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ublock-hide-yt-shorts

A uBlock Origin filter repo for hiding YouTube Shorts.

At a glance:

First seen:2026-04-16

Last seen:2026-04-16

Sightings:1

Source:github.com

What it is

A uBlock Origin filter repo for hiding YouTube Shorts.

Why developers recommend it

The thread pointed to it as a practical filter-based workaround.

Hacker News evidence

2026-04-16

“Just use uBlock origin and this filter: https://github.com/i5heu/ublock-hide-yt-shorts”.

YouTube now lets you turn off Shorts