How to Block Tennis Videos on YouTube
Last updated: August 2026
Quick answer: Install the free Dehook extension and add tennis as a blocked topic. The local AI recognizes tennis videos from their titles, including highlights and fan content, and filters them out of your feed. YouTube itself cannot block a sport, only individual channels.
Grand Slam highlights arrive daily for two weeks at a time. Filter the topic year round or just during tournaments you are avoiding spoilers for.
Smarter than a keyword list
A keyword blocker needs you to predict every phrasing: team names, player names, league abbreviations, and the word highlights in five languages. Dehook’s local AI reads the title and classifies the subject, so a video called Ronaldo makes stunning comeback gets caught even though no obvious keyword appears. That semantic understanding is the difference between a filter that works and a list you maintain forever.
Spoiler mode
Plenty of people block a sport temporarily: record the race or match, block the topic, watch spoiler-free, then unblock. Dehook applies changes live, so toggling a topic on and off takes seconds.
Block tennis in 4 steps
- Install Dehook. Add the free Dehook extension to Chrome, Edge, Brave, or any Chromium browser.
- Open the Topics section. Click the Dehook icon in your toolbar and find the Topics box.
- Add "tennis". Type tennis and click Add. Dehook's local AI now recognizes tennis videos even when the title never uses that word.
- Reload YouTube. Refresh your tab. Videos about tennis are blurred out of your feed (or fully hidden if you prefer Hide mode).
Dehook↑ your blocked topic, filtered by AI
Adding "tennis" as a blocked topic in the Dehook popup.
FAQ
Does this really catch tennis videos that never mention it in the title?
Yes, that is the point of the AI filter. A plain keyword blocker only matches exact words, but Dehook runs a small language model in your browser that reads each title and decides what the video is actually about. It catches tennis content that a keyword list would miss.
Does YouTube have a built-in way to do this?
No. YouTube only lets you block channels or click Not interested, and Mozilla research found Not interested only prevents about 11 percent of similar recommendations. There is no native topic filter, which is why an extension is needed.
Is my data sent anywhere?
No. Dehook’s AI runs entirely inside your browser. Titles are classified locally and nothing about your viewing leaves your computer.
Can I block this sport but keep other sports?
Yes. Add tennis specifically and other sports keep showing. Add sports as a topic instead if you want all of them gone.
Does this help against tennis score spoilers?
Yes. If you record games or watch later, blocking the topic keeps results and highlight thumbnails out of your feed until you are caught up. Remove the topic afterwards and everything returns.