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Changes
- Added an option to hide Ask YouTube and AI suggestions on desktop (default: enabled)
- Added an option to hide GIFs in comments (default: enabled)
- Reduced delay when hiding the "Experiencing interruptions?" popup on desktop
- Hiding Search with your voice now works in the Ask YouTube search input
- Fixed hiding watched videos on mobile
- Fixed disabling Autoplay on mobile
- Fixed hiding stream VODs on mobile
- Fixed blocking channels on mobile
- Fixed "Hide channel" menu item on mobile to match recent YouTube UI changes
- Fixed hidden channels controls in the options page not being styled as sub-options
Availability (2/5)
New versions have to be reviewed and approved for each browser before they're available to install or upgrade to.
This version is available for the following browsers:
Screenshots
Hide Ask YouTube in Search
This new option removes most of the new UI cruft related to Ask YouTube including hiding suggestions when the search input is empty - the Search button is moved up to the end of the input.
(These screenshots also have the option to hide the voice search button enabled)
Unfocused input
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Focused input
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Searching
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Hide GIFs in comments
This initially just hides the GIFs, we can add sub-options for hiding posts which are only a GIF and threads which are just GIFs later, but this causes weirdness if you have e.g. a thread where someone posted a GIF then people replied to it.
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