WatchFence

Set viewing times and allowed YouTube channels, with an optional wait before easing restrictions.

WatchFence lets you choose when to watch YouTube and which channels to allow. Set daily viewing windows. Allow all channels or selected channels in each window. Ordinary videos, Shorts and live streams follow the same channel rules. YouTube Music is excluded. Search for channels in Settings or add a channel URL. YouTube subscriptions are not imported automatically. Tighter limits take effect when saved. Expanded access waits for the current setting: none, 10 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, 2 hours or 24 hours. When a save combines both changes, only the expansion waits. Reducing the wait also uses the previous wait. Settings stay in this Chrome profile and are not synced. Channel searches and verification send search queries, channel URLs or video IDs to YouTube. Public channel pictures load from Google image hosts. The developer operates no extension data-collection server. There is no advertising or analytics code. During selected-channel windows, each video is checked against its owner channel. Unverified videos remain blocked. Network errors or changes to YouTube can prevent verification. WatchFence cannot fully prevent disabling or removing the extension, device clock changes or other forms of circumvention. Free. No WatchFence account or payment is required. Not affiliated with YouTube or Google. Privacy: https://shobuildsit.com/apps/watchfence/privacy/ Support: https://shobuildsit.com/apps/watchfence/support/ What's new in 1.9.2: - Consistent time-window and channel-based viewing rules - Six waiting periods, immediate tightening and delayed expanded access - Manual channel discovery, Japanese/English and light/dark UI - A dedicated current-status popup - Clearer save feedback and simpler help First use: Open Settings from the toolbar icon. Review the sample windows and channels before saving. A new install starts with no wait. Saving and activation of a pending expansion are separate. Existing settings and waits are retained.