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Remove Important YouTube Notifications

Removes the "Important" section in the YouTube notification menu, putting the notifications whithin it back to their appropriate position in the notification list.

  1. // ==UserScript==
  2. // @name        Remove Important YouTube Notifications
  3. // @namespace   greatest.deepsurf.us/en/users/1436613
  4. // @match       https://www.youtube.com/*
  5. // @version     1.2.3
  6. // @license     MIT
  7. // @author      gosha305
  8. // @description Removes the "Important" section in the YouTube notification menu, putting the notifications whithin it back to their appropriate position in the notification list.
  9. // ==/UserScript==
  10.  
  11. let orderOfPrecedence = ["justnow", "secondsago", "minuteago", "minutesago", "hourago", "hoursago", "dayago", "daysago", "weekago", "weeksago", "monthago", "monthsago", "yearago", "yearsago"];
  12. let lookedUpOrderOfPrecedence = false;
  13. let regularNotificationPanel;
  14. let importantNotificationPanel;
  15.  
  16. const menuRemover = new CSSStyleSheet();
  17. document.adoptedStyleSheets.push(menuRemover);
  18.  
  19. let rule = menuRemover.cssRules[menuRemover.insertRule("#sections yt-multi-page-menu-section-renderer:has(ytd-notification-renderer),ytd-popup-container #sections:has(ytd-notification-renderer) #section-title {}")];
  20. rule.style.setProperty("display", "none");
  21.  
  22. (async function(){
  23.   //to avoid infinitely waiting for the popup on pages with YouTube embeds
  24.   if (!window.location.href.startsWith("https://www.youtube.com/")){
  25.     return;
  26.   }
  27.  
  28.   let popupContainer;
  29.   function findPopup(resolve){
  30.     popupContainer = document.querySelector("ytd-popup-container")
  31.     if (!popupContainer){
  32.       setTimeout(() => findPopup(resolve), 200);
  33.     } else {
  34.       resolve();
  35.     }
  36.   }
  37.   await new Promise(findPopup);
  38.  
  39.   const popupObserver = new MutationObserver(function(){
  40.     const notificationMenu = document.querySelector("ytd-popup-container")?.lastChild
  41.     if (notificationMenu?.nodeName == "TP-YT-IRON-DROPDOWN"){
  42.             const notificationObserver = new MutationObserver(function(mutationList){replaceNotifications(mutationList);});
  43.       notificationObserver.observe(notificationMenu, {attributes: true});
  44.       popupObserver.disconnect();
  45.     }
  46.   });
  47.     popupObserver.observe(popupContainer, {childList: true, subtree:true})
  48.  
  49.  
  50.   function replaceNotifications(mutationList){
  51.     const notificationsMenus = document.querySelectorAll("yt-multi-page-menu-section-renderer:has(ytd-notification-renderer)");
  52.     if (!notificationsMenus || !notificationsMenus.length){
  53.             return;
  54.     }
  55.     const importantNotifications =  notificationsMenus[0].querySelectorAll("#items > ytd-notification-renderer");
  56.     if (!importantNotifications || !importantNotifications.length) {
  57.             return;
  58.     }
  59.     regularNotificationPanel = notificationsMenus[1];
  60.     if (!regularNotificationPanel){
  61.       notificationsMenus[0].style.display = "unset";
  62.       return;
  63.     }
  64.     regularNotificationPanelItems = regularNotificationPanel.querySelector("#items");
  65.  
  66.     lookedUpOrderOfPrecedence = false;
  67.     importantNotifications.forEach(notification => {regularNotificationPanelItems.insertBefore(notification,findAppropriatePosition(notification))});
  68.         regularNotificationPanel.style.display = "unset";
  69.   }
  70.  
  71.   function findAppropriatePosition(element){
  72.     const elementParts = element.querySelector(".metadata.style-scope.ytd-notification-renderer > yt-formatted-string:nth-of-type(2)").textContent.split(" ");
  73.     let nonNumberPartsRank = orderOfPrecedence.indexOf(elementParts.filter(e => isNaN(Number(e))).join(''));
  74.     if (!lookedUpOrderOfPrecedence && nonNumberPartsRank == -1){
  75.       orderOfPrecedence = getOrderOfPrecendence()
  76.       lookedUpOrderOfPrecedence = true;
  77.       nonNumberPartsRank = orderOfPrecedence.indexOf(elementParts.filter(e => isNaN(Number(e))).join(''));
  78.     }
  79.     const NumberParts = elementParts.find(e => !isNaN(Number(e)))
  80.     const rep = Array.from(regularNotificationPanel.querySelectorAll("ytd-notification-renderer")).find(e => !compareUploadDateText(e.querySelector(".metadata.style-scope.ytd-notification-renderer > yt-formatted-string:nth-of-type(2)").textContent, nonNumberPartsRank, NumberParts));
  81.     return rep;
  82.   }
  83.  
  84.   //look up the order of notifications already in the panel to determine which words represent minutes/hours/days/months/years if the notifications aren't in English
  85.  
  86.   function getOrderOfPrecendence(){
  87.     const seen = new Set();
  88.     const nonNumberDateParts = Array.from(regularNotificationPanel.querySelectorAll("ytd-notification-renderer .metadata.style-scope.ytd-notification-renderer > yt-formatted-string:nth-of-type(2)")).map(e => e.textContent.split(" ").filter(part => isNaN(Number(part))).join(''));
  89.     return nonNumberDateParts.filter(e => {if (seen.has(e)) return false; seen.add(e); return true;})
  90.   }
  91.  
  92.   function compareUploadDateText(date1, nonNumberPartsRank2,date2NumberParts){
  93.     const date1Parts = date1.split(" ");
  94.     const nonNumberPartsRank1 = orderOfPrecedence.indexOf(date1Parts.filter(e => isNaN(Number(e))).join(''));
  95.     if (nonNumberPartsRank1 < nonNumberPartsRank2){
  96.       return true;
  97.     } else if (nonNumberPartsRank1 > nonNumberPartsRank2){
  98.       return false;
  99.     } else {
  100.       return Number(date1Parts.find(e => !isNaN(Number(e)))) < date2NumberParts
  101.     }
  102.   }
  103. })();