Hide YouTube Thumbnail by Kazi Badrul Alam
Block distracting YouTube thumbnails and Shorts. Reclaim your focus, beat clickbait, and browse YouTube distraction-free.
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Thumb Blocker hides YouTube thumbnails so clickbait can't hijack your
attention. Browse and search by title only no more thumbnail rabbit holes,
no more doom-scrolling. Take back control of your focus.
Every thumbnail on YouTube is engineered to make you click. Shocked faces,
red arrows, bold text all designed to pull you off task. Thumb Blocker
removes them, so you decide what to watch based on what you actually want,
not what an algorithm baited you with.
★ WHAT IT DOES
• Hides ALL YouTube thumbnails home, search, sidebar, subscriptions
• Blocks YouTube Shorts
• One-click toggle on/off from the popup
• Reactive: keeps thumbnails hidden as you scroll
• Lightweight no account, no sign-up, no tracking
★ WHO IT'S FOR
• Students & professionals fighting YouTube distraction
• Anyone doing a digital / dopamine detox
• People who want a focus mode for YouTube
• Writers, coders, and creators who use YouTube for work but hate the pull
★ WHY THUMB BLOCKER
• Free and open no ads, no data collection
• Works instantly, no configuration needed
• Turn it off anytime with a single click
★ HOW IT WORKS
1. Install Thumb Blocker
2. Open YouTube thumbnails are hidden automatically
3. Click the toolbar icon to toggle on/off anytime
Reclaim your attention. Install Thumb Blocker and make YouTube boring again in the best way possible.
attention. Browse and search by title only no more thumbnail rabbit holes,
no more doom-scrolling. Take back control of your focus.
Every thumbnail on YouTube is engineered to make you click. Shocked faces,
red arrows, bold text all designed to pull you off task. Thumb Blocker
removes them, so you decide what to watch based on what you actually want,
not what an algorithm baited you with.
★ WHAT IT DOES
• Hides ALL YouTube thumbnails home, search, sidebar, subscriptions
• Blocks YouTube Shorts
• One-click toggle on/off from the popup
• Reactive: keeps thumbnails hidden as you scroll
• Lightweight no account, no sign-up, no tracking
★ WHO IT'S FOR
• Students & professionals fighting YouTube distraction
• Anyone doing a digital / dopamine detox
• People who want a focus mode for YouTube
• Writers, coders, and creators who use YouTube for work but hate the pull
★ WHY THUMB BLOCKER
• Free and open no ads, no data collection
• Works instantly, no configuration needed
• Turn it off anytime with a single click
★ HOW IT WORKS
1. Install Thumb Blocker
2. Open YouTube thumbnails are hidden automatically
3. Click the toolbar icon to toggle on/off anytime
Reclaim your attention. Install Thumb Blocker and make YouTube boring again in the best way possible.
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Permissions and data
Required permissions:
- Access your data for sites in the youtube.com domain
Data collection:
- The developer says this extension doesn't require data collection.
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- Version
- 2.0.2
- Size
- 121.4 KB
- Last updated
- 6 days ago (Aug 16, 2026)
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- MIT License
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thumbnails kept pulling me into videos I never meant to watch so I made
a simple switch to hide them and browse by title instead.
It's free, collects no data, and needs no account. The only permission it
uses is local storage, just to remember your on/off setting.
Found a bug or have an idea? I'd genuinely love to hear it reach me at
alamriku069@gmail.com. I read every message and keep the extension
updated as YouTube changes its layout.
Thanks for trying it out.