YouTube

Everything you can change on YouTube.

Hide what you never asked for. Then make what is left look like yours.

A laptop showing the YouTube home page with Minimal Network: a custom wallpaper, a greeting with the date, a floating sidebar and three recommended videos.

Flip a switch.

This is a drawing of YouTube, wired to the real switch names. Press them and watch the page let go.

Clean up

The look

Theme

Then make it yours.

The YouTube look is a glass layout over a picture you choose. Switch it on once, then click any part of the page to change it.

Close-up of the YouTube home page: the date, the words Good morning, Vladislav, and a floating rail of four icons.
Pro

Your wallpaper, and a hello.

Your own picture behind YouTube, the date, your name, and a slim rail where the menu was.

Close-up of the list of next videos as rounded cards with the title on the thumbnail.
Pro

Cards, your way.

The title under the picture or on it.

A row of three recommended videos as rounded cards. There is no Shorts shelf.
Free

A home page without Shorts.

Close-up of the video player with rounded controls sitting on the picture.
Pro

Watch room.

The page dims around the player and takes its colours from the film.

Motion

A thumbnail flies to the player.

Sounds

Few, and quiet. One switch.

Lamp

A warm light, in your colour.

Snow

When you want it.

Every switch, on one sheet.

Thirty-one options. Nothing is hidden behind a settings page.

Clean up

Hide ShortsFree
The shelf on the home page, the sidebar entry and Shorts in search.
Hide recommendedFree
The column of suggested videos beside the player.
Hide commentsFree
The comment section under the video.
Hide end screensFree
The thumbnails laid over the last seconds of a video.
Hide live chatFree
The chat panel on streams and premieres.
Hide merchFree
Merch shelves and product rows under the video.
Hide topic chipsFree
The bar of chips across the top, for a shorter header.
Hide homepage feedFree
A search box and your subscriptions, not a wall of videos.
Block adsFree
On the page and before the video.
Show dislikesFree
The classic like bar, with counts from Return YouTube Dislike.
Smooth videoFree
Plays only the formats your graphics chip decodes.
Clean playerPro
A player with no extra buttons on it.
Hide games & PlayablesPro
Gaming entries, game shelves and Playables.

The YouTube look

Glass layoutPro
A picture behind the page, floating bars and a hero zone.
Your wallpaperPro
Your own image, with the dim and the blur set by you.
GreetingPro
The date and a hello with your name on the home page.
Floating sidebarPro
A rail of icons at the side or along the top, with or without labels.
Video cardsPro
Title under the picture or on the thumbnail; the feed at your width.
Glass panesPro
How blurred and how transparent the panels are.
Watch roomPro
The page dims around the player and follows the film's colours.
LampPro
A warm light over the page, in a colour you pick.
MotionPro
Thumbnails fly to the player; menus and cards open like on a Mac.
SoundsPro
A few quiet sounds for presses and menus.
SnowPro
Snow falling over the page, when you want it.
Lite modePro
The same look with lighter effects, for slower computers.

Design Studio

Eight themesPro
Yellow, OLED, Ember, Aurora, Violet, Moss, Red and Blue.
Your coloursPro
Accent, background, text and icons, each picked separately.
TypefacePro
Eleven typefaces to set the site in.
Corner radiusPro
From square to fully rounded.
Content widthPro
How wide the page is allowed to run.
Reduce motion, high contrastPro
Two switches for a calmer or a sharper page.

Three steps.

  1. 1

    Install

    Add Minimal Network from the Chrome Web Store and pin its icon to the toolbar.

  2. 2

    Open YouTube

    Click the icon and open the YouTube card. Every switch on this page is a row there.

  3. 3

    Click the page

    With the glass layout on, press Customize and click the sidebar, a card or the background to change it.

Make it yours.

Free to start. All of Pro is free for your first day.