---
title: "Unhook - Remove YouTube Recommended & Shorts – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "1,000,000 users, rated 4.86 by 4,627 people. Version 1.6.9, updated 2026-03-22. Requests 4 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/khncfooichmfjbepaaaebmommgaepoid"
---

# Unhook - Remove YouTube Recommended & Shorts

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 1,000,000
- Rating: 4.86 from 4,627 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-11-06 01:03 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: No change
- Users gained in 30 days: No change (+0.0%)
- Rank by users: #174 of 292,131 live extensions
- Rank in Workflow & Planning: #60 of 49,294

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> Hide YouTube related videos, shorts, comments, suggestions wall, homepage recommendations, trending, and other distractions.

- Extension ID: `khncfooichmfjbepaaaebmommgaepoid`
- Developer: [Unhook](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u2858c9a66af8052cfca4c5d2f9026655)
- Enhanced Safe Browsing: Trusted ([what this means](https://extensiontracker.com/enhanced-safe-browsing))
- Category: [Productivity › Workflow & Planning](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/workflow)
- First published: 2018-06-05
- Last updated: 2026-03-22
- Version: `1.6.9`
- Size: 37.32 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English
- Website: `unhook.app`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/unhook-remove-youtube-rec/khncfooichmfjbepaaaebmommgaepoid>
- View its code or download CRX: <https://crxpeek.com/extension/khncfooichmfjbepaaaebmommgaepoid>
- Search Google for the ID: <https://www.google.com/search?q=%22khncfooichmfjbepaaaebmommgaepoid%22&tbs=li:1>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-11-06 | 1,000,000 | 4.86 | 4,627 |
| 2026-10-30 | 1,000,000 | 4.86 | 4,610 |
| 2026-10-22 | 1,000,000 | 4.85 | 4,591 |
| 2026-10-16 | 1,000,000 | 4.86 | 4,581 |
| 2026-10-09 | 1,000,000 | 4.86 | 4,559 |
| 2026-10-03 | 1,000,000 | 4.86 | 4,535 |
| 2026-09-27 | 1,000,000 | 4.86 | 4,535 |

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

### Sites where it runs scripts

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

### Browser features

- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser
- `webRequest`: Watch network requests on the sites it can reach

## More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account.

| Extension | Users | Rating | Ratings | Category |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [Block YouTube Feed - Homepage, Sidebar Videos](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/lcpclaffcdiihapebmfgcmmplphbkjmd) | 30,000 | 4.76 | 118 | Workflow & Planning |
| [Remove YouTube End Cards & End Screen Videos](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/mfengiknfnndchbhjmgjjffjndklkpcm) | 30,000 | 3.99 | 87 | Social Networking |
| [Turn Off YouTube Comments & Live Chat](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/bnbnjkiglooccambmgnmbepaofnjjjpl) | 10,000 | 4.26 | 70 | Workflow & Planning |
| [Turn Off YouTube Autoplay Next & Annotations](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/pcapooophggbaedfdmmmmbldmhlbbjob) | 3,000 | 3.16 | 45 | Workflow & Planning |

All 5 extensions by [Unhook](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u2858c9a66af8052cfca4c5d2f9026655).

## 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 2026-11-06 01:03 UTC; next check around 2026-11-13.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Unhook - Remove YouTube Recommended & Shorts” (khncfooichmfjbepaaaebmommgaepoid). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-06. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/khncfooichmfjbepaaaebmommgaepoid. Accessed 2026-11-13.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_khncfooichmfjbepaaaebmommgaepoid,
  title   = {Unhook - Remove YouTube Recommended & Shorts (khncfooichmfjbepaaaebmommgaepoid)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-06},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/khncfooichmfjbepaaaebmommgaepoid},
  urldate = {2026-11-13}
}
```

---

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