YouTube Focus Guard
Stop getting sucked into YouTube Shorts.
YouTube Focus Guard helps you stay focused by:
Blocking YouTube Shorts
Hiding recommendations & comments (Balanced mode)
Strict Mode (Pro): replaces the home feed with a clean “Focus Mode” start page
Turbo Mode (Pro): reduces animations/previews for a snappier YouTube
Privacy
We respect your privacy.
- No browsing data collected: We do not collect or sell your browsing history, watched videos, searches, or page content.
- Local settings: Extension settings are stored locally in your browser using Chrome storage.
- License verification: If you enter a license key to unlock Pro, the extension sends the license key to our license server for verification.
- What we store on our server: For licensing and support we store the license key, the purchase/session identifier from Stripe, and the purchaser email (from Stripe) in our database.
- Payments: Payments are processed by Stripe. We do not store your full card details.