This release adds creator blocking directly from the Shorts player, automatic advancement after blocking the current Short, and an option to hide Shorts shelves across supported feeds.
It also improves support for collaboration videos, compact Shorts cards, Courses, three-dot menus, and newer YouTube layouts.
The extension remains free and open source. Block lists stay in Chrome with no account, advertising, tracking, or analytics.
Hey everyone, I'm Boahs. I've worked in software quality assurance for more than six years, primarily around test automation, browser testing, APIs, regression strategy, and CI/CD.
Outside of work, I like building small tools that solve problems I run into myself.
My latest project is ChannelFence, an open-source Chrome extension for persistently blocking unwanted YouTube creators.
ChannelFence launches tomorrow. I built it because YouTube's "Don't recommend channel" option isn't a persistent block, and the same creator can still appear elsewhere.
YouTube has more surfaces than I initially realized: Home, search, Watch Next, Shorts, playlists, comments, channel pages, membership shelves, and videos with multiple collaborating creators.
I've kept ChannelFence focused. You select a creator, and it hides that creator across supported surfaces. No keyword rules, accounts, tracking, or external server.
When you block a YouTube creator, where would you expect their content to disappear? Are there any areas that other blocking extensions tend to miss?
