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TubeStopper
A password protected parental control extension for YouTube.
Blocks all content by default and only shows channels you've whitelisted.
Add to Chrome
Works with Chromium, Edge, Brave, Opera, and Vivaldi
Add to Firefox
Works with LibreWolf, Waterfox, Floorp, Zen, and Mullvad Browser
How it works
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Block by default
All YouTube content is hidden until you as a parent add it to the whitelist.
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Whitelist channels
Add safe channels with one click. Only whitelisted content appears on YouTube.
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Password protected
Settings are locked behind a password - kids can only watch what their parents allow them to watch.
Features
- ✓ Blocks videos, Shorts, search results, and sidebar recommendations
- ✓ Hides the left navigation sidebar (no browsing categories)
- ✓ Pauses video playback on blocked watch pages
- ✓ Currently works on Chrome and Chromium (Edge, Brave, Firefox to follow)
- ✓ No data collection — everything stays in your browser
Password-protected features
- ✓ Quick-whitelist button for parents looking for suitable channels to whitelist
- ✓ Whitelisting a video from one channel whitelists ALL the videos from that channel — no need to add one video at a time
- ✓ Import and export whitelist (JSON)