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

You already use uBlockOrigin to block ads. But when you go to news sites, or browse your social media channels, you realize: the content isn't ads. It doesn't get blocked. Yet the face of Burf¹ keeps appearing on your news sites and social media sites. Seeing his face everywhere you go online is starting to affect your mental health.

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.

##img[src*="burf" i]
##img[alt*="burf" i]
##a[href*="burf" i] picture
##a[href*="burf" i] img
##a[title*="burf" i] picture
##a[title*="burf" i] img
##source[srcset*="burf" i]

Then tap on “Apply changes”, and voilà! Burf's face should be gone from most sites you visit.

This trick won't remove all the images with Burf's face from the web, but hopefully it will cut it down a lot.

¹ If you are fine seeing the faces of Burf, but it's someone else whose face you can't see anymore, just replace burf with the name of the person.

#uBlockOrigin