Shorts Shield – Focus for YouTube

Block YouTube Shorts and distracting sections with simple, private focus controls.

Shorts Shield helps you use YouTube with fewer distractions by removing Shorts and other attention-grabbing sections from the interface. Choose exactly what you want to hide using simple controls. You can block YouTube Shorts, hide the Home feed, recommendations, comments and Explore, or enable Focus Mode for a cleaner viewing experience. Features: • Block YouTube Shorts • Hide the YouTube Home feed • Hide recommended content • Hide comments • Hide Explore • Focus Mode • Individual ON/OFF controls • Settings are remembered automatically Shorts Shield is designed with privacy in mind. Your preferences are stored locally using Chrome storage. The extension does not require an account and does not sell or use your browsing data for advertising. Take control of YouTube and spend less time scrolling and more time watching what you actually intended to watch. Shorts Shield is an independent extension and is not affiliated with or endorsed by YouTube or Google.