Take control of YouTube. Block Shorts, stop endless scrolling, hide AI summaries, and reduce distracting visual triggers.
Install extensionRemove YouTube Shorts from your homepage and feed.
Hide AI-generated summaries on YouTube and keep your attention on the original video content.
Desaturate YouTube from 0% to 100% with a slider.
Set a daily YouTube usage limit using Active Time, Background Playback or Total Time, then review your usage before choosing what to do next.
Remove infinite scrolling between Shorts. You can still open and watch individual Shorts, but you cannot scroll directly to the next one.
See how you use YouTube over time — active time, background playback, videos and Shorts watched, watch time, unfinished content, opens, tab switches, and daily activity across previous periods.
Choose an activity and unit — running, reading, studying, earnings, or a custom goal — and see what your YouTube time could have meant instead.
Works for videos and Shorts. A window appears before playback; hold the button for your chosen duration, and only then the content loads.
This extension is entirely paid.
Trial and renewal terms are shown before purchase. The cards are plan information, not checkout buttons.
Everything you need to know about YouTube Shield.
These Terms govern the YouTube Shield extension, website and related services.
YouTube Shield is an independent browser extension for customizing YouTube, limiting distractions and viewing usage statistics. It is not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by YouTube or Google.
The available plans are Monthly ($3.99 per month), Quarterly ($10.17 every three months) and Yearly ($35.88 per year). A seven-day free trial may be offered. The price, trial and renewal terms displayed before a purchase control that purchase.
Where checkout is offered, Paddle processes payments and recurring billing as Merchant of Record. A recurring subscription renews until cancelled. Cancellation prevents later renewals and normally takes effect at the end of the current billing period.
Promotional, creator and giveaway codes may have limits on use or duration and have no cash value. Discount codes reduce an eligible purchase price and cannot be exchanged for money.
Do not attack, disrupt or fraudulently bypass the service's subscription, redemption or security systems.
Changes to YouTube, Chrome or other third-party services may affect extension features. We may update YouTube Shield to maintain compatibility and improve the service.
These Terms do not limit consumer rights that cannot lawfully be excluded. Refunds are subject to our Refund Policy, Paddle's applicable terms and mandatory consumer law.
Questions: [email protected]
YouTube Shield is designed to keep detailed YouTube usage data on your device. The current extension stores active and background time, watch activity, visits, Daily Limit information, insights and related statistics in Chrome extension local storage.
Settings, Custom Rules and media that you choose to import are also kept in local extension storage. Some temporary interface state uses Chrome session storage; floating-window placement and temporary Intent Gate approvals use browser storage on YouTube pages.
The current extension does not transmit YouTube watch history, detailed usage statistics, video IDs or YouTube URLs to YouTube Shield servers. This does not describe data YouTube itself receives when you use its website.
This website stores language and theme preferences in your browser's localStorage. The website package contains no analytics or advertising scripts and does not set its own tracking cookies.
If you purchase Premium access, Paddle processes checkout and payment information under its own privacy notice. YouTube Shield may process subscription identifiers and entitlement status as needed to activate access.
The website and extension do not ask for your card number or CVV. Payment details are entered with Paddle.
If you contact support, we receive the information you choose to send, such as an email address, message, screenshots or a bug report. Hosting infrastructure may create technical access logs, including IP address and request details; the provider's settings determine retention.
You may uninstall the extension or clear browser storage. You can contact [email protected] with privacy questions. Paddle's separate privacy notice applies when you use its checkout.
We will update this notice when our verified data practices change.
Where YouTube Shield purchases are offered, payments are processed by Paddle as Merchant of Record.
Cancelling a subscription stops future renewals under the terms shown at checkout; it does not automatically refund an earlier charge. Cancellation normally takes effect at the end of the current billing period.
Refund requests for Paddle transactions are handled through Paddle, subject to its current Refund Policy and applicable consumer rights. Paddle says transactions are generally non-refundable unless required by law and may consider discretionary refunds.
For payment, cancellation or refund help, use Paddle's buyer support at Paddle.net. For a technical problem with YouTube Shield, contact [email protected].
Complimentary creator or giveaway access has no cash value. A discount code lowers an eligible purchase price but is not money or stored value.
Nothing in this policy limits mandatory refund or other consumer rights.
YouTube Shield Feature Catalog
Use switches to hide elements, sliders to adjust time and color, Save for Daily Limit and word filters, and drag layers to prioritize Custom Rules.