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YouTube: Remove Videos Based on Duration

Remove too short or too long videos from your YouTube's recommendation

  1. // ==UserScript==
  2. // @name         YouTube: Remove Videos Based on Duration
  3. // @namespace    http://tampermonkey.net/
  4. // @version      0.2
  5. // @description  Remove too short or too long videos from your YouTube's recommendation
  6. // @author       Timothy (kuronek0zero)
  7. // @namespace    https://github.com/kuronekozero/youtube-remove-short-long-videos/tree/main
  8. // @match        https://www.youtube.com/*
  9. // @grant        GM_addStyle
  10. // @license      MIT
  11. // ==/UserScript==
  12.  
  13. (function() {
  14.     const userMinVideoDuration = 120; // Minimum duration in seconds (1 minute)
  15.     // const userMaxVideoDuration = 600; // Maximum duration in seconds (10 minutes) uncomment this part if you want to also remove too long videos
  16.  
  17.     function getDurationInSeconds(durationText) {
  18.         const timeParts = durationText.split(":").map(Number);
  19.         if (timeParts.length === 2) {
  20.             return timeParts[0] * 60 + timeParts[1]; // MM:SS
  21.         } else if (timeParts.length === 3) {
  22.             return timeParts[0] * 3600 + timeParts[1] * 60 + timeParts[2]; // HH:MM:SS
  23.         }
  24.         return 0;
  25.     }
  26.  
  27.     function removeVideos() {
  28.         const videos = document.querySelectorAll('ytd-video-renderer, ytd-grid-video-renderer, ytd-rich-item-renderer');
  29.  
  30.         videos.forEach(video => {
  31.             const durationElement = video.querySelector('.badge-shape-wiz__text');
  32.             if (durationElement) {
  33.                 const durationText = durationElement.textContent.trim();
  34.                 const durationInSeconds = getDurationInSeconds(durationText);
  35.  
  36.                 if (durationInSeconds < userMinVideoDuration /* || durationInSeconds > userMaxVideoDuration */ ) {
  37.                     video.style.display = 'none';
  38.                 }
  39.             }
  40.         });
  41.     }
  42.  
  43.     // Run the script every 3 seconds to remove videos dynamically
  44.     setInterval(removeVideos, 3000);
  45. })();