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A Channel Blocker alternative for 2026
Channel Blocker did one thing well: a block button right on YouTube, for videos, channels and people in the comments. Its last update in the Chrome Web Store is from August 2024, and it’s rated 2.7 stars. FeedCut keeps the one-click idea, adds keyword blocking without regex, and covers the Home feed, search and Up next.
Coming soon to Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Opera · Free · No account
Press Block channel on a comment or on a video in Up next. Both disappear, along with that channel everywhere else.
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Short version
If Channel Blocker still hides everything on your list, there’s no rush. If blocked channels have started creeping back, or you want Shorts and the Home feed handled too, FeedCut does the same one-click job and more.
Where Channel Blocker stands
According to its Chrome Web Store listing, Channel Blocker has more than 100,000 users and a 2.7-star rating. The current version, 3.0.5, was released in August 2024 after a rewrite as an open-source Manifest V3 extension.
More than two years is a long time for a YouTube tool. YouTube reworks its pages regularly, and each change can stop an extension from finding the videos it’s meant to hide. A review on the listing describes exactly that: channels on the block list showing up again.
Channel Blocker and FeedCut side by side
| Feature | Channel Blocker | FeedCut |
|---|---|---|
| Block from YouTube in one click | Yes | YesCards, channel pages, comments, ⋮ menu |
| Block people in the comments | Yes | Yes |
| Block a single video | Yes | Yes |
| Block by word | Regex only | YesPlain words, whole-word option |
| Hide Shorts, Home feed, Up next | No | One switch each |
| PIN lock | No | Yes |
| Browsers | Chrome | Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera |
| Last store update | August 2024 | Coming soon |
What Channel Blocker still does better
- Regular expressions, for rules that plain words can’t express.
- Open-source code you can read or fork.
- It’s already set up. If your list works, that’s worth something.
How to move your list
If your version of Channel Blocker can export its list, save the file, then open FeedCut’s settings, choose Import and pick it. Channels and users come across; FeedCut tells you about any regex rules it skipped.
If there’s no export, it’s a good moment for a cleanup. Open the old list, and add the channels you still care about in FeedCut’s settings by link, @handle or name. An old list is often full of channels you no longer run into.
Other options worth a look
FeedCut isn’t the only way forward, and the right pick depends on what you used Channel Blocker for:
- You lived in its regex box. BlockTube is the closest match: patterns, channel IDs, filters by video length, and it’s open source too.
- You mostly blocked whole feeds of junk. A feed hider like Unhook may be all you need.
- You want hundreds of switches. UnTrap covers almost every element on the page, with a paid tier for some of it.
Our comparison of seven YouTube blockers lays out what each one does and doesn’t do.
Who should switch
- You’re seeing channels you blocked long ago.
- You want Shorts or the Home feed gone as well, without a second extension.
- You use Edge, Firefox or Opera, where Channel Blocker isn’t available.
- A kid uses the computer and the list needs a PIN.
Questions
Is Channel Blocker abandoned?
Its developers haven’t said so. The Chrome Web Store listing shows no update since August 2024. Whether that affects you depends on whether your blocked channels still stay hidden.
Why does a blocker need regular updates?
YouTube changes its pages several times a year. An extension that finds videos by the page layout has to follow each change, or blocked videos start slipping through.
Does FeedCut block by regular expression?
No. It uses plain words with an optional whole-word setting. That covers most real lists; patterns you rely on can usually become two or three words.
Can I block someone from the comments?
Yes. Every comment gets a Block button. The person’s comments disappear under every video, and so does their channel.
Take YouTube back to what you came for
Block channels, words and Shorts everywhere on YouTube. Free, no account, nothing leaves your browser.