# FocusTube: Hide YT Shorts — Feed Filter for Safari

> Feed Filter for Safari (iPhone/iPad app by Mikhail Andrewywvich Chekalin.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/focustube-hide-yt-shorts/id6818523206 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Mikhail Andrewywvich Chekalin](https://appshunter.io/developer/1802495786)
- Category: Productivity, Utilities
- Price: $2.99
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 16.0 · 15 MB
- Languages: Australian English, Arabic, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Canadian French, German (Germany), Greek and 22 more
- Released: 2026-10-11
- Data updated: 2026-11-10

## What is FocusTube?

Hide Shorts, the home feed, recommendations and comments on YT in Safari. Search and playback stay available.

Safari · iPhone, iPad

Enable FocusTube in Safari’s extension settings and allow it on YT. Choose filters and pause duration in the FocusTube extension menu in Safari.

What to hide:
• Hide home feed
• Hide short videos
• Hide video recommendations
• Hide comments
• Hide ads

FocusTube hides recognized ad blocks and skips video ads when the Skip button is available. Some video ads may still appear.

Pause duration: 5 minutes, 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, 2 hours, Until I resume.

FocusTube changes the existing YT webpage; it does not replace the player. Website layout changes can affect which sections are hidden. Unknown layouts are left usable.

Your switch settings and pause deadline stay on this device. FocusTube does not collect watch history, search queries, video titles or account identifiers. No account, analytics or page upload to a developer server.

FocusTube does not modify the YT app or download videos. It is an independent extension with no affiliation to the video platform operator.

Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

## Is FocusTube safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess FocusTube.

## Is FocusTube legit?

FocusTube: Hide YT Shorts appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for FocusTube is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.1 — 2026-11-09

Minor improvements.

### 1.0.0 — 2026-11-06

No release notes.

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