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Re:uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts by NoahZuniga on Saturday February 14, 2026 @06:09PM (#47019341)
This is not true. You can in fact block specific channels. From YouTube support[1]: > On certain pages, such as your Home and Watch Next pages, find a video from a channel that you don’t want recommended to you.

> Click More next to the video title.

> Select Don't recommend channel .

[1]: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6342839?hl=en

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Re:uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts by calmbonsai on Saturday February 14, 2026 @06:21PM (#47019442)
This is also not true and hasn't been so for years. One can set a preference to "not recommend", but one can not explicitly block any channel.

Depending on your particular "preference constellation's weights" (over which you have no direct control), you can, in fact, be shown videos from that channel again.

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Re:uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts by SoftTalker on Saturday February 14, 2026 @10:00PM (#47020646)
Or they just launch another channel. I've had to block about a dozen channels by that bald bearded guy with the glasses.
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Re:uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts by RsAaNtDoYsIhSi on Saturday February 14, 2026 @10:27PM (#47020779)
The one with the really high quality crystal methamphetamine?

I actually liked him before he got gakked on the sauce.

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Re:uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts by slater on Saturday February 14, 2026 @10:32PM (#47020799)
VS__ce?
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Re:uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts by driverdan on Saturday February 14, 2026 @07:40PM (#47019973)
You can block from recommendations but there's either a fixed length with the oldest bumped off or it resets. I have to reblock stuff all the time.
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Re:uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts by 587687646343767 on Saturday February 14, 2026 @09:52PM (#47020608)
I, too, believe anything Google says and deny the evidence in front of my eyes.
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