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YouTube™ Classic 📺 — (Remove rounded design + Return YouTube dislikes)

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Created at a month ago
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Updated at 8 days ago
Reverts YouTube to its classic design (before all the rounded corners & hidden dislikes) + redirects YouTube Shorts + blocks thumbnail ads
#YouTube
#UI Enhancement
#Ad Filtering
#Redirect
Install Script · v2026.6.10
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Restores classic YouTube UI and blocks thumbnail ads.

[ScriptCat downloads] [License: MIT] [Support: Chrome/Firefox/Edge/Safari/Opera] [CodeFactor grade] [Mentioned in Awesome] [SonarCloud vulnerabilities] [jsDelivr requests]

YouTube Classic restores YouTube back to its glory days of classic aesthetics

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What it does

  • Restores dislike counter so you can judge the quality of content before watching
    (using Anarios' Return YouTube Dislike)


  • Removes rounded corners that seemingly abound for the sake of being round
    (evolved from magma_craft's Non-Rounded YouTube Design)

     Before:

     After:


  • Redirects YouTube Shorts to classic player for increased usability


  • Hides sneaky recommendations from search for more accurate results

  • Reduces excessive animations for faster navigation thus enjoyment of videos

  • Prevents idling to keep tabs from falling asleep for infinite auto-play

  • Blocks thumbnail ads for less clutter when browsing videos

     Before:

     After:




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Script Details
Applicable Sites
LicenseMIT
Browser Compatibility
Permissions & access
Cross-origin access
cdn.jsdelivr.netgm.ytclassic.comscriptcat.orgupdate-gm.ytclassic.com
Capabilities
Menu commandStorageNetwork requests