---
title: "LessTube: Hide YouTube Shorts & Distractions – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "5,000 users, rated 5.00 by 4 people. Version 1.0.9, updated 2026-10-20. Requests 1 permission."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/oloemmfdfdnempbpiockejbckckjffci"
---

# LessTube: Hide YouTube Shorts & Distractions

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 5,000
- Rating: 5.00 from 4 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-10-21 05:59 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: No change
- Users gained in 30 days: – (needs a month of history)
- Rank by users: #10,116 of 289,024 live extensions
- Rank in Tools: #2,410 of 114,373

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> Hide Shorts, comments and recommendations on YouTube. Grayscale, custom grid, blur thumbnails. Free, no account, no tracking.

- Extension ID: `oloemmfdfdnempbpiockejbckckjffci`
- Developer: [CayooDev](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u839ec579a82585c54ff10b8d5a85f0e2)
- Enhanced Safe Browsing: Not trusted ([what this means](https://extensiontracker.com/enhanced-safe-browsing))
- Category: [Productivity › Tools](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/tools)
- First published: 2026-10-10
- Last updated: 2026-10-20
- Version: `1.0.9`
- Size: 122 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 105
- Languages (13): Deutsch, English, Indonesia, español, français, polski, português (Brasil), русский, العربية, हिन्दी, 中文（中国）, 日本語, 한국어
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/lesstube-hide-youtube-sho/oloemmfdfdnempbpiockejbckckjffci>
- View its code or download CRX: <https://crxpeek.com/extension/oloemmfdfdnempbpiockejbckckjffci>
- Search Google for the ID: <https://www.google.com/search?q=%22oloemmfdfdnempbpiockejbckckjffci%22&tbs=li:1>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-10-21 | 5,000 | 5.00 | 4 |
| 2026-10-19 | 1,000 | 5.00 | 4 |
| 2026-10-17 | 745 | 5.00 | 3 |
| 2026-10-16 | 175 | 5.00 | 3 |
| 2026-10-14 | 3 | – | – |
| 2026-10-13 | 3 | – | – |
| 2026-10-11 | – | – | – |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

- 2026-10-21: New version `1.0.9`, replacing `1.0.7`.
- 2026-10-19: New version `1.0.7`, replacing `1.0.5`.
- 2026-10-19: Renamed from “LessTube: Hide YouTube Shorts, Comments & Distractions” to “LessTube: Hide YouTube Shorts & Distractions”.
- 2026-10-17: The developer's contact email changed.
- 2026-10-16: New version `1.0.5`, replacing `1.0.4`.
- 2026-10-16: Renamed from “LessTube — YouTube Cleaner & Customizer” to “LessTube: Hide YouTube Shorts, Comments & Distractions”.
- 2026-10-16: The summary on the listing changed.
- 2026-10-14: New version `1.0.4`, replacing `1.0.3`.
- 2026-10-13: New version `1.0.3`, replacing `1.0.0`.

## Developer history

Moves to another publisher account and new contact emails, newest first.

- 2026-10-17: The contact email changed.

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 where it runs scripts

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

### Browser features

- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser

## About this data

Collected from the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing. It's checked again 7 and 30 days after it was published, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 2026-10-21 05:59 UTC; next check around 2026-11-09.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “LessTube: Hide YouTube Shorts & Distractions” (oloemmfdfdnempbpiockejbckckjffci). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-10-21. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/oloemmfdfdnempbpiockejbckckjffci. Accessed 2026-11-08.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_oloemmfdfdnempbpiockejbckckjffci,
  title   = {LessTube: Hide YouTube Shorts & Distractions (oloemmfdfdnempbpiockejbckckjffci)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-10-21},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/oloemmfdfdnempbpiockejbckckjffci},
  urldate = {2026-11-08}
}
```

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