YouTube Shadow
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Chrome extension · Manifest V3 · Free

YouTube,
minus the noise.

Hide comments, recommendations, live chat and every other distraction on the watch page — with one click. Give any video a private custom title that stays on your device.

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  • No account
  • No tracking
  • 14 toggles

Launching soon on the Chrome Web Store · Chrome 105+ · Edge and Brave compatible

A YouTube watch page with comments and recommendations hidden by YouTube Shadow.
No account No tracking Chrome Sync Alt+S ready

Everything you need

A calmer watch page, on your terms.

Fourteen independent switches. One focus mode. Zero page reloads. Set it once and YouTube gets out of the way.

Hide the noise

Comments, recommendations, live chat, playlists, the header, the left menu and Shorts shelves on Home and search — each one a separate switch.

Focus Mode

One switch hides all fourteen distractions at once. Perfect for lectures, tutorials, music, or finally watching the video you opened.

Private custom titles

Rename any video. The new title appears on the page and in the tab, while the original stays untouched underneath. Titles live only on your device.

Quick hide

Press Alt + S or use the small button beside the title to hide everything temporarily. Your saved settings stay exactly as they were.

Follows your Chrome

Your hiding preferences sync through your own Chrome profile, so they follow you to another computer without an account or a server in the middle.

Private by design

No servers, no analytics, no advertising. Custom titles never leave your browser, and the extension never phones home.

Screenshots

See the difference.

Real screenshots from the extension on a real YouTube watch page.

Before and after: the left shows a busy YouTube page; the right shows the same page with comments, recommendations and end screens hidden.
Before / after Comments, recommendations and end screens disappear, while the video stays exactly where it was.
The YouTube Shadow popup with Focus Mode, custom title and individual video-page toggles.
One place for every switch Focus Mode, custom titles and each individual toggle, all in the popup.
A YouTube video titled Deep Work — Lecture 01, a private custom title applied by YouTube Shadow.
Your title, your rules Rename any video. The custom title appears on the page and in the tab — the original stays untouched.

How it works

Install once. Toggle anything.

01

Install the extension

One click from the Chrome Web Store. It runs locally on youtube.com and asks for only the permissions it needs.

02

Open any video

Click the YouTube Shadow icon in your toolbar. The popup reads the video you are watching so custom titles apply to the right one.

03

Make it yours

Flip the switches you care about. Changes apply instantly, without a page reload, and are remembered next time.

Keyboard shortcut

Need silence right now? Press Alt + S on any watch page. Press it again to bring everything back.

Alt+S

Private by design

Your watch history is none of our business.

YouTube Shadow does not have a server, an account system, analytics or tracking. Your hiding preferences use the Chrome Sync you already have. Custom titles are stored only on this device.

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  • storageSaves your toggles and local titles.
  • activeTabReads the current video URL only when you open the popup.
  • youtube.comApplies your preferences on YouTube pages.

The extension sends no data and uses no third-party scripts or ads. This website uses Cloudflare's cookieless Web Analytics.

FAQ

Good questions.

Does it work on YouTube Shorts?

It hides Shorts shelves on the Home page and in search results. Shorts themselves play in YouTube's own player, which the extension leaves alone.

Do I need an account?

No. There is nothing to sign up for. Your preferences live in your Chrome profile, and custom titles stay on your device.

Does YouTube Shadow collect any data?

No. There is no server, no analytics and no tracking. The only data involved is the settings you choose and the custom titles you type, stored locally or through your own Chrome Sync.

What happens when YouTube changes its layout?

The extension uses a small set of maintained selectors. When YouTube changes something, the selectors are updated and the toggles keep working. The extension is tested against real YouTube pages.

Can I turn everything off quickly?

Yes. Press Alt + S or click the small button next to the video title for a temporary hide. It does not change your saved settings. The popup also has a "Restore Original YouTube" button.

Which browsers are supported?

Chrome and Chromium-based browsers that support Manifest V3, such as Edge and Brave. The extension is designed for the desktop YouTube watch page.

Launching soon

Ready for a quieter YouTube?

YouTube Shadow is in final review for the Chrome Web Store. Want a note when it goes live? Send us a quick email and we will let you know.

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Free · Chrome 105+ · No account · No tracking