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 (73 reviews)

12,671 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 73 reviewers

Release notes for 1.13.0

v1.13.0:

• Added an option to make the YouTube logo link to Subscriptions on desktop
• Added an experimental option to allow background playback on mobile
• Fixed the Hide Playlists option hiding more thumbnails than it should
• Moved ad-related options up into their own Ads group, with a visible warning that they can trigger YouTube's adblock detection
• Made option groups collapsible and persistent
• Redirecting Shorts to the normal player on desktop now happens on click instead of waiting for the Shorts player to load first
• Redirecting from Home to Subscriptions on desktop when the Home feed is disabled now happens when you click the YouTube logo instead of waiting for the Home feed to load first

v1.12.0:

• Added an option to hide the Remix button on Shorts on desktop
• Added hiding the Shorts chip in Search results when hiding Shorts
• Enabled the Stop Shorts looping option by default
• Fixed downloading a video's Transcript
• Fixed Minimum Shorts per row option after recent YouTube changes
◦ Subscriptions now only shows up to a maximum of 6 Shorts
• Fixed hiding Shorts shelves in Search results

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