA](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u9d1d05cc195fbbf347701f9a403e4eaa).

## 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 2026-10-28 05:46 UTC; next check around 2026-11-28.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “YouTube Focus Mode: Hide Shorts & Stay Distraction Free” (ipnepealklaghfflcgeilmbmodehkkfp). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-10-28. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ipnepealklaghfflcgeilmbmodehkkfp. Accessed 2026-11-13.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_ipnepealklaghfflcgeilmbmodehkkfp,
  title   = {YouTube Focus Mode: Hide Shorts & Stay Distraction Free (ipnepealklaghfflcgeilmbmodehkkfp)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-10-28},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ipnepealklaghfflcgeilmbmodehkkfp},
  urldate = {2026-11-13}
}
```

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