Chrome · Edge · Brave · Opera · Vivaldi
Two sites changed while you weren't looking. Minimal Network puts them back: no Shorts shelf, no recommended column, no trends, no For You tab — just the thing you actually opened the tab for.
Every item below is its own switch. Nothing is decided for you, and nothing is on that you didn't turn on.
Most feed cleaners are a script that waits for the page, finds the thing, and deletes it. You see the Shorts shelf for a beat before it goes — and on every soft navigation, you see it again.
Minimal Network is CSS-first. The rules are injected at
document_start, before the first paint, so what's
hidden was never drawn. A small script handles only what CSS can't
reach on its own — the parts of the page that identify themselves
after the fact — and re-tags them as YouTube and X swap their own
markup around underneath. That is also why it costs you nothing at
runtime: a stylesheet is not a loop.
One payment or none. There is no subscription anywhere in this product, and no account to create for either tier.
| Capability | Free | Pro — $12 once |
|---|---|---|
| X (Twitter) cleanup, every filter | Yes | Yes |
| Wide centred timeline | Yes | Yes |
| YouTube — Shorts, recommended, end screens | Yes | Yes |
| Aurora & Violet themes on X | Yes | Yes |
| Design Studio — colours, fonts, width | — | Yes |
| Renewals | None | None — lifetime key |
The extension runs on youtube.com and x.com / twitter.com and nowhere else. It cannot read another tab, it does not read what you type, watch, post or search, and no page content leaves your browser — ever. Anonymous usage analytics are one checkbox under About, and turning it off stops every request. Full privacy policy →
It removes the Shorts shelf from the homepage, the Shorts entry in the left sidebar, and Shorts results inside search and suggestions. A Shorts URL you open on purpose still plays — the point is to stop being handed them, not to break links. More on the YouTube side →
The cleanup on both sites is free and stays free. Only the Design Studio is Pro: a single $12 payment, no subscription, no renewal, and the key stays valid for the life of the extension.
Both domains are matched, so it works whichever one your browser lands on. More on the X side →
No page content ever leaves your browser. The extension runs only on the two sites it edits, reads nothing you type, watch or post, and its anonymous usage analytics are a single checkbox you can turn off.
No. The cleanup is CSS-first and applied before the page paints, rather than a script polling the page, so hidden elements never appear and then vanish.
Yes. Any Chromium browser that installs extensions from the Chrome Web Store can run it.