# Enhancer for YouTube

8 Hacker News commenters recommended Enhancer for YouTube and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Firefox extension that removes much of YouTube's clutter, including Shorts, with many options in one add-on. Critics say it is unmaintained and may break YouTube.

## Why people recommend it

- Does many things in one add-on (3 comments): "which can do a plethora of things, one of which is to disable shorts" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45986206)) "you can do all this with one extension and no scripts" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46053285)) "Most easily using an add-on like Enhancer for YouTube" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46064949))
- Hides or disables YouTube Shorts (2 comments): "which can do a plethora of things, one of which is to disable shorts" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45986206)) "have that 'convert Shorts' option or hide them entirely" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47023257))
- Removes YouTube UI clutter (2 comments): ""Enhancer For Youtube" is a firefox extension that disables much of the nonsense in Youtube's UI. I can't use youtube without it anymore." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46053204)) "you can do all this with one extension and no scripts" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46053285))
- Used daily by commenters (2 comments): ""Enhancer For Youtube" is a firefox extension that disables much of the nonsense in Youtube's UI. I can't use youtube without it anymore." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46053204)) "I use the unhook and enhancer extensions" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47177860))

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## Cite as

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