---
title: "YouTube Grid & Shorts Blocker – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "7 users, no ratings yet. Version 2.0, updated 2025-09-22. Requests 4 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/jhdifiokeanhgjmmfgilhedepbeingle"
---

# YouTube Grid & Shorts Blocker

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 7
- Rating: no ratings yet
- Last checked: 2026-09-27 03:40 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: – (needs a week of history)
- Users gained in 30 days: – (needs a month of history)
- Rank by users: #175,436 of 264,703 live extensions
- Rank in Workflow & Planning: #30,926 of 44,474

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> Transforms YouTube into a grid view with adjustable thumbnail size and removes Shorts

- Extension ID: `jhdifiokeanhgjmmfgilhedepbeingle`
- Developer: [Atul Ankit Prakash](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u13d7a8315f7e06f373b90db15864e998)
- Trader status: Not declared a trader under EU law
- Category: [Productivity › Workflow & Planning](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/workflow)
- First published: 2025-09-22
- Last updated: 2025-09-22
- Version: `2.0`
- Size: 14.4 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English
- Privacy policy: `https://sites.google.com/view/ytgridshortsblocker/home`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/youtube-grid-shorts-block/jhdifiokeanhgjmmfgilhedepbeingle>
- View the code or download the CRX, in CRX Viewer: <https://robwu.nl/crxviewer/?crx=https%3A%2F%2Fchromewebstore.google.com%2Fdetail%2Fjhdifiokeanhgjmmfgilhedepbeingle>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-09-27 | 7 | – | – |

## 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

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

### Sites where it runs scripts

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

### Browser features

- `activeTab`: The tab you're on, only after you click the extension
- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser
- `webNavigation`: Follow your browsing, page by page

## More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account.

| Extension | Users | Rating | Ratings | Category |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [Speak YouTube Subtitles](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/mojdldfaanaemjappfhjppledfdllhcd) | 1,000 | 4.11 | 9 | Workflow & Planning |
| [History Blocker](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/pmjhhnckfoobcphaigaappejponldpfi) | 291 | 5.00 | 1 | Workflow & Planning |
| [Twitter X Comment - Auto-comment & Auto-scroll](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/afiagcecgfcfdajomlhbgojahkleafom) | 172 | 3.75 | 4 | Workflow & Planning |
| [Ultra Volume Booster](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/apflhmhdnhiegffdahnkjngblglmeajg) | 165 | 5.00 | 1 | Accessibility |
| [WApp+ - WhatsApp Web background](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/jkkegeoheccnlhkpnngpehlajjendmmh) | 163 | 3.67 | 3 | Tools |
| [VidZoom - Ultimate Free Video Zoom](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/hdlneejiiekbbjennojjhnmjhmnogcci) | 155 | 5.00 | 2 | Workflow & Planning |
| [Eye Care - Adjust Page Brightness](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/iggocahmeajdfpakjplnnpdgcfeffhak) | 56 | – | – | Workflow & Planning |
| [Cute Custom Cursors - Simpsons & Emoji](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ebombfhpdnpdigkjdhfjmjohpcemfpie) | 38 | – | – | Art & Design |
| [YouTube Ad Skipper: Focus & Dark Mode](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/jabcnhhdmaakfjkidfpnenpfcnkeojgg) | 26 | 4.20 | 5 | Tools |
| [Video PiP Pro](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/jnibkeakgkffjokcomfgbofjgjakfnjd) | 7 | – | – | Workflow & Planning |

All 12 extensions by [Atul Ankit Prakash](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u13d7a8315f7e06f373b90db15864e998).

## 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 2026-09-27 03:40 UTC; next check around 2026-09-30.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “YouTube Grid & Shorts Blocker” (jhdifiokeanhgjmmfgilhedepbeingle). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/jhdifiokeanhgjmmfgilhedepbeingle. Accessed 2026-09-28.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_jhdifiokeanhgjmmfgilhedepbeingle,
  title   = {YouTube Grid & Shorts Blocker (jhdifiokeanhgjmmfgilhedepbeingle)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/jhdifiokeanhgjmmfgilhedepbeingle},
  urldate = {2026-09-28}
}
```

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