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.