Remove YouTube Playables

A simple script to remove the YouTube Playables section from the homepage.

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

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.

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

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// ==UserScript==
// @name         Remove YouTube Playables
// @namespace    http://tampermonkey.net/
// @version      v0.0.1
// @description  A simple script to remove the YouTube Playables section from the homepage.
// @author       Static Codes
// @match        https://www.youtube.com/
// @match        https://www.youtube.com/?app=desktop
// @icon         https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?sz=64&domain=youtube.com
// @license      MIT
// @grant        none
// ==/UserScript==

(function() {
    'use strict';

    // Source - https://stackoverflow.com/a/29754070
    // Posted by Etienne Tonnelier, modified by community. See post 'Timeline' for change history
    // Retrieved 2026-07-11, License - CC BY-SA 4.0

    function waitForElementToDisplay(selector, callback, checkFrequencyInMs, timeoutInMs) {
        var startTimeInMs = Date.now();
        (function loopSearch() {
            if (document.querySelector(selector) != null) {
                callback();
                return;
            }
            else {
                setTimeout(function () {
                    if (timeoutInMs && Date.now() - startTimeInMs > timeoutInMs) { throw new Error("Youtube playable banner not loaded."); }
                    loopSearch();
                }, checkFrequencyInMs);
            }
        })();
    }

    var checkFrequencyInMs = 1000;
    var timeoutInMs = 10000;

    waitForElementToDisplay("ytd-rich-section-renderer",function(){
        var elements = document.getElementsByTagName("ytd-rich-section-renderer");

        var elementToRemove = null;

        for (var i=0; i < elements.length; i++) {
            if (elements[i].outerText.startsWith("YouTube Playables")) { elementToRemove = elements[i]; }
        }

        if (elementToRemove === null) { throw new Error("Youtube playable banner not found."); }

        try {
            elementToRemove.remove();
            console.log("[Youtube Playables Removed]: true");
        }
        catch (e) {
            console.log("[Youtube Playables Removed]: false");
            console.error(e);
        }
    },checkFrequencyInMs,timeoutInMs);
})();