YouTube is an excellent resource for videos. It started the legacy of video sharing on the internet. Whenever we want to watch anything, we instantly open our YouTube application and search for it. The platform is simple, easy, and holds immense content. However, there may be content on YouTube which you may want to block for specific reasons. The content may be mature or maybe it hinders your productivity.
So, if you want to block a particular video on YouTube, this can be the perfect guide to learning how to do it.
So, Can You Block A Particular Video On YouTube
Through YouTube settings, it is not possible.
We don’t have this feature from YouTube. YouTube allows blocking based on content maturity and blocking of entire channels. But no feature for blocking a particular video.
So, how to do it? Let’s check!
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How To Block Certain Video On YouTube
As YouTube is not providing any feature to block videos, we can use one Chrome extension to perform this task.
The extension is “Video Blocker for YouTube”
Here is the link to the extension: Video Blocker For YouTube
So, here are the steps you can follow to block a particular video on YouTube
- STEP 1: Download the Chrome extension from the link above.
- STEP 2: Click on Videos
- STEP 3: You will find different options to block videos on YouTube.
The options include blocking videos using- Title or keyword
- Block from a YouTube channel
- Block videos using tags
- Block videos that contain a specific description
- STEP 4: Choose this option to block videos using a particular video link
- STEP 5: Enter the YouTube video URL you want to block and click on “Save”.
- STEP 6: Once you have saved it, if you try to access the video, it will show something like this.
This will help you block a certain video from YouTube.
Some Frequently Asked Questions
I cannot take responsibility for the safety of using this extension. However, this extension is doing nothing but only blocking a certain URL in your browser. As per the developers, the extensions wouldn’t use your data in any manner.
For some users, it will show up in suggestions. And for some users, it won’t show up in suggestions. But, in both cases, if you click on the link the video won’t play and show the status as blocked.
No. The extensions given in this article will only help you to block videos from your YouTube browsing on your Desktop.
Yes. YouTube provides you to block videos on the basis of
- Age group and mature content
- Channels
- YouTube Kids for videos with no mature content.
But no feature to block a particular video.
Yes. The best extension I can recommend is BlockTube.
Also, I cannot take responsibility for the data usage of this extension. Please review the policies for this extension also.
Bottom Line
As YouTube has not rolled out any feature to block a certain video from its platform, this is the closest method you can implement. Yes, it involves a third-party application. But all other methods of blocking are only allowing to block complete YouTube channels or every video that is under the “maturity” category. So, this extension comes to our rescue.