What it does
YouTube is designed to keep you watching. YT Focus Mode puts you back in control — everything it changes is a toggle you can turn on or off. No accounts, no sync to any server, no data sent anywhere.
Features
Block Shorts
Redirect /shorts URLs and hide all Shorts shelves
Hide Recommendations
Removes the "Up next" sidebar on watch pages
Disable Homepage
Redirect youtube.com straight to your subscriptions
Redirect the Logo
Clicking the YouTube logo skips the home feed
Clean the Guide
Hide Home, Shorts, Explore, and More from YouTube
Hide Premium Upsells
Removes all "Try Premium" banners and popups
Hide Ask AI Button
Removes the Gemini AI button under videos
Session Timer
See how long you've been on YouTube this session
Manual install
1
Download the extension zip from the link above
Or grab it from the GitHub releases page
2
Extract the zip to a folder on your computer
3
Open
chrome://extensions and enable Developer Mode
Toggle in the top-right corner of that page
4
Click "Load unpacked" and select the extracted folder