🚫 Yt-shorts-blocker 2.0.0

A productivity-focused Chrome extension that blocks YouTube Shorts and provides an interactive focus timer popup to reduce distractions and improve concentration.

YouTube Focus is a lightweight Chrome extension designed to help users stay focused by removing Shorts content from YouTube and offering a simple, interactive control panel.

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✨ What’s New in 2.0.0

• 🎨 Improved interactive popup UI
• 🔘 One-click toggle button to enable/disable Shorts blocking
• 🪟 Clean glass-style popup design
• ⚡ Faster and more reliable Shorts detection
• 🧠 Better state persistence using Chrome storage

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🚀 Features

• 🚫 Blocks YouTube Shorts:

  • Home feed
  • Sidebar
  • Shorts links & redirects

• 🔘 Toggle button to turn blocking ON / OFF instantly

• ⏱ Focus timer with adjustable duration

• ➕ Extend focus session (+5 minutes)

• 📊 Daily focus statistics

• 💾 Settings persist using chrome.storage.sync

• ⚡ Works with YouTube’s dynamic SPA layout

• 🧩 Lightweight & privacy-friendly

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🧠 How It Works

• Built using Manifest V3

• Uses content scripts to detect and remove Shorts elements

• Observes DOM changes to handle YouTube’s dynamic updates

• Popup provides:

  • Toggle switch for Shorts blocking
  • Focus timer controls
  • Extend session button
  • Daily focus stats display

• User preferences and stats are saved using Chrome storage

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🪟 Popup Preview (Concept)

• Toggle Shorts blocking 🔘
• Set focus duration ⏱
• Extend focus time ➕
• View daily stats 📊

Simple, interactive, and distraction-free.

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🛠 Installation (Developer Mode)

1. Clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/Nishantishere/Yt-shorts-blocker.git

2. Open Chrome and go to:

   chrome://extensions
   

3. Enable Developer mode (top right)

4. Click Load unpacked

5. Select the project folder

6. Open YouTube — Shorts are now blocked 🚫

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📁 Project Structure

Yt-shorts-blocker/
├── manifest.json
├── content.js
├── popup.html
├── popup.js
├── assets/
│   └── logo.png
└── README.md

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🔒 Privacy

• No data collection
• No external requests
• All settings stored locally using Chrome storage

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⭐ Support the Project

If you find this extension helpful:

👉 Give a star ⭐ on GitHub 👈 It really helps and motivates further development!

Follow on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/nishant-yadav3338

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📜 License

MIT License — free to use, modify, and distribute.