YouTube Focus Mode

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Extension status: Featured

Description from extension meta

Chrome Extension that allows you to focus by blocking YouTube videos from 'distractive' categories.

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This chrome extension allows you to select the type of videos that you want to see in your YouTube feed and blocks/hides all other videos that do not belong to the selected categories. Most of the extensions block the entire feed and hide all recommendations which might not be what you want while studying or focusing on learning a topic. By selectively blocking the distracting videos only, this extension allows you to focus on what's important and prevents you from getting distracted into the YouTube rabbithole.

The extension currently works in 3 scenarios within YouTube:
- Home Feed
- Search Results
- Video player and its accompanying recommendation column

Latest reviews

Sajjad Haq 2024-08-10: They ruined it.
Jérémy L. 2024-06-22: Not working
banshee nocturno 2024-01-16: Great extension, but needs password protection real bad. Or rather I need this add-on to be password protected, I can't trust myself that I won't simply turn it off.
Farhan Afnan Iskandar 2024-01-09: Apparently it removes the recommendations from the sidebar & search but not from the home feed. Probably this one is related to certain bug for either new Chrome or Manifest V3. A bug fix for the app would be nice. Thanks.
Jahnavi 2023-12-11: It works perfectly (as of dec 11th)! This really stops me from mindlessly consuming videos. The only reason why it's not 5 stars: It would be really helpful if there was a separate category just for podcasts. The ‘People and Blogs’ category tends to include videos that aren’t exactly podcasts. Having a dedicated podcast category would make things a lot easier. Thanks so much for this extension!
Njahi Mohamed Amine 2023-12-06: it doesn't work
Jack Pagn 2023-11-02: doesn't work
Jack Pagn 2023-11-02: doesn't work
Alper Aktaş 2023-09-18: It doesn't work now, even after deleting and reinstalling etc.
Aryan Barnwal 2023-09-14: It's not working anymore
Aryan Barnwal 2023-09-14: It's not working anymore
Anonymous 2023-06-11: Don't disable the side bar please
Digital Dragon 2023-06-02: 9/10 but sometimes i need the sidebar suggestion : make it an option turn on/ off
Digital Dragon 2023-06-02: 9/10 but sometimes i need the sidebar suggestion : make it an option turn on/ off
Harsh Kumar 2023-05-15: Thank you so much, your extension will help me surely to save a hell of lot of time
Harsh Kumar 2023-05-15: Thank you so much, your extension will help me surely to save a hell of lot of time
john es 2023-05-14: I don't like how the extension forces the sidebar to be hidden. There should be a way to turn that off. Feature suggestion: this extension should also work on mobile on the Kiwi Browser
john es 2023-05-14: I don't like how the extension forces the sidebar to be hidden. There should be a way to turn that off. Feature suggestion: this extension should also work on mobile on the Kiwi Browser
Ed 2022-12-04: Works so well I don't even think about it!
Ed 2022-12-04: Works so well I don't even think about it!
kauser haq 2022-10-23: 5 months of using this brought me from wasting time to learning web dev, SMMA, SEO, stocks, philosophy and more.
kauser haq 2022-10-23: 5 months of using this brought me from wasting time to learning web dev, SMMA, SEO, stocks, philosophy and more.
G doc 2022-07-30: auto turn on feature . some time i turn for searching partially education . if forget to turn it on you tube start doing black magic . i think after watching 2-3 video it should be auto turn on
G doc 2022-07-30: auto turn on feature . some time i turn for searching partially education . if forget to turn it on you tube start doing black magic . i think after watching 2-3 video it should be auto turn on
long9nt 2022-07-17: awesome
long9nt 2022-07-17: awesome
Samagra Dev 2022-06-29: There is room for improvement. For example, when I'm on the search results page, nothing should be hidden cause I searched for it.
Samagra Dev 2022-06-29: There is room for improvement. For example, when I'm on the search results page, nothing should be hidden cause I searched for it.
Michiru Kagemori 2022-05-22: This is very useful, HOWEVER, I have request regarding to the category. Please split the Science & Technology into several parts. I'm a graduated developer and a tech geek myself and honestly part of Science & Technology are rather distracting to me. Those are: 1. Gadget & Software reviews 2. Tech news (non-development application updates like Windows etc.) 3. Tech/Science scandals & rumor So I'd like to specifically unblock everything except anything related to Programming (coding, development, Visual Studio, Unity, other IDEs, etc.), Science, and How-Tos I hope you all can implement this in the later future. Thank you.
Michiru Kagemori 2022-05-22: This is very useful, HOWEVER, I have request regarding to the category. Please split the Science & Technology into several parts. I'm a graduated developer and a tech geek myself and honestly part of Science & Technology are rather distracting to me. Those are: 1. Gadget & Software reviews 2. Tech news (non-development application updates like Windows etc.) 3. Tech/Science scandals & rumor So I'd like to specifically unblock everything except anything related to Programming (coding, development, Visual Studio, Unity, other IDEs, etc.), Science, and How-Tos I hope you all can implement this in the later future. Thank you.
Anas Ansari 2021-12-21: Thank you!
Anas Ansari 2021-12-21: Thank you!
Comf 2021-09-15: I wanted to filter YouTube videos by Category because despite not having those Categories in my YouTube History, and no matter how many times I click the "Not Interested" "I don't like the video" feedback options on the Home page, YouTube still recommends the same topics, and this works like a charm. It'd be really useful if I could still open the guide button on the top left of YouTube while the extension is active, so I could still navigate the site without having to turn it off and on anytime, and if the videos were reorganized, like the "Channel Blocker" extension, instead of blacked out so there wasn't so much dead space, but at least you can't accidentally click on them. 5 Stars though because after spending a lot of time going through the Chrome Extension store this was the only extension I could find that lets you filter videos by Category while letting you select which Categories. And just how useful it is for me. Thank You.
Comf 2021-09-15: I wanted to filter YouTube videos by Category because despite not having those Categories in my YouTube History, and no matter how many times I click the "Not Interested" "I don't like the video" feedback options on the Home page, YouTube still recommends the same topics, and this works like a charm. It'd be really useful if I could still open the guide button on the top left of YouTube while the extension is active, so I could still navigate the site without having to turn it off and on anytime, and if the videos were reorganized, like the "Channel Blocker" extension, instead of blacked out so there wasn't so much dead space, but at least you can't accidentally click on them. 5 Stars though because after spending a lot of time going through the Chrome Extension store this was the only extension I could find that lets you filter videos by Category while letting you select which Categories. And just how useful it is for me. Thank You.
rameshh pathak 2021-03-29: Really useful.
rameshh pathak 2021-03-29: Really useful.

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