TubeBlock — YouTube Keyword & Shorts Blocker

Block videos by title keywords and hide YouTube Shorts. Clean up your feed, search and recommendations. No account needed.

Choose what stays in your feed. TubeBlock is a free YouTube keyword blocker and Shorts blocker for desktop Chrome. Add a word or phrase, hide matching video titles, and keep browsing with the rest of your feed intact. A repeated topic does not have to take over your home page. A recommendation with a movie spoiler does not have to stay on screen. A Shorts shelf does not have to interrupt the longer videos you came to watch. Set your own filters from a compact toolbar popup, then change or pause them whenever you want. WHAT YOU CAN DO - Filter videos by words and phrases in their titles. - Choose substring matching or Whole word only for each new rule. - Hide Shorts shelves and supported short-video cards. - Apply your preferences to supported cards in Home, search results, Subscriptions, channel pages and the Up next sidebar. - Add or remove a rule while browsing; open tabs update without a manual page refresh. - Pause filtering without deleting your saved list. - See how many loaded cards are hidden in the current tab when you open the popup. - Keep your preferences in this browser, with no account or API key. BLOCK KEYWORDS ON YOUTUBE Type a word into “Hide videos with a word” and select the plus button. Matching titles disappear from supported feeds and results. The rule is saved, so you do not have to add it again each time you open your browser. Use a specific phrase to narrow a recurring subject, a series name to reduce unwanted mentions, or a word that appears in a video format you would rather skip. For example, a rule for “prank” can catch titles containing “prank” or “pranks”. A rule for “reaction” can help remove repeated reaction videos from an otherwise useful feed. The same list applies across supported desktop surfaces. You do not need to repeat the rule for each search or add it again when you visit a channel page. The video title is the field being checked. A word that appears only in a creator's name, description, view count or navigation label does not trigger the title filter. This keeps a useful cooking tutorial visible when a blocked word happens to be part of its channel name. WHOLE WORDS, PHRASES AND INTERNATIONAL TITLES Turn on “Whole word only” before adding a rule when you need a more precise match. For example, “cat” can match “A cat in the garden” without matching “catalog”. Leave the option off when you want to catch a word inside a longer title or word. Each saved rule keeps its own matching mode. You can combine a broad substring rule with a more specific whole-word rule, then remove either one from its chip in the popup. Matching ignores letter case and normalizes compatible Unicode forms and spacing. You can enter English words, accented text, Cyrillic and other scripts. Add the wording used in the titles you want to filter; names are not automatically translated between languages. HIDE YOUTUBE SHORTS Use TubeBlock as a YouTube Shorts blocker when you prefer a feed of longer videos. The “Hide Shorts” switch removes supported short-video shelves and cards from the home feed, search, Subscriptions and recommendations, along with supported entries in the sidebar and channel tabs. The Shorts filter works alongside your title rules. You can hide the short-video format generally, or leave it visible and filter individual titles using your saved words. Switch the preference off to bring those discovery surfaces back. A title rule can still hide a matching card while that rule remains active. This feature changes what is displayed on the page. It does not delete videos, unsubscribe you from channels or submit recommendation feedback on your behalf. A CLEANER FEED FOR YOUR OWN REASONS Avoid story spoilers: add a show, game, character or phrase associated with a release you have not finished. This can reduce matching titles while you browse unrelated videos. It does not inspect images, so a reveal shown only in a thumbnail cannot be detected. Reduce repetitive formats: filter title words associated with unboxing videos, ASMR, mukbang or another format you would rather skip. Choose your own terms instead of relying on a fixed topic list. Stay focused while studying or working: keep useful tutorials and searches available while narrowing the distractions around them. You decide which words to hide and when to turn the filters off. These are text rules, not judgments about a video's meaning. A relevant word in a title can match even when the video discusses the topic critically or in a different context. More specific phrases can help narrow your results. QUICK SETUP 1. Install TubeBlock, then reload any tabs that were already open on www.youtube.com. 2. Click its icon in the browser toolbar. Pin it if you want quicker access. 3. Add a word or phrase. Select “Whole word only” first if that is the matching mode you want. 4. Enable “Hide Shorts” if you want to remove those shelves and cards too. 5. Keep browsing. Remove an individual rule from its chip, or use the master switch to pause everything while keeping your list. Filters also check supported cards that are added as you scroll. They respond to title changes and reused cards as the site updates its pages. You do not need to leave the popup open. LOCAL SETTINGS, NO ACCOUNT Your filter list and preferences are stored locally in the browser. Matching happens on your device using the title information available on the page. There is no filtering account, external classification service or paid AI requirement. The extension does not send your saved rules, video titles or viewing activity to a filtering server. It contains no analytics or advertising code. Access to www.youtube.com lets it read the relevant page information and hide matching cards; storage access keeps your settings between browsing sessions. Preferences are specific to this browser profile. They are not automatically synchronized to another computer. COMMON QUESTIONS Can I filter search results as well as recommendations? Yes. Your saved rules apply to supported result cards as well as supported feed and sidebar cards. They are not limited to the search query you are typing. Can I block topics or hashtags? You can filter a topic by adding words that appear in its video titles. A hashtag can match when it is written in a title. TubeBlock does not classify subject matter or fetch a video's hidden tags. Can I block YouTube channels? Channel-wide blocking is not available in this version. The current release filters video titles and Shorts discovery surfaces. A matching word in a channel name alone does not hide that channel's uploads. Does it stop a direct video link from playing? No. Filtering targets cards and discovery surfaces. A directly opened video or scrolling Shorts player is not intercepted or paused by these rules. Will pausing erase my filters? No. The master switch restores the page display while keeping your list. Turn it back on to apply your saved preferences again. Does it work in the phone or TV app? No. This is a desktop browser extension for the www.youtube.com website. It does not run inside mobile apps, smart TVs, YouTube Kids or the separate Music website. It is not a parental-control lock. What if a card is not hidden? Check that the extension is enabled and that the word appears in the actual title. Reload the tab if it was open before installation or an update. Page layouts can change, and an unreadable title or unsupported card may remain visible. No text-based filter can guarantee that every unwanted video or spoiler will be hidden. Make your viewing space easier to use: choose a few precise rules, turn on the Shorts filter if you want it, and adjust your list as your interests change. Website and feature guides: https://tubeblock.net/ TubeBlock.net is an independent project and is not affiliated with or endorsed by YouTube or Google. YouTube is a trademark of Google LLC.