Unhook vs News Feed Eradicator — which one should I install?

Unhook if you primarily want to control YouTube — it gives you individual toggles for homepage feed, Shorts, sidebar, end-screen cards, and autoplay. News Feed Eradicator if you want a single-click nuclear option across multiple platforms: Facebook, Twitter/X, YouTube, Reddit, LinkedIn, and Instagram, replacing every algorithmic feed with a quote.

Does News Feed Eradicator work on YouTube?

Yes. News Feed Eradicator removes the YouTube homepage recommendation grid and replaces it with a quote. Unhook gives more granular control — you can hide just the Shorts shelf, or just end-screen recommendations, without hiding the homepage entirely.

Can I use Unhook and News Feed Eradicator on the same browser?

Yes, but you'll have overlapping YouTube homepage coverage. A reasonable split: use News Feed Eradicator for Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, and Unhook for YouTube. On YouTube specifically, Unhook's granular controls are better.

Is News Feed Eradicator free?

Yes. News Feed Eradicator is free and open source. Unhook is also free. Both work on Chrome and Firefox.

Unhook vs News Feed Eradicator: Which YouTube Feed Remover Should You Use?

At a glance
Tool	Platforms	Pricing	Best for	Rating
Unhook	chrome, firefox, edge	free	YouTube users who want to keep search and subscriptions but eliminate every algorithmic surface — the gold-standard YouTube de-doomscroller	4.7
News Feed Eradicator	chrome, firefox	free	People who've tried keyword filtering and the feed still pulls them in — the nuclear option for every social platform at once	4.3

At a glance

Tool

Platforms

Pricing

Best for

Rating

Unhook

chrome, firefox, edge

free

YouTube users who want to keep search and subscriptions but eliminate every algorithmic surface — the gold-standard YouTube de-doomscroller

4.7

News Feed Eradicator

chrome, firefox

free

People who've tried keyword filtering and the feed still pulls them in — the nuclear option for every social platform at once

4.3

If your goal is YouTube-specific feed control — removing the home feed, Shorts, sidebar, or autoplay individually — choose Unhook. If you want all feeds removed across YouTube, Reddit, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn in one extension, choose News Feed Eradicator. Both are free. Both work. The choice is granularity vs. breadth.

Last verified: May 26, 2026 · Reading time: 5 min

TL;DR

YouTube-specific, granular control: Unhook — remove home feed, Shorts, sidebar, end screens, autoplay independently.
All platforms, nuclear option: News Feed Eradicator — removes feeds on YouTube, Reddit, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and more.
Both are free. No subscription, no account required.
Combine them: Unhook for YouTube granularity + News Feed Eradicator for other platforms.

The verdict table

Feature	Unhook	News Feed Eradicator
YouTube home feed	✓ (toggle)	✓ (replaces with quote)
YouTube Shorts	✓ (toggle)	Partial
YouTube sidebar	✓ (toggle)	—
YouTube end screens	✓ (toggle)	—
YouTube autoplay	✓ (toggle)	—
YouTube comments	✓ (toggle)	—
Reddit home feed	—	✓
Twitter/X feed	—	✓
Facebook feed	—	✓
LinkedIn feed	—	✓
Granular per-surface control	✓	— (all or nothing)
Free	✓	✓

Where Unhook wins

Granularity. Unhook is the only extension that lets you remove specific YouTube surfaces while keeping others. You can remove the home feed and Shorts while keeping the sidebar. You can disable autoplay while keeping end screens. You can remove comments while keeping everything else.

This matters for users who want intentional YouTube access — they want to search, browse subscriptions, and watch specific videos, but they want to remove the algorithmic machinery. Unhook preserves all the intentional functionality while removing the passive recommendation surfaces.

YouTube-depth. Unhook was built specifically for YouTube and goes deeper into YouTube’s UI than News Feed Eradicator does. Sidebar removal, end-screen removal, comments toggle — these YouTube-specific controls exist in Unhook and not in News Feed Eradicator.

Where News Feed Eradicator wins

Breadth. News Feed Eradicator covers YouTube, Reddit, Twitter/X, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and more in a single extension. If your attention problem spans multiple platforms, one extension covers all of them without per-platform configuration.

Simplicity. News Feed Eradicator’s model is binary: the feed is replaced with a quote or blank page. No toggles to configure, no decisions about which surfaces to remove. If you want the feed gone completely, this is the less complicated path.

Reddit support. News Feed Eradicator removes the Reddit home feed — Unhook doesn’t cover Reddit at all.

The combination approach

The two extensions don’t conflict and can be used together:

News Feed Eradicator for Reddit, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn — complete feed removal across other platforms.
Unhook for YouTube — granular control, keeping subscriptions while removing home feed and Shorts.

This combination uses each tool where it has the most depth, covering all major platforms.

What neither tool does

Neither Unhook nor News Feed Eradicator:

Blocks YouTube or Reddit access (they only remove specific UI elements)
Works inside native mobile apps (browser extensions only)
Blocks ads (use uBlock Origin for that)
Prevents you from navigating directly to the platforms

For hard blocking (making YouTube or Reddit inaccessible during focus hours), use Freedom or Cold Turkey alongside either of these tools.

Who should pick which

Situation	Pick
YouTube is your main attention problem	Unhook
Multiple platforms are the problem	News Feed Eradicator
Want granular YouTube surface control	Unhook
Want simplest possible setup	News Feed Eradicator
Both YouTube and Reddit are problems	Both (combine them)

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