One toggle empties the home feed. Another clears the video page. You decide how much is left.
Without YouNo
With YouNo
Watch the video. Nothing else.
Related videos, comments, the button row and end cards can each be hidden — or kept.
Without YouNo
With YouNo
Everything you can switch off
Built around one idea: you decide
Most blockers give you one big off switch. YouNo gives you a switch for almost every part of YouTube.
Hide the home feed
No more endless recommendations on the front page. Hide the feed, cap it at a few videos, or open YouTube straight on Subscriptions, History or Watch Later instead.
Shorts, gone — or tamed
Hide Shorts everywhere, lock the Shorts scroll so you can’t swipe forever, or send Shorts links to the normal player.
A calm video page
Hide the related-videos wall, comments, live chat, end-screen cards, merch shelves and the autoplay toggle. Watch what you came for, then leave.
300+ switches, all searchable
Down to the like button, the subscriber count or the Cast icon. Type a word in the popup and every matching toggle appears.
Presets for every mood
Save your setup as Study, Work or Relax and switch with one tap. Back up your settings to a file whenever you like.
Schedules that switch by themselves
Strict from 9 to 5 on weekdays, relaxed at night? YouNo changes preset on its own at the hours you pick.
Fewer pop-ups and promos
Hide banner ads, promo pop-ups and survey boxes that float over the page, so nothing interrupts what you came to watch.
Thumbnails & watched videos
Blur, grayscale or hide thumbnails. Dim or hide videos you have already watched. Stop previews from playing when you hover.
Make it look like yours
Pick a font (any Google font), an accent colour and a background. Choose a fixed video quality from 144p to 4K. Dark or light popup.
Every switch lives in one searchable list. Type “shorts” and see every place Shorts can appear — home, sidebar, search, related — and turn each one off.
Filter by page: Home, Video, Search, Channel, Shorts…
See at a glance how many switches are on
No page reload needed — changes apply instantly
Presets & schedules
Study mode at nine. Relax mode at night.
Save your setup as a preset and switch in one tap. Or let YouNo do it for you: pick the hours and days, and it changes preset on its own.
Save as many presets as you like
Switch automatically by time of day and day of week
Export your settings to a file and import them anywhere
Fine control
Hide the exact thing that bothers you.
Comments but not the description. The like button but not the subscriber count. Every part of the video page has its own switch, so nothing is all-or-nothing.
Player controls, buttons under the video, comments
Video cards, channel pages, header and sidebar
Mobile site (m.youtube.com) switches too
Yours to set up
Dark or light, side panel or popup.
Switch the popup between dark and light, keep it open beside the page in Chrome’s side panel and run a one-click check if YouTube changes something.
Light and dark theme
Keep YouNo open in the side panel
Built-in “Check this page” diagnostics
Where it works
Every corner of YouTube
Player controls26 switches
Under the video32 switches
Video page layout6 switches
Comments14 switches
Video cards19 switches
Home and search25 switches
Channel page19 switches
Channel home sections10 switches
Mobile site (m.youtube.com)13 switches
Header13 switches
Sidebar47 switches
Shorts page16 switches
You page7 switches
How it works
Three steps. About thirty seconds.
1
Install
Add YouNo to Chrome. The common distractions are already switched off for you.
2
Tune
Click the toolbar icon, search for anything else you want gone and flip its switch.
3
Save a preset
Name your setup — Study, Work, Relax — and switch between them whenever you like.
Private by design
YouNo has no servers, no analytics and no tracking. It only runs on YouTube, it doesn’t read your history, and your settings stay in your browser. Uninstall it and they’re gone.
How do I remove recommended videos and Shorts from YouTube?
Install YouNo, open any YouTube page and click the toolbar icon. “Hide Home Feed”, “Hide Recommended” and “Hide Shorts” are individual switches — turn on the ones you want. The page changes immediately, with no reload.
Is YouNo free?
Yes. There is no account, no sign-up, no subscription and no usage limit.
Does YouNo collect or upload any data?
No. It has no servers, no analytics and no tracking, and it loads no remote code. Your settings stay in your browser. The privacy policy lists exactly what is stored and why each permission is needed.
Is it an ad blocker?
No. YouNo hides banner ads, promos and pop-ups that sit on the page, but it does not skip or block video ads.
Can I hide just one thing, like the comments or the like button?
Yes — that is the point. There are 300+ separate switches grouped by page: player controls, the area under the video, comments, video cards, search, channel pages, the header, the sidebar, Shorts and more. Use the search box in the popup to find any of them.
What are presets and schedules?
A preset is a saved copy of all your switches, such as “Study” or “Relax”. A schedule lets YouNo apply one preset during hours you choose (for example 9:00–17:00 on weekdays) and another the rest of the time.
Does it work on the YouTube mobile website and when I am signed out?
Yes to both. YouNo runs on www.youtube.com and m.youtube.com, with a dedicated set of switches for the mobile site, and it does not need you to be signed in.
Why does YouNo need access to YouTube?
It hides and changes parts of the YouTube page, so it needs to run on youtube.com. It does not ask for access to any other website, your browsing history or your tabs.
Something is not being hidden. What now?
YouTube changes its page often. Open YouNo, go to Settings and press “Check this page” on the YouTube page in question — it lists the switches that found nothing. Email that report and it can be fixed quickly. See the help page for the full steps.
Does it work on Edge, Brave and other Chromium browsers?
YouNo is built for Google Chrome. Chromium-based browsers that can install Chrome Web Store extensions, such as Edge and Brave, generally run it too, though Chrome is the one it is tested on.
Enjoying YouNo?
It’s free, and it will stay free. If it gave you back some focus, a small boost helps me keep improving it.
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