I enjoy watching videos on YouTube. I actually pay for YouTube Premium to get ad-free content. But every time I read the comments or live chats, or scroll down the video suggestions on the side of the video, or the overlays at the end, I regret ever wasting my brain cells on them. It would have been better if I hadn't seen them in the first place.

A while ago, I realized: I could just block those distractions like I block ads, and give myself a pure video viewing experience.

Here's what you can do:

• Fire up your uBlockOrigin dashboard
• Tap on “My Filters” tab.
• Type in the following in the custom filter list.

www.youtube.com###chat-container
www.youtube.com###comments
www.youtube.com###infocards-section
www.youtube.com###teaser-carousel
www.youtube.com##.yt-playability-error-supported-renderers.style-scope
www.youtube.com##.ytp-endscreen-content
www.youtube.com##ytd-video-description-course-section-renderer.ytd-structured-description-content-renderer.style-scope
www.youtube.com##ytd-watch-next-secondary-results-renderer.ytd-watch-flexy.style-scope
www.youtube.com##.ytd-rich-section-renderer.style-scope > .ytd-feed-nudge-renderer.style-scope
www.youtube.com##.ytd-video-description-infocards-section-renderer.style-scope.yt-spec-button-view-model
www.youtube.com###expandable-metadata > .ytd-watch-flexy.style-scope
www.youtube.com##ytd-shelf-renderer.ytd-item-section-renderer.style-scope
www.youtube.com##.ytp-ce-element

This should remove all the things that distract you as you watch videos on YouTube. No more comment or chat. No more suggestions on the side. No more suggestions at the end of the video either.

#uBlockOrigin #YouTube