Control Panel for YouTube by Jonny Buchanan

Gives you more control over YouTube by adding missing options and UI improvements

Available on Firefox for Android™

4.8 (75 reviews)

12,665 Users

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About this extension

Features

Ads:

(⚠ These options may trigger YouTube's adblock detection)

• Hide Sponsored videos & promos
• Skip ads
• Hide Merch, Offers etc. (desktop version)

Annoyances:

• Hide AI summaries
• Remove pink gradient from progress bars
• Hide information panels
• Hide Premium upsells
• Automatically pause channel trailers (desktop version)
• Allow background playback (mobile version)
• Hide Open App links (mobile version)

Video lists:

• Hide suggested sections
• Hide Live videos
• Hide Streamed videos
• Hide Mixes
• Hide Playlists
• Hide Movies and TV
• Hide Upcoming videos
• Hide Members only videos
• Hide watched videos
• Hide hidden videos - Hides the "Undo" button after 5 seconds
• Hide channels - Adds "Hide channel" to video menus
• Disable Home feed
• Search thumbnail size (desktop version)
• Minimum grid items per row (desktop version)

Video pages:

• Disable Autoplay
• Hide Related videos
• Hide the Next button
• Hide Share/Thanks/Clip etc.
• Hide video metadata
• Hide Comments
• Always use theater mode (desktop version)
• Full size theater mode (desktop version) - Hide header / Hide scrollbar
• Always use original audio (desktop version)
• Hide Miniplayer button (desktop version)
• Hide video end cards (desktop version)
• Hide video endscreen content (desktop version)
• Hide Chat (desktop version)
• Add Take snapshot to video menu (JPEG / PNG) (desktop version)
• Make Transcript downloadable (desktop version)

Shorts:

• Hide Shorts
• Redirect Shorts to the normal player
• Hide suggested actions
• Always show progress bar
• Stop Shorts looping
• Hide Remix button (desktop version)
• Hide Shorts metadata until hover (desktop version)
• Minimum Shorts per row (desktop version)

UI tweaks:

• Hide categories in Home
• Hide channel banner images
• Hide Search with your voice
• Link YouTube logo to Subscriptions (desktop version)
• Tidy Guide sidebar (desktop version)
• Hide "Latest" bar in Subscriptions (desktop version)
• Use grid view for Subscriptions & Search (portrait only) (mobile version)
• Hide Explore button in Home (mobile version)
• Hide channel list in Subscriptions (mobile version)

Embedded videos:

• Hide Share button
• Hide pause overlay

Rated 4.8 by 75 reviewers

Release notes for 1.13.2

v1.13.2

• Turned ad-related options off by default until we have mitigations for YouTube's anti-adblock detection
• Fixed the Hide Playlists option hiding every video in Home on desktop
• Fixed hiding Streamed videos in Home on desktop
• Fixed hiding Watched videos in Home on desktop
• Fixed hiding Shorts in Related on desktop

v1.13.1

• Fixed hiding the Download menu item Premium upsell in new menus
• Fixed adding custom Hide channel menu item to new menus
• Fixed styling of custom menu items in new menus
• Fixed hiding the Share menu item on Related videos on desktop
• Fixed hiding Live videos in Related on desktop
• Fixed hiding Streamed videos in Related on desktop
• Fixed hiding Watched videos by % in Related on desktop
• Fixed muting ad audio when skipping ads on desktop

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