A lightweight script to declutter YouTube by hiding videos for members and videos under a certain view count.
// ==UserScript==
// @name Tidy Tube
// @namespace https://github.com/jaykeny/
// @version 1.4.0
// @description A lightweight script to declutter YouTube by hiding videos for members and videos under a certain view count.
// @author JayKeny
// @match https://www.youtube.com/*
// @grant none
// @run-at document-idle
// ==/UserScript==
// Settings
const SETTINGS = {
hideMembersOnly: true, // hide member videos
minViews: 1000, // hide normal videos under this view count
hideLiveUnder: 100000, // hide live streams with fewer viewers than this
hideOlderThanMonths: 1, // hide videos older than this number of months
hideWatched: true, // hide videos with watched progress bar
hidePlaylists: true, // Hide playlist blocks in the feed
hideFeedNudges: true, // Hide feed nudges like "Looking for something different?"
};
// Translations
const TRANSLATIONS = {
en: {
membersOnly: ["Members only", "Exclusive Access"],
views: /\bviews?\b/i,
noViews: /no views?/i,
watching: /([\d,.]+)\s*(K|M)?\s*watching/i,
ago: /(\d+)\s+(second|minute|hour|day|week|month|year)s?\s+ago/i,
units: {
second: "second",
minute: "minute",
hour: "hour",
day: "day",
week: "week",
month: "month",
year: "year"
}
},
fr: {
membersOnly: ["Réservé aux membres", "Accès exclusif"],
views: /\b(vues?)\b/i,
noViews: /aucune? vue/i,
watching: /([\d,.]+)\s*(K|M)?\s*(personnes)?\s*(regardent|en direct)/i,
ago: /il y a\s+(\d+)\s+(seconde|minute|heure|jour|semaine|mois|an|année)s?/i,
units: {
seconde: "second",
minute: "minute",
heure: "hour",
jour: "day",
semaine: "week",
mois: "month",
an: "year",
année: "year",
ans: "year",
années: "year"
}
}
};
const LANGUAGE = document.documentElement.lang.slice(0, 2) || "en";
const TRANSLATION = TRANSLATIONS[LANGUAGE] || TRANSLATIONS.en;
// Helper function to hide element + parent if applicable
function hideElement(el) {
const parent = el.closest("ytd-rich-item-renderer") || el;
parent.style.display = "none";
parent.style.height = "0";
parent.style.margin = "0";
parent.style.padding = "0";
}
// Helper function to check video age
function isOlderThanMonths(text, months) {
const match = text.match(TRANSLATION.ago);
if (!match) return false;
const value = parseInt(match[1], 10);
const rawUnit = match[2].toLowerCase();
const unit = TRANSLATION.units[rawUnit] || rawUnit;
if (unit === "month" && value >= months) return true;
if (unit === "year") return true;
if (unit === "week" && value / 4 >= months) return true;
if (unit === "day" && value / 30 >= months) return true;
if (unit === "hour" && value / (24 * 30) >= months) return true;
if (unit === "minute" && value / (60 * 24 * 30) >= months) return true;
if (unit === "second" && value / (60 * 60 * 24 * 30) >= months) return true;
return false;
}
// Get view count from the new YouTube layout
function getViewCount(el) {
const viewText = Array.from(el.querySelectorAll('.yt-core-attributed-string, span[role="text"]'))
.map(e => e.textContent.trim())
.find(t => TRANSLATION.views.test(t));
if (!viewText) return null;
// Handle "No views"
if (TRANSLATION.noViews.test(viewText)) return 0;
// Match number before "views"
const match = viewText.match(/([\d,.]+)\s*(K|M)?/i);
if (!match) return null;
let num = parseFloat(match[1].replace(/,/g, ""));
const unit = match[2];
if (unit === "K") num *= 1000;
else if (unit === "M") num *= 1000000;
return num;
}
// Checks if video is watched
function isWatched(el) {
const progressBars = el.querySelectorAll("div.ytThumbnailOverlayProgressBarHostWatchedProgressBar");
for (let bar of progressBars) {
const segment = bar.querySelector("div");
if (segment && parseFloat(segment.style.width) > 0) {
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
// Core filter logic
function filterVideos() {
const isChannelVideosPage = location.pathname.includes("/videos");
// Sections
document.querySelectorAll("ytd-rich-section-renderer").forEach(function (section) {
hideElement(section);
});
// Video pages
document.querySelectorAll("yt-lockup-view-model").forEach(function (section) {
const text = section.textContent;
// Hide members-only videos
if (SETTINGS.hideMembersOnly) {
const isMembersOnly = Array.from(section.querySelectorAll('.yt-badge-shape__text'))
.some(b => b.textContent.trim().toLowerCase().includes("members only"));
if (isMembersOnly || text.includes("Members only")) {
hideElement(section);
return;
}
}
// Hide videos under minViews
const views = getViewCount(section.querySelector('.yt-lockup-view-model__metadata') || section);
if (views !== null && views < SETTINGS.minViews) {
hideElement(section);
return;
}
// Hide live videos under hideLiveUnder
const liveMatch = text.match(/([\d,.]+)\s*(K|M)?\s*watching/i);
if (liveMatch) {
let num = parseFloat(liveMatch[1].replace(/,/g, ""));
const unit = liveMatch[2];
if (unit === "K") num *= 1000;
else if (unit === "M") num *= 1000000;
if (num < SETTINGS.hideLiveUnder) {
hideElement(section);
return;
}
}
// Hide older videos
if (SETTINGS.hideOlderThanMonths && isOlderThanMonths(text, SETTINGS.hideOlderThanMonths)) {
hideElement(section);
return;
}
if (SETTINGS.hideWatched && isWatched(section)) {
hideElement(section);
return;
}
});
// Home
document.querySelectorAll("ytd-rich-item-renderer").forEach(function (el) {
const text = el.textContent;
// Channel Videos tab: only hide members-only content
if (isChannelVideosPage && SETTINGS.hideMembersOnly) {
if (TRANSLATION.membersOnly.some(term => text.toLowerCase().includes(term.toLowerCase())) || el.querySelector(".sponsorThumbnailLabelVisible")) {
hideElement(el);
}
return;
}
// Hide playlists
if (SETTINGS.hidePlaylists) {
const hasPlaylistLink = Array.from(el.querySelectorAll('a')).some(a => a.href.includes('?list=') || a.href.includes('&list='));
if (hasPlaylistLink) {
hideElement(el);
return;
}
}
// Hide "feed nudge" suggestion sections like "Looking for something different?"
if (SETTINGS.hideFeedNudges) {
if (el.querySelector('ytd-feed-nudge-renderer')) {
hideElement(el);
return;
}
}
// Hide members-only videos
if (SETTINGS.hideMembersOnly) {
if (TRANSLATION.membersOnly.some(term => text.toLowerCase().includes(term.toLowerCase())) || el.querySelector(".sponsorThumbnailLabelVisible")) {
hideElement(el);
return;
}
}
// Hide videos under minViews
const views = getViewCount(el);
if (views !== null && views < SETTINGS.minViews) {
hideElement(el);
return;
}
// Hide live videos under hideLiveUnder
const liveMatch = text.match(TRANSLATION.watching);
if (liveMatch) {
let num = parseFloat(liveMatch[1].replace(/,/g, ""));
const unit = liveMatch[2];
if (unit === "K") num *= 1000;
else if (unit === "M") num *= 1000000;
if (num < SETTINGS.hideLiveUnder) {
hideElement(el);
return;
}
}
// Hide videos older than specified months
if (SETTINGS.hideOlderThanMonths && isOlderThanMonths(text, SETTINGS.hideOlderThanMonths)) {
hideElement(el);
return;
}
// Hide watched videos
if (SETTINGS.hideWatched && isWatched(el)) {
hideElement(el);
return;
}
});
}
// Run once and then watch for DOM changes
filterVideos();
const observer = new MutationObserver((mutations) => {
for (let mutation of mutations) {
if (mutation.type === "childList" && mutation.addedNodes.length > 0) {
filterVideos();
}
}
});
observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });