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YouTube users get option to set their Shorts time limit to zero minutes

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Re: YouTube users get option to set their Shorts time limit to zero minutes

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Post by user3939382 »

I’ve never once told YouTube I wanted Playables and declined, yet tracked every time I was asked for over a year:

March 19, 2025 - 8:31 PM

April 9 - 4:09 PM

April 24 - 8 AM

May 9 - 5:33 PM

May 20 - 2:07 PM

June 8 - 5:10 PM

July 9 - 6:59 PM

August 9 - 5:14 PM

September 8 - 8:45 PM

November 9 - 8:47 PM

December 9 - 8:48 PM

Jan 8, 2026 - 9:28 PM

Feb 7 — 11:11 PM

March 10 - 9:18 PM

April 10 - 1:10 AM

I’ve also noticed “Auto play next video” once a year or so automatically enabled. Shorts also come up regardless of dismissal though less so than Playables.

Re: YouTube users get option to set their Shorts time limit to zero minutes

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Post by x3n0ph3n3 »

Brian_K_White wrote: post #28
x3n0ph3n3 wrote: post #18

Just use uBlock origin and this filter: https://github.com/i5heu/ublock-hide-yt-shorts

Gladly. How do I do that on my roku?

If you're using a native YouTube app, you've already lost the battle.

Re: YouTube users get option to set their Shorts time limit to zero minutes

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Post by kirubakaran »

Cider9986 wrote: post #35

Before I quit YouTube, this was my setup. Brave Shields[1] - Adblock SponsorBlock[2] - Crowd-sourced skip sponsored segments DeArrow[3] - Make thumbnails not clickbait UnTrap[4] - Remove shorts and make UI amazing. Return Youtube Dislike[5] I deleted my Google account and now occasionally use Invidious with LibRedirect[6] to watch YT videos. Importing subscriptions into Invidious was a helpful stepping stone. [1] htt…

Very cool, thanks! I've been using SponsorBlock for a long time. This is the first time I'm hearing about DeArrow and I paid for it. That guy is doing incredible work.

Re: YouTube users get option to set their Shorts time limit to zero minutes

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Post by samxli »

savanaly wrote: post #8

>YouTube now lets you turn off Shorts No it doesn't. If you were hoping it would mean you don't see shorts when you visit the Youtube home page, that's not what this is. I just tried the thing mentioned in the article-- set my Shorts time limit to 0 minutes. What it does is make it so if you click a short from somewhere the short plays, but then if you try to swipe to the next one it hits you with the "You reached yo…

It’s still working for me tho. Could it be a different app version?

Re: YouTube users get option to set their Shorts time limit to zero minutes

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Post by b00ty4breakfast »

I think there used to be a ublock filter to hide ytshorts but I haven't used youtube in a while at this so I can't be sure I'm not imagining it.

This is obviously not helpful if you use a smartTV or the app, in which case I would recommend using one of the third party apps like newpipe or whatever the smarttv 3p app is called

Re: YouTube users get option to set their Shorts time limit to zero minutes

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Post by everyone »

I wouldn't have a a problem with shorts, in fact I definitely want to watch any videos from people I'm subscribed to be it short or otherwise. But core features are missing from shorts, like it doesnt even say what channel each short is from. So I've had a ublock filter for them forever.

Re: YouTube users get option to set their Shorts time limit to zero minutes

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Post by registeredcorn »

Cider9986 wrote: post #35

Before I quit YouTube, this was my setup. Brave Shields[1] - Adblock SponsorBlock[2] - Crowd-sourced skip sponsored segments DeArrow[3] - Make thumbnails not clickbait UnTrap[4] - Remove shorts and make UI amazing. Return Youtube Dislike[5] I deleted my Google account and now occasionally use Invidious with LibRedirect[6] to watch YT videos. Importing subscriptions into Invidious was a helpful stepping stone. [1] htt…

When you say "quit YouTube", do you mean you replaced it with a different service? Or do you simply mean you deleted your account?

I've been hoping for more competition on alternative platforms, but everything that I've tried has failed to reach any kind of reasonable user base.

Lots of bot videos. A few schizo uploads. Stolen movies, etc. It feels like the earliest versions of YouTube and it's been a struggle to put up with. Most of them went under at some point or another, too.

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