v1.23.1

• Fixed hiding Members only videos after YouTube changed their badge (again)
• Fixed Members only videos being hidden when viewing a channel's Membership tab
• Fixed the Hide channel menu item on the currently playing video sometimes hiding the wrong channel
• Fixed entire sections in a Channel's Home tab being hidden if they contain any Members only videos

v1.23.0

• Added an option to restore small thumbnails in Related on desktop, for users in the vertical layout A/B test group (enabled by default)
• Fixed custom menu item styling to match recent YouTube UI changes
• Removed the "Hide scrollbar" option from Full size theater mode, as it had stopped working anyway - you can adjust your Operating System settings to auto-hide scrollbars

• Added an option to hide the new like/dislike buttons in full screen on desktop
• Removing the background from new player UI controls now also includes the new full screen controls on desktop
• Fixed Full size theater mode after a YouTube layout change on desktop
• Fixed hiding Members only videos in Related on desktop

• Added an option to hide videos with the "Auto-dubbed" label in Related
• Added an option to use square corners for thumbnails and videos (and a few other elements, for consistency)
• Added an option to hide the link to another Short by the same channel in a Short's description
• Made Shorts thumbnails in Subscriptions smaller based on Minimum Shorts per row, even if there aren't enough to show

v1.20.1

• Always use original audio now also works for Shorts on desktop
• Fixed some video hiding options not working in Related when using the new option to only hide Related when it appears below the video
• Fixed Block ads conflicting with other adblockers when disabled
• Added a note to the Block ads option that you should disable it if already using another adblocker on YouTube

v1.20.0

• Added an option to show full video titles where possible, except where they need to be contained to a single line to avoid breaking the layout
• Added an option to only Hide Related videos when they appear below the video, forcing the user to scroll further to read comments
• Added an option to only hide the Chat panel in full screen mode, as it currently automatically opens when you make a live stream full screen
• Disabling themed hover effects now also applies to Shorts in Home
• Hiding the channel watermark now also works in Shorts
• Fixed mouse click highlighting being removed when disabling themed hover effects
• Fixed hiding the Share button, Comments button and "Open in App" menu item in the Shorts player on mobile
• Fixed hiding the full screen Chat panel
• Fixed hiding the full screen Chat toggle when the Comments toggle isn't also present

v1.19.1

• Disabling themed hover effects now also applies to video thumbnails in Home
• Fixed reducing the size of the new Play button when a YouTube bug causes "big mode" not to be enabled in full screen
• Fixed new controls on the the top-right not being hidden when hiding new full screen controls
• Fixed player controls not being made visible if "More videos" is active when the option to hide it is enabled
• Fixed hiding the Shorts link in the mini sidebar on desktop
• Fixed hiding Share, Remix and Comments buttons in the Shorts player on desktop

v1.19.0

• Added an option to fix toggling full screen in the new player UI on desktop by clicking anywhere in the corner containing the full screen button (enabled by default)
• Added an option to disable the themed hover on video descriptions on desktop
• Added an option to restore the Miniplayer button to video controls on desktop
• Removed the option to hide the Miniplayer button in video controls on desktop

v1.18.0

• Added an option to revert to the old video progress bar and controls on desktop - this requires a page refresh after toggling

Note: this will stop working when YouTube removes the old player UI

• Added an option to hide "More videos" in full screen
• Added an option to hide the channel watermark on desktop
• Added an option to hide Posts in Home on mobile
• The option to hide new full screen video controls is now available on mobile
• Hide YouTube's own new "Hide" button when hiding endscreen videos
• Hide the new full screen Share button when hiding Share buttons on mobile
• Fixed hiding the AI summary in video descriptions on mobile
• Fixed accidentally hiding Posts in Home when hiding suggested sections on mobile

v1.17.0

Initial tweaks for the new video player UI YouTube is rolling out globally on desktop:

• Added an option to always use a compact Play button (enabled by default)
• Added an option to remove the background from controls
• Added options to hide the title and controls which are overlaid on full screen videos
• Updated custom menu icons to match the new UI icon style
• Hide the new full screen Share button when hiding Share buttons
• Hide the new full screen Comments button when hiding Comments
• Hide the new full screen Chat button when hiding Chat
• Fixed accidentally hiding the new full screen side panel when hiding Chat

v1.16.0

• Added an option to hide Collaborations videos in Subscriptions on desktop
• Fixed hidden channels sometimes not being hidden in initial search results on mobile
• Fixed initial watched and streamed videos not being hidden on mobile
• Fixed "Hide channel" menu item styling on mobile

• Hide "More videos" in the new player layout when hiding end screen videos on desktop
• Fixed Hide channel menu item persisting on unintended screens on desktop
• Fixed height of the desktop video context menu after adding Take Snapshot

• Fixed Upcoming videos not being hidden in Subscriptions on desktop

• Added an option to disable enlarged UI elements in theater mode at certain screen sizes on desktop
• Added support for the new under-video related videos layout on desktop
• Added hiding the Share button in fullscreen video on desktop
• Fixed width of channel avatars in search results on desktop
• Fixed hiding related videos when there is no category selector on desktop
• Fixed hiding related videos after navigating between videos on desktop
• Fixed hiding Live, Streamed and Members only videos in Home and Related on desktop
• Fixed hiding the Share menu item in Home and Related videos on desktop
• Fixed videos not being hidden after changing the Home category on desktop
• Fixed handling of dismissed videos when changing categories in Home and Related on desktop
• Fixed resizing some Search thumbnails on desktop
• Fixed hiding the Channel header on mobile
• Fixed initializing on mobile after a YouTube change

• The toolbar button now updates to indicate when the Enabled option is off
• Translated the Japanese version of the extension name
• Hide new individual Short grid item in Home on desktop
• Fixed hiding Upcoming videos in Home on desktop, using the new thumbnail format
• Fixed adding CSS when a new tab is left open in the background for a while

• Added a Block ads option (default: enabled)
• Added a Disable Ambient mode option (default: enabled)
• Enabled hiding Sponsored videos & promos by default again
• Hide Comments now also hides the Comments button in the Shorts player
• Hide hidden videos now works in Related videos on desktop
• Hide a Download button Premium upsell under videos on desktop
• Fixed new YouTube dropdown type breaking features which monitor dropdowns
• Fixed Hide Sponsored videos & promos being detected by YouTube
• Fixed Full-size theater mode not working due to YouTube CSS changes
• Fixed hiding some ad slots on mobile after YouTube changes
• Fixed paid content overlay not being hidden in video previews
• Fixed Hide hidden videos in Home on desktop
• Removed the Skip ads option since it's no longer needed

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

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

• Fixed hiding comments on mobile

(Internal architecture change to match MV3 version)

v1.11.0:

• Added an option to hide Premium upsells, e.g. Download menu item, enhanced bitrate quality item - only enable this if you don't have Premium!
• Added an option to hide the suggested actions overlay on Shorts (e.g. searches & comments)
• Added an option to stop Shorts looping
• Added an option to always display the progress bar in Shorts
• Changed the hidden full size theater mode header to display instantly if it gets focused (e.g. press / to search)
• Changed the Hide Share/Thanks/Clip option to hide Share buttons and menu items everywhere
◦ Hides the Share button on Shorts
◦ When hiding Share menu items, if they had a separator it now gets up to the first visible menu item instead
• Changed the position of the desktop "Hide channel" menu item to below the native Hide/Not interested menu items, above Report
• Fixed the desktop Take snapshot video context menu not working in Shorts
• Fixed hiding more "Open App" menu items on mobile
• Fixed the following features not working in all YouTube display languages:
◦ Hiding Members only playlists in a channel's Home tab on mobile
◦ Hiding the Next button in the video player on mobile
◦ Hiding Shorts navigation items
◦ Hiding Open App menu items on mobile

v1.10.0:

• Added support for all YouTube display languages to the Always use original audio feature on desktop
• Added a Minimum shorts per row option (up to 12) on desktop - Home only has up to 9 Shorts available to show per shelf

• Added a new option to hide metadata on Shorts until you hover on desktop
• Added a French translation by @maxchrr
• Added a short delay to sliding out the hidden header in full-size theater mode, so it doesn't trigger when you're just moving your mouse between the browser chrome and YouTube
• Moved Shorts options to their own section - shorts are hidden and redirected by default, so you need to disable these options to use the new hide metadata option

• Added the missing options for the Take snapshot video menu item:
◦ Toggle display of the menu item
◦ Snapshot format: JPEG (default) or PNG
◦ JPEG snapshot quality: Full, High (default), Medium or Low
• Added an option to hide channel banner images, to reduce the amount of space the channel header takes up
• Fixed Automatically pauding channel trailers preventing the next attempt to manually play the trailer if you change any options while on a channel's Featured tab

• Fixed accidentally hiding some playlists outside of Search and Related videos on desktop
• Fixed hiding a new ad variant under the comment entry point on mobile
• Fixed hiding multiple video types in Related videos on mobile
• Fixed missing translations for Hide Members only and Hide Playlists in the options page

• Added sub-options to Full size theater mode to hide the header and scrollbar, allowing theater mode videos to use the full window
• Hiding the header is enabled by default - hover near the top of the screen to make it reappear
• Hiding the scrollbar is not enabled by default, as some operating systems do this automatically
• Added a Take snapshot menu item to the video context menu
• Added an option to hide Members only videos
• Added an option to hide Playlists in Home, Search, Related etc
• Changed hiding of videos hidden using YouTube's built-in Hide/Not interested/Don't recommend channel functionality - you can now cancel hiding by clicking the 5 second timer
• Fixed hiding Mixes in endscreen videowalls
• Fixed hiding videos from your hidden channels in endscreen videowalls
• Fixed hiding the Looking for something different? prompt in Home on mobile
• Fixed some Movies & TV videos not being hidden

• Fixed hiding the Next button on mobile

• Fixed the frosted glass effect overlapping the first row of videos in Home when hiding the category bar on desktop
• Fixed hiding the Mixes chip when hiding mixes

• Added an option to always use original audio for videos with multiple language tracks
• Only available on desktop as the audio track can't be changed on mobile
• Fixed hiding streamed videos on desktop
• Fixed multiple features when using Simplified Chinese by adding missing translations
• Fixed Mixes not being hidden properly on desktop
• Fixed hiding Shorts chips
• Improved Japanese translation

• Added an option to automatically pause channel trailer videos on desktop (default: enabled)
• Added Chinese translation for the options page
• Added hiding new groups of 3 Shorts which now appear inline in the Home feed on desktop
• Changed the Hide video endscreen content option to also hide previous/next buttons
• Changed the Hide video end cards option to also hide end cards in embedded videos
• Fixed removing pink gradient from progress bars (again)
• Fixed hiding the info box under a video's channel name on desktop
• Fixed detection of Home and Subscriptions videos on desktop having their progress updated, or being replaced by another video
• Removed the separate option for hiding endscreen content in embedded videos - the Hide video endscreen content option now controls this everywhere

• Fixed removing pink gradient from progress bars in embedded videos

• Fixed removing pink from progress bars on mobile
• Fixed removing pink from some missed progress bar variants on desktop
• Fixed border-color on options in iOS dark mode