🚫 YouTube Shorts Blocker

A lightweight Chrome extension that completely removes YouTube Shorts content from your feed, helping you stay focused and distraction-free! 🎯

✨ Features

• 🧹 Completely removes Shorts sections from the YouTube homepage
• 🙈 Hides the Shorts tab from the sidebar navigation
• ⚡ Works automatically on all YouTube pages
• 🎛️ Simple on/off toggle controls
• 🔒 No data collection or tracking
• 🚀 Lightweight and performance-friendly

📥 Installation Instructions

Since this extension isn't on the Chrome Web Store, you'll need to install it manually:

1. Download this repository 📦

   • Click the green "Code" button above and select "Download ZIP"
   • Extract the ZIP file to a folder on your computer

2. Install in Chrome 🔧

   • Open Chrome and go to chrome://extensions/
   • Enable "Developer mode" using the toggle in the top-right corner
   • Click "Load unpacked"
   • Select the folder containing the extracted extension files

3. Usage 🎮

   • The extension will immediately start blocking Shorts content
   • Click the extension icon in your toolbar to access settings
   • Toggle switches to customize what gets blocked

🤔 Why This Extension?

Ever found yourself mindlessly scrolling through Shorts when you meant to watch something specific? YouTube Shorts are designed to be addictive, making it easy to lose focus and waste time. This extension helps maintain your productivity by removing these potential distractions from your YouTube experience.

🧠 How It Works

The extension uses targeted CSS and JavaScript to identify and remove Shorts-related elements from YouTube's interface. It works directly on YouTube's DOM structure to ensure a clean browsing experience.

🛠️ Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to submit issues or pull requests if you have ideas for improvements.

📜 License

MIT License

👨‍💻 Author

Made with ❤️ by kasundularaam

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