A Tampermonkey userscript that lets you quickly hide videos from your YouTube subscriptions feed while optionally opening them in a background tab.
- Left-click on a video thumbnail: Opens the video in a background tab and automatically hides it from your feed using YouTube's native "Hide" function.
- Right-click on a video thumbnail: Hides the video from your feed without opening it.
- Works on both static thumbnails and floating video preview overlays.
- Shows a progress bar on the undo dialog — you have 5 seconds to click "Undo" before the video card is removed from the page.
- Uses YouTube's own hide/dismiss mechanism, so hidden videos are remembered by YouTube across sessions.
- Install Tampermonkey in your browser.
- Click on the userscript file
hide-youtube-video.user.jsor create a new script in Tampermonkey and paste the contents. - Navigate to your YouTube Subscriptions page.
| Action | Thumbnail behavior |
|---|---|
| Left-click | Opens video in background tab + hides from feed |
| Right-click | Hides from feed only |
After hiding, an undo dialog with a countdown bar appears. Click "Undo" within 5 seconds to restore the video.
- Tampermonkey (or a compatible userscript manager that supports
GM_openInTab) - Works on:
https://www.youtube.com/feed/subscriptions*
GM_openInTab— Used to open videos in a background tab without stealing focus.
MIT