I have already written about a really helpful Chrome extension that can be used to hide recommended videos on YouTube, but I wanted to write about it once again, as I want to emphasize something that may have slipped unnoticed in the first article. This Chrome extension does not hide recommended videos on the right side of the video that you are watching, but also on the homepage. I learned about it only a few months after I initially started using it and the reason for that is because you have to manually go and turn on this option for yourself.
To hide videos from the homepage, first you need to go to the list of extensions that you have already installed. You can do that by writing the following phrase in the URL bar:
chrome://extensions/
Then you need to go to Details:
After that, go to Options:
You can see a bunch of options there. For the time being, I use the following options, but you can also use other options as you like.
As you can see, I have the option Hide Feed checked, which actually hides recommendations on the homepage. I would also like to suggest you hide videos on the end of the video because they are also usually very hard to resist and can take so much time.
That’s it. Now you can go to YouTube’s homepage and see a blank page with no recommendations at all.
I believe we need to be more intentional about our time and spend it meaningfully on things that are valuable and fulfilling and not just waste countless hours without any benefit. I think this Chrome extension can help us with that.
This can look as something hard, but I would suggest to give it a try for a couple of days and see how it goes for you.
