Feed Eraser · YouTube
How to hide YouTube Shorts on Chrome
Shorts are YouTube's answer to TikTok: vertical, endless and designed to be swiped, not chosen. On a computer, they show up on the home page, in search results and in the sidebar, even if you never meant to watch one.
Free Included in ZenTab's free plan
What disappears
- The Shorts shelf on the home page
- The Shorts tab in the sidebar and on channel pages
- Shorts mixed into search results
What still works
- Search, subscriptions and normal videos
- Shorts links people send you, which open as regular videos with a normal player and no swipe
Hide YouTube Shorts in four steps
- 1Add ZenTab to Chrome. It's free.
- 2Open the ZenTab dashboard and go to Feed Eraser.
- 3In the YouTube card, switch on Hide Shorts.
- 4That's it. It applies instantly, even to YouTube tabs that are already open.
Switch it off again any time in the same place. Feed Eraser runs only in your browser: nothing is sent to YouTube or to ZenTab.
Rather block YouTube completely?
If you don't need YouTube at all during the day, blocking the whole site is simpler. See how to block YouTube on Chrome, on a schedule or with a daily time limit.
Frequently asked questions
Is hiding YouTube Shorts free?
Yes. It's the one Feed Eraser filter included in ZenTab's free plan.
What happens when someone sends me a Shorts link?
It opens as a normal video at youtube.com/watch, with a scrub bar and no swipe-to-next.
Does this work on the YouTube app on my phone?
No. ZenTab runs in Chrome on your computer. On Android and iPhone, YouTube's own settings and app limits are the options.
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