MoreVideos - YouTube Grid & Shorts Control

A lightweight browser extension that gives you full control over your YouTube homepage layout. Customize the video grid, hide Shorts, and clean up visual clutter — all without modifying YouTube's DOM.

Before	After

• Customizable Grid Layout — Control how many video columns appear per row (3–10) so you can see more content at a glance.
• Hide YouTube Shorts — Completely removes all Shorts sections, sidebar links, and filter chips from the homepage.
• Hide Avatars — Remove channel profile pictures from video cards for a cleaner look.
• Hide Metadata — Hide channel names, view counts, and upload dates for a minimal browsing experience.
• Popup Settings Panel — A clean, dark-themed settings panel with live grid preview and instant apply.

Note: This extension has been submitted to the Firefox Add-ons Store and the Chrome Web Store and is currently awaiting review. Once approved, you'll be able to install it directly from the store without needing to sideload.

1. Download or clone this repository
2. Open chrome://extensions/ in your browser
3. Enable Developer mode (toggle in the top-right)
4. Click Load unpacked and select the MoreVideos folder
5. Pin the extension to your toolbar for easy access

1. Open about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox
2. Click Load Temporary Add-on
3. Select the manifest.json file from the MoreVideos folder

1. Navigate to youtube.com
2. Click the MoreVideos icon in your browser toolbar
3. Adjust settings using the popup panel:
   • Hide Shorts — Toggle to remove all Shorts content
   • Grid Columns — Drag the slider to set columns (3–10)
   • Hide Avatar — Toggle to remove channel profile pictures
   • Hide Metadata — Toggle to remove view counts, dates, and channel names
4. Changes apply instantly — no page reload required

MoreVideos takes a CSS-first approach — it never removes or injects DOM elements. Instead, it toggles CSS classes and custom properties on the page body to control visibility and layout. This makes it:

• Performant — no DOM manipulation overhead
• Resilient — less likely to break from YouTube updates
• Lightweight — pure vanilla JS, no frameworks or dependencies

The extension is SPA-aware and uses a MutationObserver to detect YouTube's client-side navigation, automatically re-applying your settings as you browse.

• Manifest V3
• Vanilla JavaScript, HTML, CSS
• Chrome & Firefox compatible (no build step required)

This project is open source. See the LICENSE file for details.