Last updated: 15th July 2025
1. Overview
YouTube Focus Mode is a Chrome extension designed to help users reduce distractions on YouTube by hiding Shorts, homepage videos, and related video suggestions. Your privacy is important to us, and this policy explains what data we collect and how we handle it.
2. What Information We Collect
We do not collect or store any personal data.
- The extension does not track, store, or transmit your browsing history or YouTube usage.
- No analytics or external services are used within this extension.
- All user settings (e.g., which elements to hide) are stored locally using Chrome’s
storage.syncAPI and are only accessible by the extension itself.
3. How Permissions Are Used
storage: Used to remember your toggle settings/preferences.- Host permission (
*://*.youtube.com/*): Required to read and modify the YouTube page structure in real-time so the extension can hide selected distractions. The extension does not read or store any user content on the page.
4. Data Sharing
We do not share, sell, or transmit any data to any third party.
5. Security
The extension does not access or transfer sensitive information. It only interacts with the structure of YouTube pages to remove specified elements. Your preferences are stored securely in your browser’s sync/local storage.
6. Changes to This Policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. Any changes will be reflected on this page with an updated date.
7. Contact
If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy policy or the extension, please contact us at:
📧 varun.shihara@gmail.com