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An Unhook alternative that also blocks channels
Unhook is the best-known way to hide YouTube’s feeds, and it does that well. What it can’t do is remove a particular creator or topic: turn the feed back on, or search, and they’re all still there. FeedCut has the same core switches and adds channel and keyword blocking that works across YouTube.
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Try both approaches: turn on Hide Home feed, then turn it off and press Block channel on the channels you’d skip anyway.
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Short version
Keep Unhook if you only want the feeds gone and like its long list of small switches. Switch to FeedCut if you’d rather keep some of YouTube’s suggestions and remove just the channels and topics that waste your time, or if search keeps leading you back to them.
Where Unhook stops
With more than a million users and a 4.9-star rating on its Chrome Web Store listing, Unhook is the default answer to “how do I make YouTube less addictive”. Its approach is all or nothing: a part of the page is either shown or hidden. That leaves three gaps:
- Search. Hiding the feed sends you to the search box, and search is where rabbit holes start. The same drama channels and reaction compilations are waiting there.
- Turning the feed back on. Some evenings you want recommendations. When they come back, so does every creator you were trying to avoid.
- Kids. A parent usually wants specific channels gone, not the whole Home page.
Unhook and FeedCut side by side
| Feature | Unhook | FeedCut |
|---|---|---|
| Hide the Home feed | Yes | Yes |
| Hide Up next and end screens | Yes | Yes |
| Hide Shorts | Yes | YesAnd opens /shorts links in the normal player |
| Hide comments | YesAll of them | YesAll, or only from blocked channels and words |
| Small switches (live chat, playlists and more) | About two dozen in all | No |
| Block a channel | No | YesEverywhere on YouTube |
| Block by keyword | No | Yes |
| Clean search results | No | Yes |
| PIN lock | No | Yes |
| Price | Free | Free |
What Unhook does better
Unhook
- A huge, happy user base and years of updates.
- Switches for small things, like live chat and playlists.
- Nothing to set up beyond flipping switches.
FeedCut
- Blocks channels and words, not just page sections.
- Cleans search results, the place hiding can’t reach.
- A PIN, so a tired evening can’t undo your choices.
Blocking versus hiding
Hiding the feed is like paving over a garden because of the weeds. It works, and nothing grows. Blocking is weeding: the three channels that eat your evenings go, and the woodworking tutorials and lecture recordings YouTube is genuinely good at finding stay.
Most people end up with a mix. Hide Shorts and Up next, the two places built for autopilot. Keep the Home feed, block a handful of channels and words, and let recommendations be useful again.
Can you use both?
Yes. They don’t conflict. If you keep Unhook for its small switches, turn off the switches that overlap with FeedCut’s (Home feed, Up next, Shorts, comments) in one of them, so you always know which extension is hiding what.
Moving your settings
There’s no file to import, but the main switches map one to one:
| In Unhook | In FeedCut |
|---|---|
| Hide Homepage Feed | Hide Home feed |
| Hide Video Sidebar, Hide End Screen Feed | Hide Up next |
| Hide Shorts | Hide Shorts |
| Hide Comments | Hide comments |
Then spend five minutes on YouTube with Block channel in hand. Whoever you block in the first evening is usually most of the list.
Questions
Can Unhook block a specific channel?
No. Its listing describes switches for parts of the page, like the Home feed, the sidebar, Shorts and comments. There’s no list of channels or words. If a switch has stopped working, see Unhook not working.
Does FeedCut have Unhook’s smaller switches, like live chat?
No. FeedCut keeps to the pieces that pull you in: the Home feed, Up next and end screens, Shorts and comments. If you want to hide live chat or playlists too, Unhook is the better fit.
Can I hide everything except my subscriptions?
Yes. Hide the Home feed and Up next, and leave Subscriptions as your way in. Block the channels you don’t want to see in search as well.
Is FeedCut free like Unhook?
Yes. Every feature is free, with no limit on channels or words, and there’s no account.
Take YouTube back to what you came for
Block channels, words and Shorts everywhere on YouTube. Free, no account, nothing leaves your browser.