---
title: "YouTube Shorts Blocker – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "469 users, rated 5.00 by 5 people. Version 0.2.1, updated 2025-10-13. Requests 4 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/jchbbofddpgfbaheknainnhbdonkpogf"
---

# YouTube Shorts Blocker

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 469
- Rating: 5.00 from 5 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-11-02 10:41 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: No change
- Users gained in 30 days: −51 (-9.8%)
- Rank by users: #35,332 of 292,131 live extensions
- Rank in Functionality & UI: #1,405 of 11,702

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> Block YouTube Shorts, avoiding distractions

- Extension ID: `jchbbofddpgfbaheknainnhbdonkpogf`
- Developer: [Taylor Hoffmann](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u818adc9682a65d2d9d6896a1c105acd9)
- Enhanced Safe Browsing: Trusted ([what this means](https://extensiontracker.com/enhanced-safe-browsing))
- Category: [Make Chrome Yours › Functionality & UI](https://extensiontracker.com/category/make_chrome_yours/functionality)
- First published: 2024-10-12
- Last updated: 2025-10-13
- Version: `0.2.1`
- Size: 99.77 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (6): Deutsch, English, español, français, italiano, português (Brasil)
- Privacy policy: `https://github.com/TaylorHo/youtube-shorts-blocker/blob/main/PRIVACY.md`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/youtube-shorts-blocker/jchbbofddpgfbaheknainnhbdonkpogf>
- View its code or download CRX: <https://crxpeek.com/extension/jchbbofddpgfbaheknainnhbdonkpogf>
- Search Google for the ID: <https://www.google.com/search?q=%22jchbbofddpgfbaheknainnhbdonkpogf%22&tbs=li:1>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-11-02 | 469 | 5.00 | 5 |
| 2026-10-03 | 520 | 5.00 | 5 |
| 2026-09-27 | 520 | 5.00 | 5 |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

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

## 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

- `https://www.youtube.com/*`: www.youtube.com

### Sites where it runs scripts

- `https://www.youtube.com/*`: www.youtube.com

### Browser features

- `activeTab`: The tab you're on, only after you click the extension
- `scripting`: Run scripts on sites it can reach
- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser

## More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account.

| Extension | Users | Rating | Ratings | Category |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [DnD Beyond Kit](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/gdpopbkamfkkenkillfnocgljokkcopg) | 2,000 | 4.93 | 14 | Functionality & UI |

All 2 extensions by [Taylor Hoffmann](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u818adc9682a65d2d9d6896a1c105acd9).

## 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 2026-11-02 10:41 UTC; next check around 2026-11-29.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “YouTube Shorts Blocker” (jchbbofddpgfbaheknainnhbdonkpogf). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-02. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/jchbbofddpgfbaheknainnhbdonkpogf. Accessed 2026-11-13.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_jchbbofddpgfbaheknainnhbdonkpogf,
  title   = {YouTube Shorts Blocker (jchbbofddpgfbaheknainnhbdonkpogf)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-02},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/jchbbofddpgfbaheknainnhbdonkpogf},
  urldate = {2026-11-13}
}
```

---

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