# Control Panel for YouTube

9 Hacker News commenters recommended Control Panel for YouTube and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free extension that hides or redirects YouTube Shorts and removes clutter, giving users more control over what they see on YouTube. One reported conflict with uBlock Origin on Firefox for Android.

## Why people recommend it

- Hides and redirects Shorts (5 comments): "lets you remove most of the clutter from the Shorts player UI, or redirect Shorts to the normal player" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47019215)) "Shorts are hidden and redirected if you land on one externally by default" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47019056)) "there is an option that any short plays in the traditional player" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47791419))
- Reduces clutter across YouTube (4 comments): "Low _usable_ information density is one of the main things I made Control Panel for YouTube to tackle, especially in Subscriptions." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46053012)) "lets you remove most of the clutter from the Shorts player UI, or redirect Shorts to the normal player" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47019215)) "my Subscriptions page acts like an inbox of unwatched videos and everything else is hidden" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47656498))

## What people warn about

- Conflicts with uBlock Origin on Firefox (1 comments): "There seems to be a conflict with U block origin on Firefox on Android." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47795183))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [YouTube No Translation](https://hackerapproved.com/p/youtube-no-translation.md): 9 recommend
- [Vinegar YouTube extension](https://hackerapproved.com/p/vinegar.md): 7 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Control Panel for YouTube", https://hackerapproved.com/p/control-panel-for-youtube/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).