Block YouTube Shorts in Safari on Mac

A Safari extension for your Mac that hides Shorts from YouTube feeds.

UnLoop for Mac adds a blocker to Safari. Once the extension is on, Shorts leave your YouTube feeds and Shorts links open in the normal player. Both are free.

This is for people who watch YouTube in Safari on a Mac. UnLoop also has a separate free Chrome extension.

The extension works in Safari. It does not change the YouTube app, so watch YouTube in Safari.

What Mac gets free, and what Pro adds

Hiding Shorts from feeds and opening Shorts links in the normal player cost nothing on Mac. Pro is optional.

Hide recommendations and comments on YouTube in Safari

Hide Shorts from feeds: Removes Shorts shelves and videos that link to Shorts from the lists YouTube shows, such as home, search results and subscription grids.
Open Shorts links in the normal player: Redirects a Shorts link to the regular watch page so the video plays like any other.

Pro adds more tools on iPhone and Mac, and one Apple subscription covers both.

See the App Store subscription screen for price and terms.

Read the subscription details

Safari on your Mac

Safari on Mac: the extension runs here, so feeds lose their Shorts and a Shorts link goes to the regular watch page.
YouTube in Safari: with Pro, suggested videos and comments are hidden.

Without UnLoop

With UnLoop

In Safari on Mac: the feed without and with the Shorts shelf. UnLoop works in Safari, not inside the YouTube app.

Compare the ways to remove Shorts from YouTube

Switch on the UnLoop extension in Safari

These steps are general, not a screen by screen guide. Menu names change between macOS versions, so follow the names you see in Safari.

Get UnLoop from the Mac App Store.
In Safari's settings, look through the list of extensions.
Switch UnLoop on in that list.
Open YouTube in Safari and check the home feed for a Shorts shelf. There should not be one.

Shorts still showing?

Check that UnLoop is switched on in Safari's extension settings.
Reload the YouTube page.

Help turning on the Safari extension on Mac

What the Mac app collects

Extension and apps: The extension and apps collect no data and use no third-party tracking.
This website: This website uses Vercel Web Analytics, which records anonymous page views and install-button clicks, without cookies.

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What the Mac app does not cover

The YouTube app. The Safari extension leaves it as it is.
The Shorts tab. Hide the Shorts tab is Chrome only, so the Mac app does not have it.

Hide the Shorts tab in Chrome

Questions about UnLoop on Mac

Does UnLoop work on a Mac?

Yes. The Mac app adds UnLoop to Safari, where hiding Shorts from feeds and opening Shorts links in the normal player are free. One Pro subscription covers iPhone and Mac.

What happens when I open a Shorts link?

In Chrome, and in Safari on iPhone and Mac, UnLoop sends the Shorts link to the regular watch page, so the video plays like any other. It does not change the YouTube app.

Can UnLoop hide recommendations and comments?

Yes, with Pro, in YouTube in Safari on iPhone and Mac. Hide recommendations and comments clears suggested videos and the comment section so a video is just the video. The free Chrome extension does not include it.

How do I cancel Pro?

Pro is a subscription bought through Apple. You manage or cancel it in your Apple Account subscription settings.

Install UnLoop on Mac

Install the Mac app. The Chrome extension is a separate install, and it is free.

Hiding Shorts is free in Chrome and in Safari on iPhone and Mac.

UnLoop on iPhone Safari The Chrome extension, a separate free option

Add UnLoop to Chrome

Free, in Chrome.

Download UnLoop for iPhone

Free to hide Shorts in Safari. Pro adds focus mode and schedules.

Download UnLoop for Mac

Free to hide Shorts in Safari. One Pro subscription covers iPhone and Mac.