Watch the YouTube videos you choose, without Shorts — in Safari.
Download No Shorts on the App Store · One purchase, no subscription · iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Vision Pro
This extension filters youtube.com in Safari. It does not modify the official YouTube app or include YouTube Premium. After installation, enable the extension and allow access to youtube.com.
En français : masquez les Shorts dans Safari, tout en gardant les vidéos choisies. Achat unique, sans abonnement. L’extension ne modifie pas l’app YouTube.
No YouTube Shorts is a Safari extension that hides YouTube Shorts from appearing on YouTube.com. This extension provides a cleaner browsing experience by removing the Shorts section from the homepage and other pages on YouTube.
Now available for macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and visionOS!
- Hides YouTube Shorts from the homepage.
- Removes Shorts from the sidebar and other sections.
- Hides entire Shorts search shelves, including headings and Show more controls, on desktop and mobile YouTube.
- Opens deliberately shared Shorts links in the regular video player, avoiding the swipeable Shorts feed when Hide Shorts is enabled.
- Optional toggle to hide community text/image posts from the Home feed.
- Optional local PIN for changing popup settings. The PIN is stored as a salted PBKDF2 hash and the popup locks again when closed. This adds friction; Safari can still disable or remove the extension. Keep the PIN safe.
- Optional toggle to leave the Home page blank without redirecting.
- Optional toggle to hide related recommendations while preserving playlists and live chat.
- Shows how many Shorts have been hidden on your device (counted locally, never sent anywhere).
- On iPhone and iPad, the app confirms when the extension is active on YouTube.
- Lightweight extension with local filtering.
- Works seamlessly across Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Vision devices.
Support the development by getting the extension from the App Store for macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and visionOS:
You can also build and run the project for free using Xcode:
- Clone this repository
- Open the project in Xcode 26 or newer (Icon Composer icons). The current release is built with Xcode 27; deployment targets are iOS/iPadOS 15 and macOS 12.
- Build and run the extension on macOS, iOS, iPadOS, or visionOS
Shared (App)/AppIcon.icon is the primary Icon Composer icon for iOS and macOS.
Shared (App)/AppIconTeal.icon is included only in the iOS app as the alternate
icon AppIconTeal for App Store Product Page Optimization. Xcode generates the
older-system icon images at build time. The previous catalog is preserved in
design/legacy-icon/; monochrome Safari toolbar icons are maintained separately.
See the icon A/B test instructions.
After enabling the extension and granting website access on each device, open YouTube in Safari. Use the extension menu to choose your filters, then reload the page.
To enable the extension:
- On iOS/iPadOS/visionOS: Find Safari in Settings (under Apps on recent OS versions), open Extensions and enable "No Shorts: Blocker for YouTube". Allow access to youtube.com.
- On macOS: Open Safari → Settings (or Preferences) → Extensions and enable "No Shorts: Blocker for YouTube".
Explore the three-extension bundle: No Shorts for YouTube, No Reel For Instagram and No Algorithm For X. Check each app’s device compatibility and your price on the App Store. BrowseKind Plus is a separate product, not included in this bundle.
Contributions are welcome! If you have suggestions for improvements or find any issues, please open an issue or submit a pull request.
For any questions or support, please open an issue on the GitHub repository.
This project is licensed under the PolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.0 (non-commercial use only). See LICENSE.
In particular, redistributing/publishing this app (or a substantially similar fork) on the Apple App Store (or any other app marketplace) is not permitted.
The name and branding are also protected—see TRADEMARKS.md.