1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
index a534703e5..6337a13a4 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
@@ -480,6 +480,9 @@ class InfoExtractor:
     will be used by geo restriction bypass mechanism similarly
     to _GEO_COUNTRIES.
 
+    The _ENABLED attribute should be set to False for IEs that
+    are disabled by default and must be explicitly enabled.
+
     The _WORKING attribute should be set to False for broken IEs
     in order to warn the users and skip the tests.
     """
@@ -491,6 +494,7 @@ class InfoExtractor:
     _GEO_COUNTRIES = None
     _GEO_IP_BLOCKS = None
     _WORKING = True
+    _ENABLED = True
     _NETRC_MACHINE = None
     IE_DESC = None
     SEARCH_KEY = None
@@ -3941,3 +3945,12 @@ class SearchInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
     @classproperty
     def SEARCH_KEY(cls):
         return cls._SEARCH_KEY
+
+
+class UnsupportedURLIE(InfoExtractor):
+    _VALID_URL = '.*'
+    _ENABLED = False
+    IE_DESC = False
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        raise UnsupportedError(url)