CutFocus

CutFocus is a small Windows app that strips YouTube's homepage feed, Shorts shelf, and suggested videos out of the page — search still works exactly like normal, you just lose the rabbit hole that turns a 5-minute reference check into 40 lost minutes. It auto-switches on the moment you open Premiere, DaVinci, CapCut, Vegas, or Final Cut, and off when you don't need it. Beyond that, it's got a few things that turned out to matter more than expected: an app blocker that minimizes other distracting windows instead of force-closing them, quick clip-saving with timestamps, per-project notes, reusable description templates, and a built-in search across Pexels and Pixabay for stock footage without tabbing out. Built by one editor who got tired of losing edit sessions to the platform he still needed for research. Free 7-day trial, then a one-time license, no subscription.