Freezetube – Stop Youtube

FreezeTube locks your YouTube homepage feed so it stays exactly as you left

it — no more losing your recommendations every time you click a video and

hit Back.

Most people don't realise YouTube silently refreshes your homepage feed

whenever you return to it. FreezeTube intercepts that refresh and serves

you back the same feed you started with — your picks, not the algorithm's

latest push.

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CORE FEATURES

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-🧊 Freeze Feed

Lock your homepage to a static snapshot. Hit Back from any video and land

exactly where you left off — same videos, same scroll position.

-🔄 New Batch (one-click refresh)

When you're ready for fresh recommendations, one click wipes the freeze and

loads a brand-new feed.

-📜 Unlimited Scroll

In Unlimited mode, scroll naturally through your entire frozen feed. New

batches load as you scroll, and every video you've passed is saved — even

if you refresh Chrome.

-🚫 Block Shorts

Redirect all Shorts links back to the homepage and hide Shorts shelves from

your feed entirely.

-👁 Hide Sidebar Recommendations

Remove the "Up next" panel while watching a video so you can focus on what

you chose to watch, not what YouTube wants you to watch next.

-🎬 Hide End Cards

Strip the clickbait thumbnails that appear in the last 20 seconds of every

video.

-⚙️ Set a Video Limit

Prefer a curated feed? Set a hard cap of 6, 12, or 18 videos — or zero for

a completely blank homepage.

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WHY IT EXISTS

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YouTube's recommendation algorithm is designed to maximise watch time, not

your time. Every refresh is a new optimisation attempt. FreezeTube removes

that variable entirely — you decide when you see new recommendations.

Built for digital minimalists, focus workers, and anyone tired of losing

their place.

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PRIVACY

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FreezeTube stores your settings and your frozen feed locally in your browser.

No data is ever sent to any server. No account required.

Permissions used:

- storage – saves your settings and frozen feed locally

- scripting – injects the freeze logic into YouTube

- tabs – detects when you're on YouTube to apply settings