DF Tube (Distraction Free for YouTube™)
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CRX ID
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Status
- No Privacy Policy
- Live on Store
Description from extension meta
Allow yourself to focus while using YouTube™ for work, recreation or education.
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Description from store
Please download uBlock Origin! It is the best tool for removing advertisements across the web, including video advertisements on YouTube™! I have no affiliation, it's just my favorite extension.
NOT WORKING?
Please use the feedback button to alert me if YouTube™ is not being displayed properly. YouTube™ occasionally updates its styling which may break DF Tube.
REGARDING PRIVACY
I do not read, examine or track your browser history or any other personal information. The only permissions I ask for are "tabs" to insert the functionality and "storage" to store your settings. I am a strong believer in privacy. This extension is just a tool to help remove the distracting elements from YouTube™.
The permissions used by this extensions are 1) Storage - to store your preferences, 2) Tabs - to load the DF Tube script on each YouTube™ tab you open, and 3) https://api.mailgun.net/* domain - which is a service I use to send your feedback to my email.
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YouTube™ is directly incentivized to create as many views and ad clicks as possible. As a result we are inundated with tasty thumbnails and advertisements from every angle. While this is good for someone looking to kill time, it's not so good for those of us intending to focus on educational content, do research, or simply find some relaxing music to groove to.
After using DF Tube for a few days, you realize the extent to which the pattern of click, watch, scan mindlessly for a new video, click, watch, and repeat, has been ingrained in us by YouTube™'s design. DF Tube breaks that cycle.
By default, DF Tube disables autoplay, hides the video recommendations sidebar as well as the related videos that appear at the end of videos. It also removes the grid of recommended videos that appear on your homepage. These settings are all configurable. It can also hide comments and disable playlists sitewide.
I hope DF Tube allows you to focus on the content *you* want to focus on. Give it a try and be sure to report any suggestions or bugs!
***UPDATES*** (11/18/2019)
- Fixed issue where feed shows for a moment before being hidden
Latest reviews
- Yolanda Zorio
- 23-Oct-2025 - The "end of video" suggested cards now appear again, even though I've have that option disabled.
- teruoiureu eruhhfeoi
- nice
- Shane Danaher
- This is a fantastic and effective extension. Google's decision to suppress it is an act of cowardice that undermines the value of their entire product suite. If Google insists on forcing me to view the internet only on their terms, I'm switching to Firefox
- Robert Bates
- I really enjoyed this extension. It's a shame that it's not supported anymore, but I can understand - Google wants us stuck on Youtube watching video after video after video.
- Maniclout
- just amazing, such a shame chrome removed it. If anyone knows how to reactivate the extension please let me know
- Eduardo Hernandez
- It is an amazing app, but after Chrome's new update, it has been deemed as non-compliant to Alphabet's rules (?). Does someone know how i can get this to work again or any other workaround? Thanks in advace.
- Stanislav Masharsky
- It stopped working because of Privacy Policy issues or something. Please, fix this, I like this extension. Maybe it's possible to install somehow "from source"?
- Michael Zolotarevsky
- This extension is no longer available because it doesn't follow best practices for Chrome extensions.
- Azoz 531
- yo, i need this for my shorts addiction, i work alot, kinda, and im ADDICTED to shorts so can u plz add that?
- Erik Malkavian
- FREAKIN AWESOME! The ONLY Reason Google disabled it from Chrome is because it hides their BS Spam Videos! THANK YOU DF Youtube for making our Youtube less of a Pain in the butt.
- Dean Allison
- This is the best extension I have ever used. A really wonderful tool. Thanks so much to the developer for giving us this extension.
- Erinle Samuel
- Very much needed
- David Wolfe
- I use this extension to block various features of YouTube, such as disabling comments and the related videos section, thereby preventing me from going down a YouTube rabbit hole.
- Kamayatsu hay
- It was so great, even though some functionalities stopped working since it wasn't regularly updated... You can have a look at the other comments to still be able to use it. Otherwise, I found these solutions as replacement: - ProdYouTivity (very clean and works great) - Unhook (very popular) - Youtube-shorts block (if you just want to remove shorts) Hoping these can also help you :)
- Jessan Hutchison-Quillian
- Wow!! So much better YouTube seems to have made its algorithm especially pernicious in the recent weeks. So grateful for this extension. Please see the comment about how you can still install this.
- no no
- This is a very good extension, but Google doesn't like it, so here's what you need to do, since it hasn't been removed or even properly blocked First, right click the add to chrome button (or whatever is replacing it), then click Inspect Next, click the highlighted "div" section and then search for "disabled" Once you get here, double click the word and write "enabled" in its place This will enable the ability to download the extension until you refresh the page. NOTE: This also works with adblockers, so make sure to get ublock back in your list of extensions EDIT: If Chrome reccomends you remove it, don't do so, as it isn't malicious or unsupported, just not what Google intended you to do (they want you to be distracted so they get their ad revenue up).
- Janez Čadež
- An excellent extension that worked well for yearsl! However, it's not maintained anymore and I can't block YT Shorts. I created an extension called "Intentional - Block distracting websites", which fully supports the updated layout. Feel free to check it out.
- Sven Ostertag
- Thank you
- James Rossmann
- Bring back DF Tube!
- Leszek Buława
- Hey, it stopped working but was really cool :(
- Whatthe Shahk
- great extension, however Chrome is now recommending I remove it because 'the developer isn't following best practices for Chrome' even though they state in the description what their policies are on privacy. Please update your great extension it has allowed me to focus so much better on YT, thank you for your work!
- Carter Wente
- Exactly what I was looking for thank you!
- Rachel Lazerus
- five stars for the app, 0 stars to the Alphabet company that is enforcing enshittification on us by forcing us to listen to non-stop ads and use the algorithms it damn well knows lead to content promoting the alt-right, that sexualizes children, and that is designed in general to make us less in control of our own computers. Read Cory Doctorow and Ed Zitron, then ask yourself this: why would Google Chrome so badly need the ad revenue generated on YouTube when they're both part of a company with a 2.2 trillion market cap and gets over 100 billion in revenue each year (while saving billions in tax revenue by lobbying for tax cuts for large companies) that it has to disable a YouTube blocker extension? If you already have this extension, it still works. You know what my kids get exposed to when wanting to hear Taylor Swift songs? Just the Taylor Swift songs they chose. No playlists, no ads, no recommendations -- they get to hear the music they want to hear.
- Abby
- some guy in the reviews name Kyle Solowski provided how to keep using DF, I tried it and the method works. This extension is the best and it sucks chrome decided to get rid of it. " To continue using, just go into setting->Extensions->Manage Extensions-> (from here, you can find the extension and turn it back on) "
- Devon Diercks
- This extension was a blessing for me in university. It has saved me countless hours of unnecessary videowatching. Unfortunately, we see that Google has taken it upon themselves to remove this amazing tool that allowed users to self-regulate their online habits. If Google doesn't implement these features into native Youtube, I'm also ditching Chrome in protest. It's still usable if you do the following: go to extensions and reactivate it. Then go to "Details" and click "pin to toolbar" otherwise, it's no longer visisble in your extensions. For those wondering for an alternative: check out stylus. It allows for custom CSS on any website, allowing you to achieve the same thing.
- Zi Kun
- Came here after Chrome tried to disable this. What Google doesn't know is that I will ditch Chrome for Firefox if I can't have this plugin. This plugin makes YouTube actually usable with distraction free browsing, and low stress and stimulus experience. RIP Chrome. Long live DF YouTube.
- Stefano Malossini
- I want to express my deepest gratitude to the developer of DF Tube (Distraction Free for YouTube™) for providing such an incredible tool over the years. This extension was an absolute game-changer for anyone who wanted to use YouTube for learning, work, or productivity without getting caught in the endless loop of recommendations and distractions. The fact that this extension has now been disabled by Chrome is truly disappointing, but I want to take this moment to say: THANK YOU for all the years of making YouTube a better, more focused place for so many of us. Your work was deeply appreciated, and I sincerely hope it finds a way back in the future!
- Kakaire Steven
- Clean, mininmalistic and distraction free Youtube. Save your limited attention for only what matters.
- Kyle Solowski
- CAN STILL BE USED! This has been one of the best extensions I have ever used on Chrome. It makes YouTube tolerable and not a mess of distracting nonsense. To continue using, just go into setting->Extensions->Manage Extensions-> (from here, you can find the extension and turn it back on).
- Nodas Boukovalas
- Unfortunately it got inactive in the new Chrome Dev policy called Manisfest 3. After some research I found the best replacement called Enhancer for YouTube™ , which is still legit thankfully https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/enhancer-for-youtube/ponfpcnoihfmfllpaingbgckeeldkhle and does almost the same like DF did.. hide comments, hide chat, hide related, stop autoplay and lots of others. of course it's not exactly the same, but 'Enhancer for YouTube™ ' is good replacement for DF, so that you won't miss the DF updates, even if you keep it, DF might get removed without notice
- Samuel Wolf
- Inactive as of 3/3/2025. Too bad. Was wonderful for my productivity.
- Abigail Geffken
- This has changed my life. Youtube no longer consumes my focus or sucks me into endless rabbit holes.
- Jenny Chou
- Dude thanks. The youtube design is so for distraction that I cant even focus on working for 5 mins. I am terrify for it. Its start to devour my ability to focus. This kind of relief and build my ability to focus back a bit! God A long journey to find back my ability to focus....
- AK
- Exactly what i needed!
- Amin Esmkhani
- This is a good plugin but it is outdated. Some of its options do not work. You can install the new versions. DF Youtube Pro
- thaiyeast
- Does exactly what I want it to do: remove the side recommended videos when watching a video. Thanks, nice extension.
- Ryota Mitarai
- Using this felt like a huge relief. It definitely works without problems on Brave browser.
- Erlan Kurmanov
- thanks for this extension. If google chrome block this app, I'll change my browser
- Scott
- I CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT THIS EXTENSION. Help! Please support this extension. Google says "This extension may soon no longer be supported because it doesn't follow best practices for Chrome extensions". Please don't let this go away. I will pay for it. Having said that, I'm sure the is no conflict of interest (wink wink) with the Chrome Web Store persecuting a extension which has a sole purpose of shielding us from the blast of crap that Google constantly tries to shove down our throats while watching YouTube.
- Selin Doga Orhan
- Dear Developer, [ACTION NEEDED] The Chrome policy says "This extension may soon no longer be supported because it doesn't follow best practices for Chrome extensions" on this page. Even though you included info of how the data is used under the Overview section, you must enter these informations under the Privacy section. So that Chrome knows your extension complies the Chrome Web Store policy. I as a user really enjoy this extension. It helps me keep my focus. Whenever I need to watch educational video from youtube while I'm studying, I don't get distracted. I hope you see this message and the extension is not removed from the store. I and on behalf of all users of this extension, thank you for all your hard work. Sincerely, a user.
- ivon_kementari
- Using YouTube has become much more comfortable without annoying, unnecessary information. The extension comes with comfy options.
- ivon_kementari
- Using YouTube has become much more comfortable without annoying, unnecessary information. The extension comes with comfy options.
- aditya bachhawat
- best for productivity
- Hannah “hannah080”
- Good for removing sidebar, but disabling auto-play feature doesn't work
- Ankit Sharma
- good
- Roast Chicken
- It prevents recommended videos from popping up in the video screen when the video ends, but there are still recommended videos below it. I wonder if google making changes to chrome recently has something to do with that. That and them changing how YT looks again, because everybody was really asking for that...
- David Strom
- I love this plugin, and would love one new feature! Suppress youtube shorts. Shorts is like a distraction virus robbing attention and preventing any meaningful consumption of content on youtube. PLEASE PLEASE block youtube shorts!
- Durjoy Das
- This thing is so sick. I loved it so much. Do not remove it.
- Bethany Siegler
- Please Please don't remove it, I watch plenty of YouTube videos (even with this turned on) - so hopefully Google won't cause it to disappear. But the reason I do use it, is because if I am working on a client project and need to watch their videos, I can't afford to get distracted in the process. It really helps with that!
- amr elsissy
- amazing extension. don't remove it.