Add a persistent setting to hide Shorts everywhere

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Give viewers an account-level setting to hide Shorts across Home, subscriptions, search, the Shorts tab, and TV, mobile, and web until they turn it back on. YouTube currently offers Show fewer Shorts on certain recommendation pages and a Shorts feed limit that can be set to zero, but the limit is dismissible and does not establish a global exclusion across every surface. A cited community post asks for a permanent control. The desired outcome is a durable, synced preference rather than a recommendation hint, time-limit reminder, or browser-extension workaround. Evidence reviewed 2026-08-09: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/16671528?hl=en https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6342839?hl=en https://www.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/1e7qco3/disabling_shorts_permanently/