YouTube™ content blocker
BlockTube gives you the control to customize your YouTube viewing experience. It allows you to block specific channels and videos that you don't wish to see or get recommended with.
The extension is lightweight and fast, integrated seamlessly and does not affect your browsing experience at all, to an extent that an unsuspecting user will never know it's there to begin with.
** The extension includes the following features
* Integrated context menus across YouTube for easy blocking
* Block videos by name
* Block channels by name
* Block comments from specific user or by content keywords
* Block/Allow videos with specific runtime
* Block YouTube Shorts
* Block YouTube Movies
* Block Explore page
* Block YouTube's auto generated playlists
* Hide watched videos from recommendations
* Remove "Video paused, continue watching?" popups
** For advanced users
* Regular Expressions are supported across all filter options
* Advanced Blocking: Extend the functionality on your own using a JavaScript function (https://github.com/amitbl/blocktube/wiki/Advanced-Blocking)
** WARNING ** DO NOT PASTE UNTRUSTED CODE YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND, YOUR YOUTUBE ACCOUNT MAY BE AT RISK IF YOU DO SO
PRIVACY NOTICE:
I do not collect any information or data on you.
This extension does not contain analytics/tracking codes.
This extension does not make even a single request to a 3rd party server.
The only data being recorded is your configured options which are saved locally
only on your computer.
SOURCE CODE AND BUG TRACKING:
https://github.com/amitbl/blocktube
FIREFOX VERSION:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/blocktube/
Latest reviews
- (2024-11-10) FatheredPuma81: Dev has been too busy to fix the extension for quite a while now so I can only give this a 1 star. Was an amazing extension.
- (2024-09-26) vsd게비비안 15번: 구글에자동백업 돼면 좋겠습니다 언어 한국어도 하면좋겟습니다 잘쓰고있는대 동작이 안돼다가 돼다가 수정해주새요 부탁드립니다
- (2024-07-24) Oscar Rego: just the thing i was looking for block the fake thumbnail youtubers lmao edit: its been detected by YT and wont work as for now
- (2024-06-18) Jonathan Cox: This extension works really great! I've had this extension since December 2021, and it has barely left my browsers ever since then. The only problem is that when you search a blocked channel on YT, it will still show the shorts from that channel. If you click on it, it will play the short for you, and with that, you can also STILL look around the channel, but if you click a video, it will NOT play, because you blocked the channel, and that means you won't access the videos. I hope the developer(s) of BlockTube can fix the Shorts issue, but that doesn't stop me from giving it a 5 out of 5! It's still a great extension nonetheless!
- (2024-04-21) Charles Ballard: worked great. now, blocking from comments and other tools are broken, offensive toxic stuff all over now...temp solution i found was to use adblockplus to block all comments and video suggestions on the right side panel...using these cutoms rules; - youtube.com##.style-scope.ytd-comments - youtube.com##.style-scope.ytd-watch-next-secondary-results-renderer copy paste into adblockplus custom rules. searches work and your screen isn't filled with unwanted misinformation, toxic troll droppings and hate based content.
- (2024-03-30) Duck Song Fans: finally dont have to see all the bot comments/replies edit 3/30/2024: no longer works, all the annoying bots in the replies and comments are back with no option to block, please fix and i will put back 5 stars
- (2024-03-19) Adam Leonard: Excellent extension. It, along with an auto-quality extension really make YouTube much more useable for people who want results without SEO/Clickbait garbage. (Dec 13 2022) Edit (Mar 18 2024) - as of March 18th, the context menu to block channels from the comments is non functional, and blocked channels still have their comments show on all videos. Is it possible to rectify this? Thanks.
- (2024-03-02) Roah: This is the best youtube blocker that I used so far. I just installed and transferred most of my blocked list into this one. What I liked about this extension is that it actually logs in the channel ID instead of Name which can be changed or bypassed while the ID is a unique identifier that can't be changed. What I also like about this extension is that you can block specific videos and comments. I love this feature because there are some very persistent videos being recommended to me when I search Youtube. I want to block those videos but I don't necessary want to block the their channel it just that their video always appears whenever I search it's the algorithm's fault. So this video helps me a ton by enabling me to block specific videos. EDIT: February 24. blocking via using the context menu doesn't work anymore but you can still manually block channel by manually inputting the channel's ID and it works. Edit: It's now working again. Suggestions: Please integrate auto-sync via Google Drive or let us specify the folder location for when importing backup. Otherwise, this extension is already perfect and future proof as well because it tags using the channel's ID instead of name and when something happens in the future, like youtube taking down this like extension like what they did with vance, then I can easily convert my backup for other alternatives blockers.
- (2024-02-07) Kate: Blocks shorts, switched to this one after that other extension tried charging its users for a basic feature eta: playlist blocking not working, changelogs someone reported this as abandonware
- (2024-02-03) Maokee: How to view your blocked channels?
- (2023-12-01) Konstantin K.: Не работает.
- (2023-11-13) OleDaniel Skofterød: Doesn't actually block anything, it just hides videos with keywords in them. So when all your recommended videos contain those keywords, your YouTube homepage will look completely blank. The "Click on "Not interested / Don't recommend channel" when blocking using context menus" is not working. Would also be better if there was separate options for not interested or don't recommend channel. Sometimes good channels post garbage.
- (2023-11-03) Nate Dorsey: The one thing it needs is a feature to unblock a channel or video. Other than that it works fine.
- (2023-11-02) Patrick Valda: This application serves as a quintessential tool, akin to uBlock Origin, especially given the declining quality of YouTube experience. It empowers users with the ability to block channels and videos, effectively removing them from the suggestion list. The current configuration of YouTube's algorithm seems to have an unsettling knack for presenting content aimed at retaining viewership, albeit for all the wrong reasons. This app, however, flips the narrative, granting you the reins to tailor your YouTube experience as per your preferences. It offers you the tools to control Youtube instead of Youtube controlling YOU. Kudos to the developers for creating such a user-centric tool!
- (2023-11-02) Bikram Agarwal: Thanks for making this extension. Flabbergasted that YT doesn't have content filter option built in. I'm exhausted from all the atrocious news videos, and want to avoid them at all cost now. This extension helps.
- (2023-10-27) Murphy T. Cat: Worked great until youtube detected it as an adblocker please resolve the issue I don't want to go back to a youtube full of hyper pessimistic clickbait and people ruining things i searched for.
- (2023-10-26) 게임공략월드: 내가 써봤는데 완벽히 못막습니다. 이대로면 다들 지웁니다. 손을 쓰시죠?
- (2023-10-21) Yahrite Fohb: Works well. I find that I am blocking more and more and more, to the point where this needs to be streamlined to a mouseover + block option, instead of having to click aim click. Please streamline the block process, too many shitters out there. Thanks Edit: 1 year later and you still haven't improved the extension. It's still annoying to block channels/videos. Constantly I am blocking a VIDEO and not the channel, yet the channel gets blocked. Instead of adding something on the blocked page to UNBLOCK, I have to d*ck around in the extension options to find the particular channel in question and remove it from the list of blocked channels. When searching for something in youtube, you can only block maybe the first 15. The 3 circles context menu on the right of video isn't visible after scrolling down a bit. I have to open the video in a new tab and then block the channel from there, defeating the purpose of not wanting to give these stupid clickbait videos any views. Taking 2 stars off since you haven't improved this at all. And now when I search google for a video on a particular channel, to avoid my youtube landing page (to avoid spoilers), I get redirected to youtube.com and get unwanted spoilers for current things.
- (2023-10-19) Paquiao: Me gusto nada mas que Google y Youtube se actualizaron y bloquearon las paginas que usan AdBlock y esta extension.
- (2023-10-18) makhlouf gharbi: the best extension to hide political topics we're not interested in
- (2023-10-11) Antilazuli: Hi, die Erweiterung ist sehr gut! Könnten sie hinzufügen, dass man sieht wie viele Videos aktuell blockiert werden bzw. dass man die Erweiterung auch temporär deaktivieren kann. Darüber hinaus wäre es schön, wenn die Erweiterung unterstützt, dass man RegEx nutzen kann für die Videotitel!
- (2023-10-10) J S: One of the best extension nowadays.
- (2023-10-04) 黒風Kuro: Works really well, been using it to hide streams on certain games i don't care about. Just wish there was a way to remove the context menu "Block Channel/Block video" buttons, It's too easy to accidentally block a channel when i just want to hide a video from my subbox.
- (2023-10-03) Karina F. Valerio: Só funcionou no primeiro dia. :(
- (2023-09-24) Bruno Padrino: It was great, the only way we could browse youtube protected from the s#*tstorm, but stopped working and the "block" is acting merely as youtube's useless "Don't recommend channel". It started on Chrome, now it affects Firefox as well. Needs an update, asap.
- (2023-09-17) G H: After adding this extension, when I open chrome, the URLs on Avast's blacklist are blocked by themselves. Someone on reddit had the same problem and asked about it. The respondent speculated that "it might be the extension." Since this is the only extension I have added recently, it is probably caused by this extension.
- (2023-09-15) Matt Google: Please add option to - Block related movies, people also watched (in search results), previously watched (in search results), channels new to you (in search results), for you (in search results).
- (2023-09-13) Khanh Quoc: Block được Screen Culture là ổn
- (2023-09-08) Cedric Sipakam: This extension does what I need to be done. If the developer could add home feed blocking, the extension will have everything.
- (2023-09-07) Cena Bale: Thank you
- (2023-09-03) mluppov: A lifesaver. I hate what YouTube have become in a past few years. Everything Google touches turns to fecal matter. This extension allow to mitigate that.
- (2023-08-20) Edgar Roni Figaro (Comando): Porfin ese maldito shorts y al fin canales molesto todos ocultos
- (2023-08-18) markofcain: Great extension, but video title filtering does not appear to be working as of August 17th.
- (2023-08-12) あなたの願い事: I love this app, this is a great answer to forcefull youtube ai recomendation. I wish if there any android solution of this.
- (2023-08-11) The Last Grasp: Does just what it has and nothing more, tested a few of these and this one wins on all fronts and was the only one that you could really just block through the UI.
- (2023-08-11) Atheophanous2: Main function of blocking channels no longer works
- (2023-08-05) 김현규: didn't work.
- (2023-08-03) Benny Bundi: Love this extension, noticed its not working right now, which sucks because YT has decided to get extra annoying with recommendations. Please update it, thanks
- (2023-07-30) Quickblood1: Been great a getting rid of MAGA, Anti-woke, conspiracy theory channels that for some reason YouTube is sure I'll enjoy.
- (2023-07-28) Brian Jackson: Uesd to be great. Last two days I haven't been able to block anything. I use it like usual and nothing happens. Bummer.
- (2023-07-28) Mário Bruno: Não está mais bloqueando
- (2023-07-23) PowerVidsFul: so far does what it says very good.
- (2023-07-23) OstepopSalat: its good
- (2023-07-19) Shahaf Harel: Have been using it for 6 months (more or less), but I've been having problems with played self-created playlists. It would kick me out to the main YouTube page whenever I'd try playing a playlist I created. I don't know if anyone else experiences this. TL;DR: This makes self-made playlists unplayable.
- (2023-07-18) Leonardo Tross: Stopped working, youtube is back to being an unusable cesspool of irrelevant content.
- (2023-07-16) DE777KING: Раньше это расширения действительно работала а сейчас расширения кал не работает. Нажимаю на block channel а оно не блокирует так что удаляйте.
- (2023-07-07) Minoumimi Senpai: OMG!!! my search is FINALLY cleared of F#(*&$ Asmongold broke a** wannabe jesus face Was so fed up of this C*** litteraly ruining any games he ever plays due to being forced to ignore any games he plays because of his pathetic spam he does... So i can finally play and watch content for the darn games i want... i been skipping D4 purely because he has 40 clickbait useless videos in any searches i did This is totally worth installing
- (2023-07-01) Abhinav Keshri: Awesome extension. Saved a lot of time using this extension. I am astonished to see how many youtube channels were there that were unnecessary for me and youtube was continueously suggesting those channels. I blocked a lot of clickbait channels. Works really well!
- (2023-06-30) DeAndre Wilson: I have this for Firefox and Chrome and it is a godsend. An absolute must for YouTube. 👌🏾
- (2023-06-30) pinkbecca12: firstly thank you for this extenstion, secondly, I'd like to request if you could implement a button next to the channel name to block it with 1 click rather than always pressing the 3 dots then pressing block channel, please.