Hide YouTube Thumbnails
by Adam Jones
Quick Look
This extension hides or blurs YouTube thumbnails to reduce distractions, avoid spoilers, and create a more peaceful browsing experience.
AI Overview
Who is this for?
Users who want to minimize distractions and avoid spoilers on YouTube.
Key Features
- → Hide or blur thumbnails
- → Control thumbnail visibility on hover
- → Option to show solid colors instead of thumbnails
- → Customizable across different YouTube pages
Reviews Analysis
Overall Sentiment
Mostly PositiveUsers appreciate the extension for its ability to reduce distractions and improve focus on YouTube, though some minor issues exist.
Note: AI analysis focuses on the substance and recency of reviews, which may differ from the overall store rating.
What Users Love
- ✓ Effectively hides distracting thumbnails
- ✓ Helpful for productivity and avoiding spoilers
- ✓ Offers various customization options
Points to Consider
- × Occasional issues with certain YouTube page layouts
- × Some users prefer more granular control over which pages are affected
Official Description
From the Developer
Hide YouTube Thumbnails for less clickbaity browsing
Simply hides thumbnails on YouTube to have a more peaceful and less distracting browsing experience. Also useful for avoiding spoilers or inappropriate imagery.
Options available:
- Temporarily turn off hiding
- Blur rather than hide thumbnails
- Show thumbnails on hover
- Show only solid color
- Show thumbnails on search results / playlist / watch / subscriptions / channel pages
This extsion could also be descibed as blocking YouTube thumbnails on videos, disabling YouTube thumbnails on videos, blurring YouTube thumbnails on videos. People have found it useful for:
- Hiding distracting or inappropriate YouTube thumbnails in class when teaching students
- Hiding YouTube thumbnails to reduce distraction and procrastination when studying or working
- Hiding YouTube thumbnails to avoid spoilers in the video
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Key Info
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Rating:
4.7/5.0
(131 ratings)
- Users:50,000
- Version:2.6.2
- Updated:Sep 01, 2025
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