YouTube filtering
Filter recognized ad data and use available Skip buttons.
Some ads may still get through.
SafeBlock filters recognized player ad data, hides ad panels, and presses YouTube’s own Skip button when available. Skipping does not prevent an ad from downloading.
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Playback controls
No jumping through the main video, changing playback speed, or adjusting your volume. Reload YouTube after turning filtering on or off.
No watch history collected
Filtering happens on supported YouTube domains. No player responses, video identifiers, or account data are saved or sent.
What this experimental feature can do
Unfamiliar player formats, ads mixed into video streams, and anti-adblock interruptions may remain. Creator sponsorships are not removed. This is not equivalent to a mature, continuously maintained YouTube blocker.
The feature uses website access already granted for cookie rejection. Without that access, Chrome requests access to the supported YouTube domains. Removing shared website access through cookie settings also disables this module.
The network pause control and website exceptions do not disable this separate module. Player filtering and Skip actions are not added to blocked-request totals.
Turning it off restores modified player functions where possible. Reload also clears already-filtered player data.
Help and limitations