Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Distraction-Free YouTube

Tired of all those ads & distracting videos popping up when you share a YouTube video? There are sites that help strip all those away, but many are limited are going to a paid platform. Here is an easy workaround to share YouTube videos with students without distractions!


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Distraction-Free!




Add a - (yout-ube):

  1. Open the YouTube video you want to share.

  2. In the URL (from the address bar, NOT the “Share Button”) add a hyphen (“-”) between the “t” and “u” in YouTube (yout-ube). 


  1. Copy the new link and share that link out. 

  2. Click this link to see how it looks: yout-ube.com/watch?v=KdxEAt91D7k





Change “watch” to “watch_popup”:

  1. Open the YouTube video you want to share.

  2. In the URL (from the address bar, NOT the “Share Button”) add “_popup” after the word “watch” in the URL. 


  1. Copy the new link and share that link out. 

  2. Click this link to see how it looks: https://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=KdxEAt91D7k 






If you want these directions in a Document click HERE!