Control Panel for YouTube
Shares rank 39 of 70 browser extensions by recommenders
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.
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.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 9
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 9 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Hides and redirects Shorts
“lets you remove most of the clutter from the Shorts player UI, or redirect Shorts to the normal player”
Comment from 14 Feb 2026 in “uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts” “Shorts are hidden and redirected if you land on one externally by default”
Comment from 14 Feb 2026 in “uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts” “there is an option that any short plays in the traditional player”
Comment from 16 Apr 2026 in “YouTube now lets you turn off Shorts” - Comment from 16 Apr 2026 in “YouTube now lets you turn off Shorts”
- Comment from 15 Feb 2026 in “uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts”
Reduces clutter across YouTube
“Low _usable_ information density is one of the main things I made Control Panel for YouTube to tackle, especially in Subscriptions.”
Comment from 26 Nov 2025 in “Someone at YouTube Needs Glasses: The Prophecy Has Been Fulfilled” “lets you remove most of the clutter from the Shorts player UI, or redirect Shorts to the normal player”
Comment from 14 Feb 2026 in “uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts” “my Subscriptions page acts like an inbox of unwatched videos and everything else is hidden”
Comment from 6 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: YouTube search barely works, I made a search form with advanced filters” - Comment from 31 Jan 2026 in “YouTube blocks background video playback on Brave and other Browsers”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Conflicts with uBlock Origin on Firefox
“There seems to be a conflict with U block origin on Firefox on Android.”
Comment from 16 Apr 2026 in “YouTube now lets you turn off Shorts”
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The four most recommended other browser extensions, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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| Claude in Chrome | 53 | 42 | 56% | 9 | — | — |
| Control Panel for YouTubeThis page | 9 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
12 of the 16 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“There seems to be a conflict with U block origin on Firefox on Android.”
“there is an option that any short plays in the traditional player”
“hide Shorts completely, everywhere (which is the default)”
“my Subscriptions page acts like an inbox of unwatched videos and everything else is hidden”
“which also supports hiding shorts and much more”
“lets you remove most of the clutter from the Shorts player UI, or redirect Shorts to the normal player”
“Shorts are hidden and redirected if you land on one externally by default”
“does a lot to restore sanity on YouTube”
“I've added an option to restore the Upload date filter to Control Panel for YouTube”
“This is so awesome! This is why I love the desktop, my machine is still mine.”
“Low _usable_ information density is one of the main things I made Control Panel for YouTube to tackle, especially in Subscriptions.”
“has options for that, as well as for removing any other sources of algorithmic/recommended videos you don't want”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.