uBlock YouTube filters

Here is a list of what i used in uBlock Origin. Maybe it will help someone :smile: .

Code:

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!Remove YouTube annotations
||youtube.com/annotations

!Remove YouTube message "You're signed out of YouTube"
youtube.com##ytd-popup-container:has-text(You're signed out of YouTube)

!Remove YouTube recommended videos at the end of video
youtube.com##.ytp-ce-element
youtube.com##.ytp-ce-covering-overlay
youtube.com##.ytp-ce-element-shadow
youtube.com##.ytp-ce-covering-image
youtube.com##.ytp-ce-expanding-image
youtube.com##.ytp-ce-element.ytp-ce-video.ytp-ce-element-show
youtube.com##.ytp-ce-element.ytp-ce-channel.ytp-ce-channel-this
youtube.com##.ytp-pause-overlay
youtube.com##.videowall-endscreen
youtube.com##.ytp-ce-element-show
youtube.com##.ytp-cards-teaser
youtube.com##.ytp-cards-button
youtube.com##.iv-click-target

!Remove YouTube recommended videos in the playlist
youtube.com##div.content-wrapper:if(span:has-text(/^Recommended/))
youtube.com##li.video-list-item:if(span:has-text(/^Recommended/))

!Remove YouTube "Related Videos"
www.youtube.com##.ytp-suggestion-set.ytp-videowall-still

! Remove "Changes to YouTube’s Terms of Service"
www.youtube.com##.ytd-popup-container.style-scope > .ytd-popup-container.style-scope

! Remove "A privacy reminder from YouTube"
www.youtube.com###ticker > .ytd-masthead.style-scope
www.youtube.com###alert-banner > .ytd-browse.style-scope

! 8/4/2019 https://www.google.com | A privacy reminder from Google
www.google.com##.vk_c.yAVMkd

! 8/4/2019 https://www.google.com | Looking for english results?
www.google.com###Rzn5id

! 8/8/2019 https://www.youtube.com | Youtube Join
www.youtube.com###contentWrapper > .ytd-popup-container.style-scope

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!Remove YouTube message "You're signed out of YouTube"

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There was a time when I used YouTube and most other big services with cookies disabled, which made something like this absolutely essential (I used custom CSS written by me, since uBlock and others didn't exist at the time).

Don't forget the "try Music for Desktop free for one month" and "how is YouTube today?" popups.

I have been using also SponsorBlock add-on , it works like a charm removing sponsor content from videos.

https://sponsor.ajay.app/

YouTube is taking active measures against ad blockers as of last week or so. Not sure if it's just a test or they plan on rolling it out to everyone (or how effective they think that would be).

I've never seen any ads on embedded videos, but not everything allows embedding.

Purging cache then updating filters of uBlock whenever you get that annoying popup seems to work for now

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Originally Posted by deforest6170

Purging cache then updating filters of uBlock whenever you get that annoying popup seems to work for now

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agree with you. It works for me. Also following this Reddit guide https://www.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigi..._12_2023_mega/

i'm usually using invidious but the following ublock and umatrix rules work for me with firefox. i have the usual filter lists loaded in ublock but none in umatrix. with these settings i never got ads or popups.

ublock:

Code:

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* fonts.googleapis.com * block
* googleusercontent.com * block

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umatrix:

Code:

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* fonts.googleapis.com * block
* google.com * block
* gstatic.com * block
youtube.com consent.google.com frame allow
youtube.com consent.youtube.com frame allow
youtube.com googlevideo.com media allow
youtube.com googlevideo.com xhr allow
youtube.com youtube.com cookie allow
youtube.com youtube.com other allow
youtube.com youtube.com script allow
youtube.com youtube.com xhr allow

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I must be the only one who doesn't use any content blockers :wtinfoil: Although I have some stuff in my hosts file.

Purging cache isn't working for me anymore. Google is shutting down any and all workarounds.

I have yet to see any ads in embeds, and sometimes you can also watch restricted videos that way, though I expect both things to get patched at some point.

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Originally Posted by hodor

Purging cache isn't working for me anymore. Google is shutting down any and all workarounds.

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This youtube cat and mouse game is getting tiresome.