YouTube Dopamine Detox

Block Shorts, recommendations, comments, autoplay, and distracting YouTube feeds.

YouTube Dopamine Detox helps you use YouTube with intention. YouTube is useful for learning, work, research, tutorials, lectures, and technical videos. But the same interface can quickly pull you into Shorts, home feed recommendations, related videos, comments, autoplay, and end screen suggestions. This Chrome extension reduces those distracting parts of YouTube while keeping the videos you came for available. Main features: - Block YouTube Shorts links, shelves, and entry points - Hide the YouTube home feed so search becomes the starting point - Hide related videos on watch pages - Optionally hide comments - Disable autoplay - Hide end screen suggestions - Ask for a purpose before YouTube opens - Set a focused session length - Save recent purpose logs locally in Chrome storage Use it when you want to: - Stop opening YouTube out of habit - Avoid YouTube Shorts - Hide YouTube recommendations - Stay focused while watching tutorials or lectures - Use YouTube for learning without falling into random videos - Reduce "just one more video" loops It is not a full website blocker. You can still open YouTube, search for videos, and watch what you came for. The goal is to remove the common paths that turn one useful video into an unplanned browsing session. Privacy: - No account is required - Settings are stored locally in Chrome storage - Recent purpose logs stay on your device - Your purpose logs and YouTube browsing history are not sent to an external server Note: YouTube changes its interface over time, so some hiding rules may need updates in future versions. YouTube is a trademark of Google LLC. This extension is not affiliated with Google or YouTube.