#11885·NewPipe

Unrelated local ads/content appears in the "Related items" list

Author: captain-majidCreated Jan 6, 2025Updated Sep 27, 2026
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Affected version

0.27.4

Steps to reproduce the bug

1- While watching a YT video, just switch to "Related items" tab. 2- Enjoy unrelated content on the TOP of the list.

Expected behavior

No Ads

Actual behavior

Google masked Ads

Screenshots/Screen recordings

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Logs

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Affected Android/Custom ROM version

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Affected device model

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Additional information

As far as I remember older version of NewPipe didn't show unrelated items in this list, I also tried to change NewPipe's Settings > Content > "Default content language" and also "Default content country", but the annoying greedy Google doesn't seem to respect that !

Any workaround for that ? I always hide the sidebar on Youtube (using uBlock Origin or AdGuard) on Windows, because if I want something I can search for it, and Google might shove undesired content in my throat then,