Complete remake & Added redirect

Content.js

@@ -1,38 +1,25 @@
 
-function removeShortButtons(){
+const observer = new MutationObserver(mutations => {
-    const shortsButtons = document.querySelectorAll('a[title="Shorts"]');
+    mutations.forEach(mutation => {
+        mutation.addedNodes.forEach(node => {
+            if (node.nodeType !== Node.ELEMENT_NODE) return;
 
-    shortsButtons.forEach(button => {
+            // Remove shorts from sidebar
-        button.remove();
+            if (node.tagName === "A" && node.title === "Shorts"){
-    });
+                node.remove();
-}
-
-function removeShortSections(){
-    const sections = document.querySelectorAll("span#title.style-scope.ytd-rich-shelf-renderer");
-    sections.forEach(title => {
-        if (title.textContent.trim() === "Shorts") {
-            var section = title;
-            for (let i = 1; i < 7; i++) {
-                section = section.parentElement;
-                if (!section){
-                    return;
-                }
             }
 
-            if (section.className == "style-scope ytd-rich-shelf-renderer") {
+            // Remove shorts sections from right side
-                section.style.display = "none";
+            if (node.nodeName.toLowerCase() === "ytd-reel-shelf-renderer"){
+                node.remove();
             }
-        }
+
+            // Remove shorts sections
+            if (node.hasAttribute?.("is-shorts")){
+                node.remove();
+            }
+        });
     });
-}
-
-document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function () {
-    removeShortButtons();
-    removeShortSections();
 });
 
-const observer = new MutationObserver(function (mutations) {
+observer.observe(document.body, {childList: true, subtree: true});
-    removeShortButtons();
-    removeShortSections();
-});
-observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });

Redirect.js

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+
+if (location.pathname.startsWith("/shorts/")) {
+    const videoID = location.pathname.split("/")[2];
+    if (videoID) {
+        location.replace("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=${videoID}");
+    }
+}

manifest.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
-    "manifest_version": 2,
+    "manifest_version": 3,
-    "name": "Block Youtube Shorts",
+    "name": "Remove Youtube Shorts",
-    "description": "Blocks the Youtube Short buttons and sections on the main page.",
+    "description": "Removes any trace of Shorts from Youtube.",
     "version": "1.0",
     "icons": {
         "16": "icon16.png",
@@ -9,11 +9,25 @@
         "48": "icon48.png",
         "128": "icon128.png"
     },
+    "permissions": ["scripting"],
     "host_permissions": ["*://www.youtube.com/*"],
     "content_scripts": [
         {
             "matches": ["*://www.youtube.com/*"],
-            "js": ["Content.js"]
+            "js": ["Content.js"],
+            "run_at": "document_idle"
+        },
+        {
+            "matches": ["*://www.youtube.com/*"],
+            "js": ["Redirect.js"],
+            "run_at": "document_start"
         }
-    ]
+    ],
-}
+    "action": {
+        "default_icon": {
+            "16": "icon16.png",
+            "32": "icon32.png"
+        }
+    }
+}
+