mchangrh/yt-neuter

uBlock filter(s) list for blocking unwanted YouTube elements

Aggressive YouTube uBlock filter list

Originally on a gist but ported over to better track new elements to block

if you like this, you'll probably also like blocktube (no affiliation)

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Install

add to uBo

Filter URLs
GitHub: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mchangrh/yt-neuter/main/yt-neuter.txt
Serverless Redirect: https://neuter.mchang.xyz/filter

SponsorBlock sub-list

Less aggressive in elements to block

add to uBo

Filter URLs
GitHub: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mchangrh/yt-neuter/main/filters/sponsorblock.txt
Serverless Redirect: https://neuter.mchang.xyz/filter/sponsorblock

noview

Hide force-pushed low-view videos

add to uBo

Filter URLs
GitHub: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mchangrh/yt-neuter/main/filters/noview.txt
Serverless Redirect: https://neuter.mchang.xyz/filter/noview

Userscripts

• Disable recommended and playlist AutoPlay Install
• Change "Subscribe" background to blend in with the rest of the theme Install
• Make YT Quality icons red again Install
• Remove everything from description links but hostname Install
• Remove Emojis in Titles Install
• Remove channel trailers Install
• Remove Experiment Flags Install
• Persist YT Controls Install
• Replaces YouTube rounded views and relative date with absolute values Install
• Force YouTube grid to fit more elements per row Install
  • broken due to YouTube changes with static values
  • Replacment script: Roki100/YouTube-rows-fix

More scripts at mchangrh/uscripts

Filters

More specific or generic filters docs

Scriptlets

Addon scriptlets for uBlock Origin to block/replace elements Instructions
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mchangrh/yt-neuter/main/scriptlets.js

yt-neuter's Issues

restructure and rearrange structure for custom filter builder

• consistently define structure for site elements
• provide visual guide and structure for site blocks
• consistent structure and template across filter lists
• neuter aliases for unnamed, consistently defined site elements
• consistent naming for url endpoints

Lottie round 2 [wip]

#18

• Lottie is now tied into the like icon even rendering, destroying or freezing removes the icon
• the window.lottie object cannot be set.js'd
• the animation defn urls cannot be removed
• paths are re-added

replacement filters for community posts, shorts and free movies

Invalid Filter: Unexpected Input on Line 66 of YouTube Neuter - misc

https://github.com/mchangrh/yt-neuter/blob/ba67d36a24fbb302cf5d55b107ee1eefa54e1e98/filters/misc.txt#L66C135-L66C135

uBlock Origin is warning Invalid Filter: Unexpected Input on this line. I think the comment just needs to be moved to a new line.

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Add More Share Button

So, currently there is "Share" button filter on normal video. But there is also "Share" button on shorts.

This just simply ###share-button

Note: Might block others cause its a very generic name, and you know that youtube for no reason use duplicate id. But tried looking the id in homepage, and normal video. All #share-button is grayed out/hidden)

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Also, there is "Share" if you click the ... on youtube homepage

Filters that simply works:tm:: ##tp-yt-paper-item:has-text(Share)

Note: Again, Im not sure if its block other element. I'm not the "master" at this kind of things (css selector, uBo filter)

[tracking] movie results in channel search

31b9b55 worked but would break subscriptions if any of them had tags

unable to replicate in current environment

block endscreen on network level instead of cosmetically

the script at
www.youtube.com/s/player/c8b8a173/player_ias.vflset/en_US/endscreen.js
populates the end screen, blocking it doesn't produce a black screen like the current rule does

Hide 'Latest Shorts from' in search results

I don't think there is a filter to block this yet, so I bringing this to your attention since there is already filter for 'latest from channel' in search results.

membership videos on homepage

Have yet to encounter individual member videos on desktop

notrailer still playing in bg

notrailer is still autoplaying in the background

[tracking] surveys

Remove all surveys found in base CSS file, some might be generic some might not be

Newer YouTube Layout - interaction row buttons

The newer youtube layout broke the interaction row button reference chain

Big Video Info

I dont know what to call it, but basically its the big video info at the bottom of the description

Branded shelf renderer

remove more branded shelves 1b0aac4

<ytd-rich-section-renderer class="style-scope ytd-rich-grid-renderer"><!--css-build:shady--><!--css-build:shady--><div id="content" class="style-scope ytd-rich-section-renderer"><ytd-brand-video-shelf-renderer class="style-scope ytd-rich-section-renderer" elements-per-row="4" rounded-container="" modern="" is-dark-theme=""><!--css-build:shady--><!--css-build:shady--><div id="dismissible" class="style-scope ytd-brand-video-shelf-renderer" style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,1.000);">
  <div id="content-wrapper" class="style-scope ytd-brand-video-shelf-renderer">
    <div id="visible-content-wrapper" class="style-scope ytd-brand-video-shelf-renderer">
      <div id="metadata-container" class="style-scope ytd-brand-video-shelf-renderer">
        <div id="header-container" class="style-scope ytd-brand-video-shelf-renderer">
          <yt-img-shadow id="logo-image" height="20" class="style-scope ytd-brand-video-shelf-renderer no-transition" style="background-color: transparent;" loaded=""><!--css-build:shady--><!--css-build:shady--><img id="img" draggable="false" class="style-scope yt-img-shadow" alt="" src="data:image/gif;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mN8XA8AAksBZG7LpHYAAAAASUVORK5CYII=" height="20"></yt-img-shadow>
          <div id="badge-container" class="style-scope ytd-brand-video-shelf-renderer" style="color:#ffffff;">
            <yt-formatted-string id="badge" class="style-scope ytd-brand-video-shelf-renderer">Featured</yt-formatted-string>

[tracking] YouTube Learning Playlists

Announcement The Verge

Examples: CrashCourse, TomScott

from what I can tell they seem to be funded by Google directly

Filter Update: Block youtube "enhanced bitrate Premium" popup spam

a while ago I started to get harassed by these every single time I seek or paused any video

you can see how often i get spammed by this video demo.

now i think I've got the rule setup right:

youtube.com##ytd-popup-container > tp-yt-paper-dialog:has(ytd-offline-promo-renderer)
youtube.com##.opened

the .opened class is to stop the black flicker every time ublock or any adblocker blocks the main element. its very noticeable.

I'm mainly using your sponsor block as i find the main one too aggressive for my needs.

yoodle (YT animated logo)

turns out it wasn't blocked in lottie #18
webp image used for today's "Growth" yoodle
https://www.gstatic.com/youtube/img/promos/growth/2b2f29d593640cd29b48f4f2bc680b47b86b4895ade8285f6f39bde50a427354_122x56.webp

chrome_QLxQRW1yFQ.mp4

[Bug] Blocked "Save" Button on Youtube Comment

Bug

The bug is basically hide the "greyed out" Submit button on comment. And completely removed the Save button on comment editing.

With YouTube Neuter filter turned on:

Comment w/o content

Comment w/ content (expected behaviour)

Edit the comment w/ AND w/o content changed (the "Save" button just disappeared)

With Youtube Neuter filter turned off:

Comment w/o content ("Submit" button should come up, but its grayed out)

Comment w/content (the same)

Edit the comment w/o content changed ("Save" greyed out)

Edit the comment w/ content changed (There is "Save" button)

`Community` Tab

For some reasaon i wanat to use Community tab , and i just can't use it until i off ublock with script
is there anyway user can get costomized experience
or just performace tweak , not the usability or looks tweak !

Today's videos in subscriptions are block by the main filter

Filter off

Filter on

force-pushed low view videos

just some observations to document the filter

• all have byline-separated (also shared with sponsored video post)
• all have New tag

It is only in the combination of the two that there exists this forced-view element, filtering by views seems to be an alternative (<100)

Filter list blocking videos from showing in 'Explore' pages

I believe this filter youtube.com#@#ytd-rich-shelf-renderer:has(ytd-badge-supported-renderer#featured-badge) is blocking videos from showing up in these following pages:
Live:

News:

Learning:

Fashion & Beauty:

[Bug] Featured Playlist blocked Chapters, Large Channel Info Cards

The current filter is ##ytd-structured-description-content-renderer:has(ytd-structured-description-playlist-lockup-renderer). And if we see, it will block chapters, and also the large channel info cards.

Additional info

Apparently, "featured playlist" filter also capture when there is featured music, what?

The filter should be like the Large Channel Info Cards (#35), and also Featured Music
New filter: ##ytd-video-description-course-section-renderer (shorter 👍)
And now, it will only block the featured playlist.

[tracking] generics for filters

with success from generic blocks in noshorts (b53142a)

see if generics will work on other filters, and where they might break since most of the syntax is identical

Wrong Link on Sponsorblock 'add to uBo'

It's giving misc link instead of sponsorblock.
here is the 👉️Source

[Bug] Hiding save button

##yt-button-view-model:has(>button-view-model> button[aria-label=Save])

should be replaced with

##yt-button-view-model:has(>button-view-model> [aria-label='Save to playlist'])

yt-neuter hiding subscribe/unsubscribe button when activated

I'm using this list on ublock origin, and when i activate it the subscribe/unsubscribe button dissapear from both channel and video pages. Deactivating it makes the button reappear.

With yt-neuter ON:

With yt-neuter OFF:

[reflow] more elements per shelf

On channel pages, elements are left-aligned and don't reflow accordingly

• hook into right arrow click to populate new elements
• reflow elements according to width

experiment flags

in response to #33, messing with experiment flags is very very useful and works very very well. This issue is to track a possible scriptlet/ userscript to take over a lot of the more janky functionality with experiment flag toggling.

Question

What does removing installable progressive web app functionality do?

Don't block chapter sidebar

#4 is blocking the chapter sidebar popups

Hide Transcript on Description

[Question] What is annotation?

What is annotation filter? Its seems its just block the endcards.

Why annotation is not in the "endscreen" filter? It literally just block the endscreen (maybe)
Also, in the "endscreen" filter, the endscreen.js is blocked. But its still showing up the endscreen? Idk why its blocked in the "endscreen" filter

Feed Nudge for "New to you"

Rule `youtube.com##yt-animated-action` hides the subscribe button entirely

Block sponsored videos in sidebar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QPPLacWr-4

It is also injected into the recommendations, but there seems no easy way to remove it

channel sort-by "for you"

I currently do not have this experiment so I cannot work on a fix. A static filter will not works since it apparently defaults to "for you"

Choose what to play next popup

New Channel Layout

• Live Tab c0c72c3
• Shorts Tab c0c72c3
• Add note to videos-specific shorts
• Increase number of videos per row 98a2ccf

[misc] channel videos autoplaying even if removed

channel videos will resume playback even if they are removed and/or hidden. This requires tying the removal to a userscript to prevent issues where a hidden video is playing

Filter List disabling read more option in YT comments that exceed normal length

Read More option disappearing w/ SponsorBlock filterlist enabled unless video page is a direct link or tab is reloaded.
Tested with SponsorBlock list on and off, Vivaldi Browser

Filter List disabled:

Enabled (missing Read More):

Social media links from the channel page header remain after the header has been hidden

See "Website" in both images, with and without the channel header:


Screenshots taken on https://www.youtube.com/c/CarryTrainer/videos

Blocking #links-holder seems to hide these links.

cultural moment overlay

example link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9PzYuVwCSE

Selected as one of the most influential music videos in * to celebrate its *th Anniversary

Search results removed when channel filter is used

Screen.Recording.2023-04-04.at.16.16.07.mov

Doesn't happen in a general search, but does when filtered to channels only

Product placement panels

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKp-EA_LsUY

thanks to @UnventedManicotti for spotting it

HIde Merch Section

This fixes the visual bug by blocking the entire merch shelf, including additional padding.
##ytd-merch-shelf-renderer.ytd-watch-flexy.style-scope

Example Video: Game Theory: Why Everyone HATES YouTube Shorts… And You Should Too!

become a channel member popup

Yt neuter

YT Animated Like Icon

currently the best way to block it is to block the like_icon schema

||www.gstatic.com/youtube/img/lottie/animated_like_icon/*.json^,redirect=noop.js

this blocks both the dark and light versions of the animations so they can't be loaded by the lottie script.

path: "https://www.gstatic.com/youtube/img/lottie/animated_like_icon/animated_like_icon_v2_light.json",
pathDarkTheme: "https://www.gstatic.com/youtube/img/lottie/animated_like_icon/animated_like_icon_v2_dark.json",

Unintended Consequences

the lotte script (likely their animation player) can also be blocked at which also disable animations for the home icon and nothing else

||www.gstatic.com/external_hosted/lottie/lottie_light.js$domain=youtube.com