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Hide YouTube Thumbnails

Hide YouTube Thumbnails

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Hide YouTube Thumbnails for less clickbaity browsing
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Adam Jones
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Published
Published on April 13, 2019
Version 2.6.2
Manifest version
3
Updated
Updated on September 1, 2025
productivity/workflow
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Description

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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