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How to remove YouTube Shorts on iPhone

You went to YouTube for one video, and the Shorts shelf caught you on the way. iOS gives you no real switch to turn it off, and hiding it never seems to last. Here is how to use YouTube with Shorts gone, while search, your subscriptions, and the videos you actually want stay right where they are.

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Why Shorts is so easy to fall into

Shorts is a vertical, autoplaying feed that never ends, sitting one tap away inside an app you open for ordinary reasons. You do not go looking for it. It finds you, and the next short is always already playing. That is the design, not a failure of focus.

The fix that lasts is not willpower. It is opening YouTube without the part that was built to keep you swiping.

Turn off Shorts without losing YouTube

snowscroll is a calm browser for iPhone that opens YouTube with the feeds you choose switched off. You sign in once and watch the way you always have. The Shorts feed is simply not there. Nothing is installed into YouTube, and your account is not touched.

It all runs in a browser on your device, so snowscroll never sees your login or your watch history. It is filtering what loads, not tracking what you watch.

What stays, and what goes

Gone: the Shorts feed and the Shorts shelf that gets slotted into your home and search.

Stays: search, your subscriptions, your history and watch later, comments, and any video you open directly. You keep YouTube. You lose the rabbit hole.

How to start

  1. Download snowscroll free from the App Store.
  2. Open YouTube inside snowscroll and sign in once.
  3. Switch Shorts off. Turn it back on anytime you actually want it.
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Questions

Can you actually remove YouTube Shorts on iPhone?

Yes. snowscroll opens YouTube in a calm browser with the Shorts feed switched off, so they are not there to pull you in. You can flip Shorts back on whenever you want.

Do my subscriptions and search still work?

Yes. Search, your subscriptions, your history, and any video you open directly all keep working. snowscroll only removes the feeds you choose to remove.

Is snowscroll free?

Yes. snowscroll is free to download, with the first apps and core tools included. Pro unlocks the rest, with a 7 day trial and no card needed up front.

Keep going

Same idea, other apps: block Instagram Reels, or read the broader guide on how to stop endless scrolling. More answers live in the FAQ, or you can reach a real person.