Before
default feedShorts shelf
visible
Recommended videos
visible
Autoplay rail
visible
Tortoise.Tune your digital life.
One account to manage your digital life across Mac, iPhone, and browser. Download Tortoise, sign in, and choose what gets quieted.
YouTubeRedditInstagramX
Tune the feed without breaking the internet.
Tortoise removes the addictive surfaces and leaves the useful ones alone: search, messages, watch pages, links, and direct use.
hide shortsquiet homesoften recskeep searchtrack timesync rules
youtube.com/watch
tunedAfter
quietedWatch page stays useful
keptShorts shelf
goneSuggested videos
softenedCreator comments
keptTuning controls
Pick what disappears, softens, or stays visible.
Shorts shelf
removed
Home feed
quiet
Recommendations
softened
Comments
visible
What remains
Search
Subscriptions
Watch page
History
Shorts
Home feed
Trends
Explore
Hover entity
Total time stays visible
youtube.com
42m
today
Intensity
Focus without a lockout
72
Useful
Search, direct links, subscriptions
88%
Quieted
Shorts, home, popular, trends
72%
Blocked
Autoplay loops and reels
54%
Concept library
Same idea, tuned for each feed.
Each surface gets its own controls, but the mental model stays the same: keep the utility, remove the hooks.
YouTube
Hide Shorts, keep search and watch pages
Remove Popular, blur media, reduce NSFW pulls
Block Reels and Explore, keep messages usable
X
Reduce media and trends, keep direct links readable