Removes shorts and community posts from the YouTube homepage
// ==UserScript==
// @name YT-no-shorts-no-posts
// @namespace http://tampermonkey.net/
// @version 2025-04-21
// @description Removes shorts and community posts from the YouTube homepage
// @author You
// @include *://*.youtube.com*
// @icon https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?sz=64&domain=youtube.com
// @grant none
// @license GNU GPLv3
// ==/UserScript==
(function() {
'use strict';
function getElementByXpath(path) {
return document.evaluate(path, document, null, XPathResult.FIRST_ORDERED_NODE_TYPE, null).singleNodeValue;
}
function removeElementsByXpath(path) {
let element = getElementByXpath(path); // Select elements by class
element.remove(); // Remove each element
}
const observer = new MutationObserver(() => removeElementsByXpath('//ytd-rich-shelf-renderer[@is-shorts=""]/../..'));
observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });
const observer2 = new MutationObserver(() => removeElementsByXpath('//span[.="Latest YouTube posts"]/../../../../../../../../..'));
observer2.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });
})();