YouTube Hide Watched Videos - Clean Up Your YouTube Experience
🎯 KEY FEATURES:
- Automatically hide or dim watched videos and Shorts on YouTube
- Three visibility modes: Normal, Dimmed (semi-transparent), or Hidden
- Separate controls for regular videos and YouTube Shorts
- Individual Video Mode - hide or dim specific videos with the eye icon on thumbnails
- Hidden Videos Manager - view, search, and manage all individually hidden videos
- Backup and Restore - export and import your hidden videos list as JSON with flexible conflict resolution (skip existing, keep newer, or overwrite all)
- Powerful Search - find hidden videos by title or video ID with instant results and highlighting
- Customizable watch threshold (0-100 percent) - hide videos based on how much you watched
- Smart storage management - automatically frees up space when storage quota is reached
- Enhanced performance - faster processing with intelligent caching and memory optimization
- Large file support - handles big import/export operations (up to 50MB) without freezing or crashes
- Smart theme with auto-detection, plus manual dark or light modes
- Quick toggle buttons to set all videos at once
- Collapsible sections for organized settings
- Works on YouTube homepage, subscriptions, search results, and recommendations
✨ WHY USE THIS EXTENSION?
- Focus on unwatched content without distractions
- Manually hide videos you do not want to see again
- Manage your hidden content with a built-in manager featuring search and filters
- Cleaner YouTube interface with less clutter
- Save time by finding new videos faster
- Reduce re-watching content you already saw
- Improve content discovery
- Backup your hidden videos list and restore on other devices
- Handle thousands of hidden videos without browser slowdown
🔧 EASY TO USE:
- Click the extension icon in your toolbar
- Choose visibility settings for videos and Shorts
- Hide individual videos with the eye icon on thumbnails
- Manage, search, export, or import hidden videos in the manager
- Adjust the watch threshold with the slider
- Changes apply instantly - no page reload needed
🔒 PRIVACY FOCUSED:
- No data collection or tracking
- All settings stored locally on your device
- No external servers or analytics
- Minimal permissions required
- Open source and transparent
âš¡ PERFORMANCE:
- Lightweight and fast with smart caching
- Zero-lag UI interactions
- No impact on YouTube loading speed
- Optimized for large lists with thousands of videos
- Memory efficient - no browser slowdown
- Handles large import/export files smoothly
📱 COMPATIBILITY:
- Works with the latest YouTube interface
- Plays well with other YouTube extensions
- Regular updates to keep up with YouTube changes
- Robust selector system adapts to YouTube layout updates
Perfect for regular YouTube viewers who want a cleaner, more organized viewing experience. Take control of your YouTube and focus on the content that matters to you!
