YouTube,
without the noise.
Block the feed, kill autoplay, set a daily time limit. ZenTube removes every hook that pulls you back in.
Add to Chrome — it's free
I kept opening YouTube for one video and losing the entire evening.
Not once — every single time. Built this because I had to. — Raghav
Simple. Focused. Yours.
One popup. No accounts. No bloat. Just the controls you need.
Three steps. That's it.
Install
One click from the Chrome Web Store. No account, no signup, no permissions beyond YouTube.
Pick a preset
Light, Balanced, or Zen. Or build your own. Takes ten seconds.
Open YouTube
It's already different. The feed is gone. The autoplay is off. The clock is ticking.
Same URL. Different experience.
Open with intention.
on track.
Hide Feed
Remove the homepage entirely. Open YouTube with intention, not because the algorithm invited you.
Daily Time Limit
Set a daily limit in minutes. When time runs out, a full-screen overlay pauses the video and stops the clock.
Disable Autoplay
Every video ends on purpose, not by momentum. You decide what plays next.
Hide Sidebar Videos
Remove the endless "Up Next" sidebar. Watch without being nudged down a rabbit hole.
Hide Shorts
Block Shorts from the feed and remove the sidebar tab. The most addictive format, gone.
Hide Comments
Watch without the noise below. Comments are the original infinite scroll.
Hide Notification Bell
Remove the notification button from the header so urgency doesn't hijack your session.
Hide End Screens
Remove the clickbait end-screen cards that fire up in the last 20 seconds of every video.
Hide Merch
Block the merch shelf that appears below videos. One less distraction, one less purchase.
Light
Just the basics
Balanced
Recommended for most
Zen
Deep focus mode
Set a hard stop.
Mean it.
Pick a daily limit. A countdown timer runs in the corner. When time's up, the video pauses and a full-screen reminder appears. You can always dismiss it — but you'll know.
ZenTube is free forever and open source — every line of code is on GitHub. It also goes further than most with a daily time limit: a countdown timer runs in the corner, and when your limit is up the video pauses and a full-screen overlay stops the clock. No other free extension does this.
Yes. ZenTube is MIT licensed and will always be free — I built it because I needed it, not to make money. If it's saved you some time and you feel like it, buying a coffee is a kind gesture, but there's absolutely no pressure.
No. ZenTube only runs on YouTube and only reads and writes to your browser's local storage. No accounts, no analytics, no external servers. Your data never leaves your device.
Set a limit in minutes from the popup (15m, 30m, 1hr, or custom). A countdown timer appears in the corner of every YouTube tab. When time's up, the video pauses and a full-screen overlay appears. You can dismiss it — but you'll know.
Chrome 105 and above. Any Chromium-based browser (Edge, Brave, Arc) should work — install it via the Chrome Web Store or load unpacked from source.
Have an idea?
Tell us what you'd like ZenTube to do. Feature requests are public — upvote what matters to you.
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