What Unhook is

A popup of toggles hides YouTube's homepage feed, related-video sidebar, Shorts, end-screen walls and cards, comments, trending, and more, and can switch off autoplay. The listing says it also works on video embeds, and the developer publishes versions for Firefox and Edge.

Feature coverage

  • Hide homepage feed, sidebar, and Shorts
  • Hide comments, end screens, and trending
  • Disable autoplay and redirect subscriptions

What stands out

  • Excellent rating on a large sample
  • Very large public user base
  • Developer declares no data collection

Tradeoffs to know

  • Works on YouTube only
  • YouTube layout changes can break toggles
  • Last store update in March 2026

Permissions and privacy

Page access

Unhook's job is limited to YouTube pages and YouTube video embeds, where it hides page elements and changes playback settings. Check that the install prompt matches that scope; Chrome's site-access settings for the extension can be narrowed to YouTube without losing its main features.

Data notes

The listing declares no data collection, and Unhook's privacy policy says the extension transmits and collects nothing, keeping settings in your browser's local storage. The unhook.app website itself uses Google Analytics, and the policy says feedback submissions record your user agent.

Pricing

Free, with optional donations. Pricing and plan limits change more often than store metadata, so use the linked developer page as the final check before subscribing.

Alternatives

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Sources

We used the official Chrome Web Store listing and first-party developer material. Public metrics can change after the fact-check date.

  1. Chrome Web Store listing

    Rating, rating count, public users, version, update date, and publisher disclosures verified 2026-10-12.

  2. Unhook product documentation

    First-party product, feature, support, or project documentation used for workflow context.

  3. Extension Reviewer methodology

    How public claims, permissions, evidence, and tradeoffs are reviewed.

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