How to Turn YouTube into a Productive Platform
Patrick Bushe · May 1, 2026
YouTube is easier to use for learning when it only shows what you came for. In Ultimate Adblocker's YouTube settings, turn on "Hide Shorts", "Hide comments", "Hide recommended videos" and "Hide Home page videos", and "Turn off autoplay". YouTube is then a search box and a player: you find videos by searching or from your subscriptions, and each one stops when it ends. You can turn any switch back off when you want to browse.
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