---
title: "YouTube Simplified - Hide Recommendations, Comments – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "305 users, rated 4.20 by 5 people. Version 1.8, updated 2025-11-11. Requests 1 permission."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ofdlnilnphocpoekbagdkemgidmbfmjl"
---

# YouTube Simplified - Hide Recommendations, Comments

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 305
- Rating: 4.20 from 5 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-09-27 06:46 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: – (needs a week of history)
- Users gained in 30 days: – (needs a month of history)
- Rank by users: #42,024 of 264,703 live extensions
- Rank in Tools: #12,084 of 103,498

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> A browser extension that simplifies YouTube's layout for maximum focus.

- Extension ID: `ofdlnilnphocpoekbagdkemgidmbfmjl`
- Developer: [bsodoge](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u8659019b2c81ed830aa1ea2ee50d89fb)
- Trader status: Not declared a trader under EU law
- Category: [Productivity › Tools](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/tools)
- First published: 2024-05-16
- Last updated: 2025-11-11
- Version: `1.8`
- Size: 10.65 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English
- Support page: `https://github.com/Bsodoge/YouTube-Simplified`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/youtube-simplified-hide-r/ofdlnilnphocpoekbagdkemgidmbfmjl>
- View the code or download the CRX, in CRX Viewer: <https://robwu.nl/crxviewer/?crx=https%3A%2F%2Fchromewebstore.google.com%2Fdetail%2Fofdlnilnphocpoekbagdkemgidmbfmjl>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-09-27 | 305 | 4.20 | 5 |

## 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 where it runs scripts

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

### 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 |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [Focus Mode](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/jjogkcpcgaaifccbffjmincckliocaca) | 24 | – | – | Well-being |
| [No More Shorts](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ocfadbibnpghbdbelpcddlodekhobppk) | 4 | – | – | Workflow & Planning |

All 3 extensions by [bsodoge](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u8659019b2c81ed830aa1ea2ee50d89fb).

## 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 06:46 UTC; next check around 2026-10-15.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “YouTube Simplified - Hide Recommendations, Comments” (ofdlnilnphocpoekbagdkemgidmbfmjl). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ofdlnilnphocpoekbagdkemgidmbfmjl. Accessed 2026-09-28.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_ofdlnilnphocpoekbagdkemgidmbfmjl,
  title   = {YouTube Simplified - Hide Recommendations, Comments (ofdlnilnphocpoekbagdkemgidmbfmjl)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ofdlnilnphocpoekbagdkemgidmbfmjl},
  urldate = {2026-09-28}
}
```

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