Minimal YouTube gives you full control over the YouTube interface with a set of toggleable switches, turn on only what you want, nothing more. Content

Restore dislike counts on videos (powered by Return YouTube Dislike)
Skip sponsored segments (powered by Sponsor Block)
Hide Mixes ("Mix –" playlists) from your feed
Hide Shorts from the feed, search results, sidebar, and channel tabs

Appearance

Force a pure black (#000) background across the entire site, including the filter bar
Auto-enable YouTube's dark mode
Set the interface language to English (UK) via cookie

Top Bar

Remove the "+ Create" button
Remove the voice search (microphone) button

Sidebar

Hide the Home entry
Hide the Explore section (Music, Films, Gaming)
Hide the "You" section (History, Playlists, Watch Later)
Hide "More from YouTube" links (Premium, Music, Kids)
Hide the Report History entry
Hide the sidebar footer (About, Press, Copyright)
Auto-expand your subscriptions list by clicking "Show more" automatically

All settings are saved per-browser and take effect immediately — no page reload needed (except the language setting).

Latest version

Version 1.5.0

Older versions

Version 1.4.9

Version 1.4.8