Block Shorts, hide recommendations, and auto-enforce HD/4K quality. Browse YouTube on your own terms — no distractions, no tracking.
Twelve focused toggles that put you back in control of how you experience YouTube.
Completely removes Shorts shelves, reels, and navigation entries across the entire YouTube interface.
Clears the recommendation grid so you visit YouTube intentionally — not because the algorithm pulled you in.
Removes related video suggestions while watching, so you finish what you came for instead of clicking into a rabbit hole.
Enforces your chosen resolution on every video automatically — 720p, 1080p, 1440p or 4K. Works on embedded videos too.
Set a default speed from 0.25× to 3× and have it applied automatically on every video you open.
Hides end screens, watermarks, info cards and pause overlays so nothing interrupts your viewing experience.
Automatically collapses live chat on streams so you can focus on the content.
Blurs all thumbnails until you hover, reducing impulsive clicking triggered by clickbait imagery.
Hides subscriber counts, like counts, and comments — the metrics designed to trigger comparison and anxiety.
Pauses video when you open a new tab directly to a watch page, so you consciously choose to press play.
Redirects channel home pages straight to the Videos tab, skipping the featured/promoted content.
Built-in feedback button links directly to GitHub Issues or email — making it easy to report problems.
No accounts, no sign-in, no configuration files. One click and it's working.
Add Lucent from the Chrome Web Store with a single click. No permissions beyond YouTube are requested.
Click the Lucent icon in your toolbar. All blocking features are on by default — you can turn off anything you don't want.
Pick your preferred resolution and playback speed from the dropdowns. They'll apply automatically on every video.
Settings save instantly and sync across your signed-in Chrome devices. YouTube stays distraction-free everywhere.
Lucent has no backend, no analytics, no telemetry. Everything stays on your device.
Your browsing history, watch history, and identity are never accessed or stored.
The extension never makes network requests to any server. It only communicates with YouTube's own page.
No usage statistics, crash reports, or telemetry of any kind are ever collected.
Your preferences are stored using chrome.storage.sync — synced only across your own signed-in Chrome devices.
Lucent only activates on youtube.com and youtube-nocookie.com. It has no access to any other website.
Every line of code is publicly available on GitHub. You can verify exactly what the extension does.
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Free forever. No account needed. Works in seconds.