Xposed Modules

YouTube Hide Ads

Removes ads and unwanted feed content from the official YouTube Android app, skips SponsorBlock segments, and adds fullscreen brightness/volume swipes and original-audio selection. Each removal is authorized by a compiled Brainfuck policy. The host is a single XAX semantic store.

Features

Feature Default
Video, feed/search and shopping ads On
Sponsored Shorts, removed before the pager is built On
Premium, fullscreen and engagement-panel promotions On
SponsorBlock skipping (sponsor, self-promotion; other categories optional) On
Playables shelves, cards and Explore entry Hidden
Preview videos, Explore more topics, posts Hidden
Shorts in feeds Shown
AI channels, high and medium confidence (AiSList) Off
Fullscreen swipes: left brightness, right media volume On
Prefer the original audio track On

Settings are under YouTube → You → Settings → YoutubeHideAds. Reload a feed after changing its switches.

Scope

com.google.android.youtube

Select YouTube as the module's only scope.

Requirements

  • A rooted arm64 device with a framework that implements libxposed API 102: Vector or current LSPosed.
  • Android 9 (API 28) or newer.
  • The official YouTube app. Tested on 21.41.525.

Installation

  1. Install the APK from the release attached to this repository.
  2. Enable YoutubeHideAds in the manager, with YouTube as its only scope.
  3. Force-stop YouTube, then reopen it.
  4. Log entries are tagged:
YouTubeHideAds:

On a cold start the log reports the startup self-checks (531 in total) followed by Hook installed lines.

Validation

Measured on a Pixel 8 Pro, Android 17, YouTube 21.41.525 and Vector 2.2. All 531 startup self-checks pass, every hook installs, and video ads, feed ads, sponsored Shorts and Playables are removed live. Premium, fullscreen and panel promotions passed controlled hook tests; naturally delivered positives remain unverified. Other YouTube versions and devices are not certified.

Troubleshooting

Problem Suggested action
No module log entries Check that the module is enabled with YouTube in scope, then force-stop YouTube.
UnsatisfiedLinkError right after an update Let the update settle, then force-stop and reopen YouTube. The manager can briefly keep the old APK path.
A self-check reports false The module will not act on that feature. Capture the YouTubeHideAds: log and open an issue.
A hook is missing after a YouTube update YouTube changed an internal structure. Capture the log and open an issue.

Credits

Project Contribution
DexKit by LuckyPray Structural discovery of obfuscated classes and methods. Apache-2.0.
libxposed, Vector Hooking API and framework.
SponsorBlock Community segment data, fetched through a privacy-preserving hash prefix.
Override92/AiSList Optional AI-channel lists, CC BY-NC 4.0; not bundled.
Morphe Patches Behavior reference; no implementation copied.

Disclaimer

Not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Google LLC or YouTube. The module changes the app's behavior in memory on the user's own device and does not redistribute the YouTube APK. It contacts only SponsorBlock and, if enabled, the AiSList download. Provided for personal use. YouTube updates may break hooks without notice.

Releases

1.2.0

Stable

10/30/2026, 12:19:13 PM

What's new since 1.1.0

  • Works with YouTube 21.43.523. Background playback and SponsorBlock skipping had stopped working
    after the YouTube update; both are back. (#3)
  • Update check. Once each time YouTube starts, the module asks GitHub whether a newer release
    exists and, if so, shows a YouTube-style dialog with Update (opens the release page) and
    Later. It is on by default; turn it off under About → Check for updates.
  • Report a problem. About → Compatibility & diagnostics → Report a problem opens a new GitHub
    issue with the compatibility report already filled in. Nothing is sent until you submit it.
  • New name: YouTube Hide Ads, matching the other modules. Settings, package and saved preferences
    are unchanged.
  • The About page and compatibility report show the real version again (1.1.0 showed 1.1.0 (132)).
  • SponsorBlock request failures are now logged with their cause.

Known issue: HTTPS filtering apps

AdGuard and similar apps, when their certificate is installed as a system certificate, stop
SponsorBlock and the update check from connecting (NOT_ENOUGH_SCTS in the log). Exclude
sponsor.ajay.app and github.com from HTTPS filtering. Details.

Verified

Pixel 8 Pro, Android 17, Vector 2.2 (libxposed API 102), YouTube 21.43.523: every startup self-check
passes and every hook installs; background playback continued after Home and with the screen off for a
video opened from a link; original audio was selected on a multi-language video; the update dialog and
both buttons, the switch and the prefilled issue were checked. Device checks and limits.

Other YouTube versions, devices and 32-bit/x86 ABIs are not certified. The APK is arm64-v8a only.

Version metadata

  • Version name: 1.2.0
  • Android version code: 155
  • Package: io.github.mrxsin.youtubehideads
  • Git tag: v1.2.0
  • APK filename: YouTubeHideAds-v1.2.0.apk
  • APK SHA-256: d984de2fda0ca0e29d1b98823142915f6a54403f9d12a86f687c7950661e6d0d

Installing

Install the APK over 1.1.0; settings are kept in YouTube's data. Keep com.google.android.youtube as
the only scope in Vector or LSPosed, then force-stop and reopen YouTube.

Assets

1

1.1.0

Stable

10/28/2026, 12:47:37 PM

What's new since 1.0.0

  • Background playback, including Made for Kids videos and videos opened from a link. It has its
    own switch under Player and does not depend on Hide ads or SponsorBlock. Restart YouTube after
    changing it.
  • A YouTubeHideAds section above Account in YouTube Settings, YouTube-style module pages and a
    Compatibility & diagnostics page with a copyable report.
  • SponsorBlock: a player icon beside autoplay with a floating menu like YouTube's own, ten category
    modes and colors with a visual picker, manual skip/undo, segment preview, submission and voting,
    channel exclusions, statistics, settings transfer, bounded retry and a cross-video cache.
  • Shorts: hide ten individual buttons and panels, and skip live Shorts. Both are off by default.
  • Swipe controls shown as a pill with YouTube's brightness or volume icon, a level and the value.
  • Nine more languages, following YouTube's language: 简体中文, 繁體中文, Español, Português,
    Русский, 日本語, 한국어, Bahasa Indonesia and Bahasa Melayu.
  • Lighter and faster. The Brainfuck bridge used to reopen the module APK on every policy call,
    which was about 23 % of YouTube's CPU while scrolling and playing; it is now under 0.1 %. DexKit
    results are cached per YouTube build, so after the first launch YouTube shows its first screen about
    0.35 s sooner.

Verified

Pixel 8 Pro, Android 17, Vector 2.2 (libxposed API 102), YouTube 21.42.243: all 11 startup self-check
suites pass and every hook installs, with or without the DexKit cache. Ads and sponsored Shorts were
removed, SponsorBlock lookups and original audio worked, and background playback continued from the
feed and from a link (Home and screen off) and stopped when its switch was off.
Device checks and limits.

Other YouTube versions, devices and 32-bit/x86 ABIs are not certified. The APK is arm64-v8a only.

Version metadata

  • Version name: 1.1.0
  • Android version code: 153
  • Package: io.github.mrxsin.youtubehideads
  • Git tag: v1.1.0
  • APK filename: YouTubeHideAds-v1.1.0.apk
  • APK SHA-256: 80029979ada6a92fe1805994f9abe45cc4a4a898027a971adc2e8d297ac66060

Installing

Install the APK over 1.0.0; settings are kept in YouTube's data. Keep com.google.android.youtube as
the only scope in Vector or LSPosed, then force-stop and reopen YouTube.

Assets

1

1.0.0

Stable

10/17/2026, 6:00:37 PM

YouTube Hide Ads v1.0.0

First public release

Removes YouTube ads and unwanted feed content, skips SponsorBlock segments, and adds fullscreen brightness/volume swipes and original-audio selection. Policy decisions are compiled Brainfuck; the host is a single XAX semantic store.

Features

  • Video, feed/search and shopping ads; sponsored Shorts removed before the pager is built.
  • Premium, fullscreen and engagement-panel promotions.
  • SponsorBlock: privacy-preserving hash-prefix lookup, guarded seeks; sponsor and self-promotion on by default.
  • Playables, preview videos, Explore more topics and posts hidden by default; feed Shorts optional.
  • Optional AI-channel filters (high and medium confidence AiSList lists).
  • Fullscreen swipes: left edge brightness, right edge media volume.
  • Prefers the original audio track on multi-language videos.
  • Settings under YouTube → You → Settings → YoutubeHideAds.

Changed since the last development build

  • New package io.github.mrxsin.youtubehideads (was org.youtubehideads.module).
  • Seven identical gate libraries merged into one liband3.so. The APK has 11 native libraries instead of 17 and is about 97 KB smaller. Behavior is unchanged.

Verified

  • Pixel 8 Pro, Android 17, YouTube 21.41.525, Vector 2.2 (libxposed API 102): all 531 startup self-checks pass and every hook installs. The installed APK matches the published SHA-256.
  • Per-feature off/on UI checks were last run on development build 77 with the same policy bytes.

Other YouTube versions, devices and 32-bit/x86 ABIs are not certified. The APK is arm64-v8a only.

Version metadata

  • Version name: 1.0.0
  • Android version code: 100
  • Package: io.github.mrxsin.youtubehideads
  • Git tag: v1.0.0
  • APK filename: YouTubeHideAds-v1.0.0.apk
  • APK SHA-256: 0c57a68a23baafc5a8b619bee3057ef7785c7d866853ebd45c4c81baa69ceb2b

Installing

Install the APK, enable YoutubeHideAds in Vector or LSPosed with com.google.android.youtube as the only scope, then force-stop and reopen YouTube. If a development build (org.youtubehideads.module) is installed, uninstall it first. Your settings are kept in YouTube's data.

Assets

1