AdBlock for YouTube™
Video Ad Shield - AdBlock for Youtube™
Stop ads on YouTube™ - block video ads, pre-roll, banners, and overlays for a cleaner watch.
Video Ad Shield quietly skips skippable player ads, clears banner and overlay promos, and cuts down on autoplay nags and pop-up style interruptions. Turn protection on or off from the toolbar - no setup beyond install. Not affiliated with Google or YouTube.
Single purpose: block video ads on streaming pages. Not affiliated with Google or YouTube. No remote code.
Screenshots
3 preview images from the Chrome Web Store
Highlights
Built for a single purpose: block video ads on streaming pages so watching stays about the video.
Key features
From skippable player ads to banner cleanup, everything focuses on fewer streaming interruptions.
- Skips skippable ads in the video player so you can get to the content
- Clears banner and overlay promos that shove the player aside
- Cuts down on noisy autoplay nags and pop-up style interruptions
- Keeps the page about the video, not the ads, for everyday watching
- Turn protection on or off from the toolbar whenever you want
- No setup beyond installing the extension
- Enabled state is remembered locally between sessions
- Ad counter helps you see what protection is doing
- declarativeNetRequest blocks advertising network requests by rules
- Cleanup scripts are injected into video pages when needed
- Host matching helps target video site ads and trackers
- Finds open streaming tabs after install so protection can apply quickly
- Not affiliated with Google or YouTube
- Sites change layouts often, so what gets caught can shift over time
- Built for everyday watching rather than perfection on every edge case
- No remote code in the extension package
- Install AdBlock for YouTube™ from the Chrome Web Store.
- Open a streaming page such as YouTube and start a video.
- Leave protection on from the toolbar for fewer ad interruptions.
- Toggle the extension off anytime if you need an unfiltered page.
- Check the ad counter in the toolbar UI to see recent blocks.
storage
Saves the enabled state and ad counter locally on your device.
scripting
Injects cleanup scripts into video pages to clear ads and overlays.
tabs
Finds open streaming tabs after install so protection can apply to them.
declarativeNetRequest
Blocks advertising network requests according to extension rules.
Host permission
Matches video site ads and trackers so blocking and cleanup can run on streaming pages.