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"No Distractions" for YouTube

Name: "No Distractions" for YouTube
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.61 (100 reviews)

The open-source Safari extension for digital minimalists. Hide recommendations, comments, and ads to transform YouTube into a powerful utility instead of a rabbit hole.

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Key Figures

Downloads

31K+

User Rating

4.6/5

Total Ratings

100

Publisher

ULRIK LYNGS

Master Your Watch Time

Transform YouTube into a powerful productivity tool by removing the persuasive design elements that keep you scrolling.

Eliminate Distractions

Strip away home feeds and sidebar suggestions to focus purely on the content you intended to watch.

Strengthen Your Willpower

Use the built-in wait-timer to prevent impulsive setting changes and maintain your deep work state.

The following screenshots and description are sourced directly from the app's official store listing and are the property of the app developer.

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Screenshots

"No Distractions" for YouTube - Interface of the No Distractions for YouTube Safari extension showing settings to hide shorts, recommended videos, and custom elements to improve focus. — Interface of the No Distractions for YouTube Safari extension showing settings to hide shorts, recommended videos, and custom elements to improve focus.

"No Distractions" for YouTube - A screenshot of the YouTube home page in the Safari browser with all video recommendations hidden to prevent distractions. — A screenshot of the YouTube home page in the Safari browser with all video recommendations hidden to prevent distractions.

"No Distractions" for YouTube - YouTube mobile feed showing video titles only without thumbnails or images via the No Distractions extension settings menu — YouTube mobile feed showing video titles only without thumbnails or images via the No Distractions extension settings menu

"No Distractions" for YouTube - Settings menu of the No Distractions Safari extension for YouTube showing options to hide Shorts and set a wait time delay — Settings menu of the No Distractions Safari extension for YouTube showing options to hide Shorts and set a wait time delay

"No Distractions" for YouTube - The MindShield intentionality prompt in the No Distractions for YouTube Safari extension asking What is your intention — The MindShield intentionality prompt in the No Distractions for YouTube Safari extension asking What is your intention

Description

---- *NOTE: WORKS WITHIN SAFARI, NOT THE YOUTUBE APP*: This app lets you control how YouTube appears in the Safari browser. It does NOT change the YouTube app, as this is not possible. However, you can create an icon on your iPhone/iPad's home screen to take you directly to YouTube in the Safari browser, to make this just as easy as opening the app. To do so: Open Safari, go to youtube.com and press the sharing icon (with the up-arrow), press 'Add to Home Screen' and 'Add'. *NOTE 2: For an extension that works on ALL websites (not just YouTube), use ReDD Focus instead* ---- "No Distractions" for YouTube is an open-source Safari App Extension I built to help myself. It lets you take control over your use of YouTube instead of letting the YouTube algorithms control you...! It does this by letting you hide video recommendations, other distractions on the front, search, and watch pages, or any custom element you want. You can also choose to hide thumbnail images. Oh, and the app also also hides the ads that are inserted in your search results. :) You can decide for yourself which parts you want to see, by clicking the extension icon. If you want the app to remember your settings for next time, click 'save settings'. If you need to add a little friction to change the settings, so that you don't turn distractions back on too easily, you can set a wait time. This will make you wait e.g. 5 seconds when you open the settings before they appear. The app is open source and does not collect any data. You can inspect the source code, report bugs, and suggest additional features or improvements on: https://github.com/ulyngs/open-source-no-distractions-for-youtube