How to Make YouTube Show Only Your Subscriptions
Last updated: August 2026
Quick answer: Install the free Dehook extension and turn on Redirect homepage to Subscriptions. Every time you open YouTube, you land on your subscriptions feed instead of the recommendation wall: chronological, predictable, and entirely made of channels you chose.
The single highest-leverage change for a calmer YouTube: never see the algorithmic homepage at all. Your subscriptions feed is everything the recommendation wall is not: finite, chronological, and made entirely of choices you made deliberately.
Combine it with filtering
The redirect handles the homepage. For the rest of YouTube (search, sidebar), Dehook’s topic, keyword, channel, and language filters keep working. Together they turn YouTube into something closer to an app you use than a feed that uses you.
Set it up in 3 steps
- Install Dehook. Add the free extension to your browser.
- Turn on the redirect. Open the popup and enable Redirect homepage to Subscriptions.
- Open YouTube. youtube.com now lands on your subscriptions. The algorithmic homepage never loads, so it never gets a chance to hook you.
Dehook↑ home becomes your subscriptions
The homepage redirect toggle in the Dehook popup.
FAQ
Is the subscriptions feed chronological?
Yes, newest first, only from channels you subscribe to. It is the closest thing to the old YouTube.
Does Dehook filter my subscriptions feed too?
Not by default. Subscriptions are content you opted into, so Dehook leaves that page alone unless you explicitly enable Filter your Subscriptions page in the popup.
Can I still visit the normal homepage?
The redirect applies whenever you land on the YouTube homepage. Turn the toggle off any time to get the algorithmic page back.
Why does this help against wasted time?
The recommendation wall is optimized to find your weak spots. The subscriptions feed is finite and chosen, so you check what is new and leave, instead of scrolling an infinite feed built to keep you.