TubeShield — Ad Blocker for YouTube

Skip video ads, hide banners, sponsored items, and Shorts on YouTube — with a live dashboard showing everything blocked.

TubeShield is a focused, single-purpose extension that hides advertisements and sponsored content on YouTube — and shows you exactly what it blocked. WHAT IT BLOCKS • Pre-roll, mid-roll, and post-roll video ads — auto-skipped or fast-forwarded with audio muted • Banners, masthead ads, and in-player overlays • Sponsored and promoted videos in your home feed and search results • Shorts shelves and the Shorts entry in the sidebar • The "ad blocker detected" popup • Common ad and tracker network requests THE DASHBOARD Click the toolbar icon to see a clean, live dashboard: • Total ads blocked since install • Estimated time saved on video ads • Per-category breakdown — video skips, fast-forwards, banners, sponsored items, Shorts shelves, anti-adblock popups, network requests • Recent activity log with timestamps • One-click reset WHY IT'S DIFFERENT • Single-purpose — only runs on youtube.com and youtube-nocookie.com • No account, no signup, no upsells, no ads, no remote code • Manifest V3, lightweight, fast • All stats stored locally in your browser — nothing is sent anywhere PRIVACY TubeShield does not collect, track, or transmit any user data. Stats live in chrome.storage.local on your computer and never leave it. No telemetry, no analytics.