diff --git a/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/youtube/patches/spans/SanitizeVideoSubtitleFilter.java b/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/youtube/patches/spans/SanitizeVideoSubtitleFilter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ea885e99e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/youtube/patches/spans/SanitizeVideoSubtitleFilter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package app.revanced.integrations.youtube.patches.spans;
+
+import android.text.SpannableString;
+
+import app.revanced.integrations.shared.patches.spans.Filter;
+import app.revanced.integrations.shared.patches.spans.SpanType;
+import app.revanced.integrations.shared.patches.spans.StringFilterGroup;
+import app.revanced.integrations.youtube.settings.Settings;
+
+@SuppressWarnings({"unused", "ConstantValue", "FieldCanBeLocal"})
+public final class SanitizeVideoSubtitleFilter extends Filter {
+
+    public SanitizeVideoSubtitleFilter() {
+        addCallbacks(
+                new StringFilterGroup(
+                        Settings.SANITIZE_VIDEO_SUBTITLE,
+                        "|video_subtitle.eml|"
+                )
+        );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean skip(String conversionContext, SpannableString spannableString, Object span,
+                        int start, int end, int flags, boolean isWord, SpanType spanType, StringFilterGroup matchedGroup) {
+        if (isWord) {
+            if (spanType == SpanType.IMAGE) {
+                hideImageSpan(spannableString, start, end, flags);
+                return super.skip(conversionContext, spannableString, span, start, end, flags, isWord, spanType, matchedGroup);
+            } else if (spanType == SpanType.CUSTOM_CHARACTER_STYLE) {
+                hideSpan(spannableString, start, end, flags);
+                return super.skip(conversionContext, spannableString, span, start, end, flags, isWord, spanType, matchedGroup);
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/youtube/settings/Settings.java b/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/youtube/settings/Settings.java
index 946bc3aad9..55da7febb2 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/youtube/settings/Settings.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/youtube/settings/Settings.java
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ public class Settings extends BaseSettings {
     public static final BooleanSetting HIDE_SUGGESTED_VIDEO_END_SCREEN = new BooleanSetting("revanced_hide_suggested_video_end_screen", TRUE, true);
     public static final BooleanSetting SKIP_AUTOPLAY_COUNTDOWN = new BooleanSetting("revanced_skip_autoplay_countdown", FALSE, true, parent(HIDE_SUGGESTED_VIDEO_END_SCREEN));
     public static final BooleanSetting HIDE_ZOOM_OVERLAY = new BooleanSetting("revanced_hide_zoom_overlay", FALSE, true);
+    public static final BooleanSetting SANITIZE_VIDEO_SUBTITLE = new BooleanSetting("revanced_sanitize_video_subtitle", FALSE);
 
 
     // PreferenceScreen: Player - Action buttons