How to Clean Up YouTube on a MacBook
Patrick Bushe · May 1, 2026
On a MacBook, use Chrome with Ultimate Adblocker. It blocks YouTube's ads, and its YouTube settings can hide Shorts, comments, recommended videos, the Home page videos, live chat, merch shelves and end-screen tiles, and turn off autoplay. Each switch is off until you turn it on, so you only remove what bothers you. It's a Chrome extension, so it doesn't work in Safari.
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