SOsomeperson·Feb 15, 2026Recommendation phrase
For the desktop, I recommend https://github.com/lawrencehook/remove-youtube-suggestions
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lawrencehook / remove-youtube-suggestions
remove-youtube-suggestions
A browser extension that lets you hide recommendations, customize the interface, and take control of your YouTube experience.
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A browser extension that lets you hide recommendations, customize the interface, and take control of your YouTube experience.
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For the desktop, I recommend https://github.com/lawrencehook/remove-youtube-suggestions
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8 sourcesThis makes me appreciate my newly discovered "Remove YouTube Suggestions"[0]-extension a lot more. My homepage looks like this[1] and I absolutely do not get the feeling I'm "missing out" on any content. I just go to my subscriptions page, look at some videos and then close YT :)
[0] https://github.com/lawrencehook/remove-youtube-suggestions
[1] https://i.imgur.com/zst96wo.png
In Someone at YouTube needs glassesBrowser extension solution to that problem: https://github.com/lawrencehook/remove-youtube-suggestions
In How to succeed in MrBeast production (Leaked PDF)Funnily enough, the code responsible for hiding shorts in that is just under 20 lines long :P
https://github.com/lawrencehook/remove-youtube-suggestions/b...
In Shutting down the letsblock.it project and its official instance> For example, this one is one of 20 lines of filters to get rid of Shorts
Just get this plugin: <https://github.com/lawrencehook/remove-youtube-suggestions> and enable “Hide all Shorts” under Homepage/General.
In Shutting down the letsblock.it project and its official instanceI have been using an extension [1] to remove YouTube suggestions (a la Unhook, but open source). It has this feature as well, but sometimes I get startled from the sudden appearance of mid-video ads.
[1]: https://github.com/lawrencehook/remove-youtube-suggestions
In Show HN: YouTube banned adblockers so I built an extension to skip their adsSame! There is an excellent extension for this called RYS which makes it really easy to toggle parts of youtube you don't want https://github.com/lawrencehook/remove-youtube-suggestions
In uBlock Origin 1.50.0I’ve given up, and I dislike having content pushed to me in general.
I use a combination of Remove YouTube Suggestions[1] and prefacing “intitle:” before any YouTube search to avoid weird matches that point me to irrelevant content.
I think it’s ridiculous that I need to constantly click “show less like this” and exert so much effort to train YouTube. I also hate how they’ll insert random unrelated videos “For Me” or “Watch it Again” in my search results. It’s all designed to keep me on the site and distracted… better to avoid it entirely.
[1] https://github.com/lawrencehook/remove-youtube-suggestions
In Ask HN: Why has quality of YouTube reduced drastically?