Unhook - Remove YouTube Recommended Videos

[Loren2017]

Loren2017 last edited by

must be stopping doom scrolling, but I still do

[Renteligence]

Renteligence last edited by

it works fine!

[zeky123]

zeky123 last edited by

it doestn work please help

[stonephone]

stonephone @Edaryion last edited by

@edaryion: This is a browser extension. They have no affiliation with Opera, lol.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @stonephone last edited by

@stonephone Tip: Don't reply to a almost one year old post unless you really have a solution or something useful to say

Also, this is Opera's forum/addons page.

[stonephone]

stonephone @leocg last edited by

@leocg Oh, so they should get an answer any day now. Thanks for the tip!

[big-memer]

big-memer last edited by

it deletes youtube. like the entire thing. good luck trying to look for something to watch when there is no home page anymore. you can search but who even uses search that much?

[TS2112]

TS2112 last edited by

Unhook might be the most useful app on the internet right now.
It gives back something YT quietly stole:
freedom of choice and autonomous thinking.
No more lemming mode.

It lets you disable whatever YouTube junk around the video.
I keep only the video, channel info, comments, and search bar.
That’s it. The page is clean. Calm. Breathable.
No clickbait. No Shouting faces. No algorithmic nudging.
No “you watched this once so here’s 500 more”.

After my first video with Unhook, I caught myself thinking: And now?
That moment of emptiness says everything. I was trained to scroll, not to choose.
Same echo chambers, same recycled outrage, same time sink.
Ten minutes in, the familiar thought: Why did I even click this?

Now that reflex is gone.
If I want something, I have to decide. Deliberately.
It feels weird at first — like quitting smoking or sugar.
But it feels good.

Freedom always does.