Swiyde blacks out every YouTube thumbnail so clickbait and recommendations can't derail your session. Click a cover to reveal only the video you came for — perfect for staying in focus mode while you learn and revise for exams.
Toggle on and off from any page with Alt + B
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Whether you're watching a lecture or revising for exams, Swiyde keeps every distracting thumbnail out of sight until you choose otherwise.
Home feed, search, sidebar, playlists, channel pages, and Shorts shelves — all blacked out with a solid overlay.
Uncover a single thumbnail without opening the video. The click is intercepted, so you never fall into autoplay.
A MutationObserver re-covers lazy-loaded thumbnails automatically, while the ones you revealed stay revealed.
Flip Swiyde on or off from the popup, or hit Alt+B anywhere. Your choice is remembered across restarts.
No accounts, no tracking, no network calls. The only permission is local storage to remember your on/off state.
Available now on the Chrome Web Store, built with the standard WebExtension APIs. Support for more browsers is on the way.
How it works
No setup, no configuration. Install it and YouTube changes the moment you open it.
Install Swiyde from the Chrome Web Store in one click — no setup or configuration needed.
Every thumbnail is instantly replaced with a clean black cover bearing the red Swiyde curve.
Click a cover to show that one video, or press Alt+B to switch everything off.
Free and privacy-first. Join 4,000+ students using Swiyde to stay in focus mode and make YouTube quiet again.