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TL;DR YouTube Music users have long requested an official blocking feature to block songs, artists, and albums.
A new, unofficial, open-source browser extension called YTM Block finally delivers this blocking capability by auto-skipping over blocked tracks and removing blocked artists from the homepage.
However, because it is a browser extension, it cannot fix filtering issues in the official YouTube Music Android and iOS apps.
If there is one hill YouTube Music users are collectively prepared to die on, it is the lack of a proper “Block Artist” button. For years, the community has begged, pleaded, and mass-upvoted threads asking for a simple way to permanently mute specific musicians or tracks from their auto-generated feeds. Yet, Google has consistently given them the cold shoulder. If you’re open to taking matters into your own hands, this unofficial YouTube Music extension brings block-like functionality to the streaming service, at least on some platforms.
YTM Block, by Reddit user Kakeroth, is an open-source browser extension for Chrome and Firefox. With YTM Block, users can right-click to block any artist, song, or album.
Whenever blocked content comes up for play next, the extension auto-skips it. It also flags blocked songs in your Up Next queue before they play, so you can see exactly what’s being filtered. Taking it a step further, the extension also filters blocked artists from your home page recommendations.
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The extension claims to handle everything locally on your machine. Nothing is said to be tracked, logged, or sent to an external server, so your personal list of banned artists and tracks stays in your browser’s storage.
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