/youtube-thumbs-blocker

blocks thumbnails & shorts on youtube for distraction-free browsing & improve bandwidth

Primary LanguageJavaScript

YouTube Thumbnail & Shorts Blocker

a browser extension for blocking youtube thumbnails & shorts(in feed & in search results) for a distraction-free browsing. It blocks the network requests associated with images & thus improves bandwidth.

Setting-up the project

  • Fork the project.

  • Clone the forked repo locally.

  • Follow this link to load the extension in chrome.

  • To load the extension in Firefox, type about:debugging in address bar & hit enter, click "This Firefox" (at the left side, below Setup button), then click "Load Temporary Add-ons" & select the manifest.json file.

  • Every time any change is made in the code, you need to reload the extension in developer console to reflect the changes in the browser (don't forget to reload the youtube website-tab)