Hide YouTube Thumbnails

Hide YouTube Thumbnails for less clickbaity browsing

What is Hide YouTube Thumbnails?

Hide YouTube Thumbnails is a Chrome extension developed by Adam Jones, and its main feature is "Hide YouTube Thumbnails for less clickbaity browsing".

Extension Screenshots

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Download Hide YouTube Thumbnails Extension CRX File

Download Hide YouTube Thumbnails extension files in crx format, manually install Chrome extensions in the browser, or share the crx files with friends to easily install Chrome extensions.

Extension Usage Instructions

                        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                    

Extension Basic Information

Name Hide YouTube Thumbnails Hide YouTube Thumbnails
ID phmcfcbljjdlomoipaffekhgfnpndbef
Official URL https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/hide-youtube-thumbnails/phmcfcbljjdlomoipaffekhgfnpndbef
Description Hide YouTube Thumbnails for less clickbaity browsing
File Size 26.04 KB
Installation Count 56,897
Current Version 2.5.0
Last Updated 2023-10-31
Publish Date 2019-04-12
Rating 4.83/5 Total 83 Ratings
Developer Adam Jones
Email [email protected]
Payment Type free
Extension Website https://github.com/domdomegg/hideytthumbnails-extension
Help Page URL https://github.com/domdomegg/hideytthumbnails-extension/issues
Privacy Policy Page URL https://adamjones.me/privacy-policies
Supported Languages de,en,fr,nl,es,it
manifest.json
{
    "update_url": "https:\/\/clients2.google.com\/service\/update2\/crx",
    "manifest_version": 3,
    "version": "2.5.0",
    "name": "__MSG_extName__",
    "description": "__MSG_extDescription__",
    "homepage_url": "https:\/\/github.com\/domdomegg\/hideytthumbnails-extension",
    "browser_specific_settings": {
        "gecko": {
            "id": "{17c4514d-71fa-4633-8c07-1fe0b354c885}"
        },
        "gecko_android": []
    },
    "icons": {
        "48": "img\/icon48.png",
        "128": "img\/icon128.png",
        "512": "img\/icon512.png"
    },
    "default_locale": "en",
    "content_scripts": [
        {
            "matches": [
                "*:\/\/*.youtube.com\/*"
            ],
            "js": [
                "common.js",
                "inject.js"
            ],
            "run_at": "document_start"
        }
    ],
    "options_ui": {
        "page": "options.html",
        "browser_style": true
    },
    "permissions": [
        "storage"
    ]
}