
YouPause - make YouTube less addictive
Reclaim your time. A minimalist YouTube experience.
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Reclaim your time. A minimalist YouTube experience.
7 followers
Wasting time on Youtube, looking for recommendations and comments? Addicted on watching loop? Behold, "YouPause" gets you be productive, while you still enjoy watching youtube! Safe, Private and Simple to use :)









Hey Product Hunt 👋
I use YouTube a lot to learn—tech talks, tutorials, lectures—but I kept losing hours to autoplay and recommendations. I’d go in for one video and end up watching ten.
I didn’t want to block YouTube entirely (I need it!), so I built YouPause — a Chrome extension to make YouTube intentional again.
🎯 What it does?
YouPause removes all the usual traps:
❌ No homepage feed
❌ No recommended sidebars or end tiles
❌ No comments
❌ No nav bar that takes you to Shorts or Subscriptions
❌ Even the YouTube logo is hidden — no more mindless clicks to “Home”
Instead, you get a clean player with just:
The search bar
The video you came for
Optional toggles to bring things back if you need them
What’s different from other tools?
Simplicity-first – just 5 focused options (not 20 toggles)
Fixes the Shorts loop – Instead of removing Shorts entirely, YouPause disables the "recommended" swipe-to-next trap, so you can watch one Short… and stop there.
It’s been a huge help in reclaiming focus while still using YouTube as a learning tool. Would love to hear your feedback, suggestions, or improvements!
Thanks for checking it out 🙌