[sidharthv]

I naively searched in the mobile app settings for a way to turn off shorts, before realising there will not be one.

[ffsm8]

You can't turn it off entirely, but if you keep using "show less shorts" from the 3 dot menu it eventually goes away, mostly...

[direwolf20]

It comes back. It acts like it executed shortiness+=1 every day, and "show fewer shorts" does shortiness-=10 or thereabouts. The shorts position on the home screen is based on this hidden shortiness variable. It always bubbles back to the top unless you keep pressing "show fewer shorts" whenever you see it.

[notpushkin]

You can use NewPipe or YouTube ReVanced, or set up a “child” account and disable Shorts in the parental restrictions settings.

[mghackerlady]

If you're on android it's better to just use revanced or something