YouTube Notification Count Remover

README.md

YouTube Notification Count Remover

Description

The YouTube Notification Count Remover is a user script that removes the notification count from the title bar on YouTube, resulting in improved visibility of video titles.

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Installation

To install the script, click the following link: Install the script

Please note that you will need a browser extension like Greasemonkey or Tampermonkey to run the user script.

ytRemoveNotifCount.user.js

// ==UserScript==
// @name         YouTube Notification Count Remover
// @version      1.2
// @description  Removes the notification count on YouTube, improving visibility of video titles in the title bar.
// @author       barraIhsan
// @match        https://www.youtube.com/*
// @icon         https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=youtube.com
// @updateURL    https://gist.github.com/barraIhsan/4ffe1590bcfa161fbab08aa18257fbaa/raw/ytRemoveNotifCount.user.js
// @downloadURL  https://gist.github.com/barraIhsan/4ffe1590bcfa161fbab08aa18257fbaa/raw/ytRemoveNotifCount.user.js
// ==/UserScript==

(function() {
  'use strict';

  let previousTitle = document.title;

  // Function to handle the title change
  function handleTitleChange() {
    const currentTitle = document.title;

    if (currentTitle !== previousTitle) {
      // Title has changed, check for parentheses content at the beginning
      const updatedTitle = currentTitle.replace(/^\(\d+\)\s*/, '');

      // Update the title if parentheses content is found and removed
      if (currentTitle !== updatedTitle) {
        document.title = updatedTitle;
      }

      // Update the previous title
      previousTitle = currentTitle;
    }
  }

  // Observe title changes with MutationObserver
  new MutationObserver(handleTitleChange).observe(document.querySelector('title'), {childList: true});
})();