Shorts remover

Removes Shorts button and tabs from youtube.com

Du musst eine Erweiterung wie Tampermonkey, Greasemonkey oder Violentmonkey installieren, um dieses Skript zu installieren.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Userscripts to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

Sie müssten eine Skript Manager Erweiterung installieren damit sie dieses Skript installieren können

(Ich habe schon ein Skript Manager, Lass mich es installieren!)

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

(I already have a user style manager, let me install it!)

// ==UserScript==
// @name         Shorts remover
// @namespace    http://tampermonkey.net/
// @version      1.2.4
// @description  Removes Shorts button and tabs from youtube.com
// @author       Filodelphia
// @match        https://www.youtube.com/*
// @icon         https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?sz=64&domain=youtube.com
// @grant        GM_addStyle
// @license      MIT
// ==/UserScript==

(function() {
    'use strict';

    /*************************************************
     *  CSS: hide any loader we mark as "stuck"
     *************************************************/
    GM_addStyle(`
        ytd-continuation-item-renderer.yt-hidden-loader {
            display: none !important;
            visibility: hidden !important;
            height: 0 !important;
            margin: 0 !important;
            padding: 0 !important;
        }
    `);

    // Your code here...
    function autoRemove(selector) {
        console.log('Auto-removal enabled for selector:', selector);

        function removeMatchesInRoot(root) {
            if (!root || !(root instanceof Element || root instanceof Document || root instanceof DocumentFragment)) {
                return;
            }

            const elements = root.querySelectorAll(selector);
            if (elements.length > 0) {
                elements.forEach(el => el.remove());
                console.log(`Removed ${elements.length} element(s) matching: ${selector}`);
            }
        }

        // 1. Initial cleanup on the whole document
        removeMatchesInRoot(document);

        // 2. Observe DOM changes and remove matches as they appear
        const observer = new MutationObserver(mutations => {
            mutations.forEach(mutation => {
                // Check newly added nodes
                mutation.addedNodes.forEach(node => {
                    if (!(node instanceof Element)) return;

                    // Case 1: the added node itself matches the selector
                    if (node.matches && node.matches(selector)) {
                        console.log('Removing newly added node matching:', selector);
                        node.remove();
                        return;
                    }

                    // Case 2: the added node contains matching elements
                    removeMatchesInRoot(node);
                });
            });
        });

        observer.observe(document.body, {
            childList: true,
            subtree: true,
        });

        // Optional: return observer in case you ever want to stop it
        return observer;
    }


    /*************************************************
     * Smart loader hider:
     * If a continuation loader has a NORMAL video/video-grid item after it,
     * the loader is no longer needed → hide it.
     *************************************************/
    function setupLoaderHider() {
        const CONTENT_SELECTORS = [
            'ytd-rich-item-renderer',
            'ytd-video-renderer',
            'ytd-grid-video-renderer',
            'ytd-compact-video-renderer'
        ].join(', ');

        const isVideoItem = el => el && el.matches && el.matches(CONTENT_SELECTORS);

        const observer = new MutationObserver(() => {
            const loaders = document.querySelectorAll('ytd-continuation-item-renderer');

            loaders.forEach(loader => {
                let next = loader.nextElementSibling;
                if(next == null) exit;

                loader.classList.add('yt-hidden-loader');
            });
        });

        observer.observe(document.body, {
            childList: true,
            subtree: true
        });
    }


    autoRemove('[title="Shorts"]');
    autoRemove('ytd-rich-section-renderer');
    autoRemove('ytd-reel-shelf-renderer');
    // Special handling for continuation loader
    setupLoaderHider();
})();