Tweaks for YouTube

Browser extension for YouTube (including embedded videos), YouTube Music, and Google Drive videos.

Fast forward, rewind, navigate chapters, control volume, speed, and more (35+ actions) with an unlimited number of custom mouse and keyboard shortcuts. Use global keyboard shortcuts to control active video from any app.

Turn on the "Auto Gain" feature to balance sound levels across different videos by making quieter videos louder. One of the audio channels is quieter or missing? Just turn on the "Mono Mix". Use the "High Pass Filter" to make muddy audio with too much bass clearer. If the volume is still too low, there is a "Boost Volume" feature.

Make player controls always visible, hidden, visible only on mouse hover, or show only a minimalist progress bar. Auto-hide them in less than the default 3 seconds. Customize volume and time display, and base time on current playback rate.

Over 70 features available!

Full features list: https://inzk.dev/tweaks-for-youtube/features

Most features (except mouse control and a few others) and all keyboard shortcuts are off by default, so explore the options and enable the ones you need!

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Privacy Policy
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This extension does not collect personal data from users, and it does not send any user data to a remote server. The only data it collects are extension settings, and this is stored locally on your PC.

This is an independent project and has no relationship to YouTube™ or Google LLC.

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Permissions
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Storage – for storing extension settings

Site Access
– www.youtube.com
– music.youtube.com
– www.youtube-nocookie.com – for embedded videos in privacy-enhanced mode
– youtube.googleapis.com – for Google Drive videos

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Some of the Features
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Mouse Control
– interact with the video player, shorts player, or miniplayer using any mouse button or wheel
– 35+ actions available, such as:
– seek (units available: second, frame, chapter, %)
– adjust and set volume, toggle mute
– adjust and set playback rate (from 0.1x to 16x)

Video Chapters Navigation
– use the middle, right mouse button, or double click anywhere on the chapter container on the progress bar, and the chapter will start playing from the beginning

Auto-Show Chapters List
– automatically show the list (when available) in the sidebar

Playlist Duration
– show the duration on "/playlist" and "/watch" pages

Back To Comment
– use this command after clicking on a timestamp in the comment section to scroll down to that comment

Instant Fullscreen
– enter the fullscreen mode without delay, even with many playlist items, related videos, and comments loaded

Convert Channel Name To Link (available in Chromium browsers)
– in playlist, queue, and related videos click on the channel name to navigate to the channel page

Show Full-Size Thumbnails And Avatars
– Ctrl + Click on any thumbnail or avatar image to show the full-size version

Skip Ads
– skip any ad at any time with a mouse or keyboard shortcut
– add "Seek to" action, set unit to "%" and value to "100"

Autoclick the "Skip Ads" button
– automatically skip ads when the "Skip Ads" button appears

Fixed Sidebar
– in the Default view the sidebar has a fixed position and its own scrollbar

Expanded Cinema (Theater) Mode
– expand the player to the full window in cinema mode
– options to hide header and scrollbar (as in fullscreen)

Replace Mute Button With Volume Level
– show volume level (e.g., 50%) instead of the mute/unmute button in the player
– you can still click on it to mute/unmute

Enable Custom Time Display In Player
– replace the default time display (current time / duration) with a custom one based on a template

Subtitles
– turn subtitles automatically on/off on every new video
– set them to a fixed custom position
– align text to the center

Open Search Results In New Tab (with Ctrl/Shift + Enter combinations)
– Enter – open in current tab
– Ctrl+Enter – open in new tab
– Ctrl+Shift+Enter – open in new active tab
– Shift+Enter – open in new window

Skip Video Intro
– start playing the new video from a specific time or chapter to avoid watching repetitive intros
– can be set for individual channels or all videos

Up Next Video In 0 Seconds
– immediately play the next video

Disable Auto Pause
– disable the "Video paused. Continue watching?" feature

Pause Previous Video
– pause the previous video when another one starts playing

Video Snapshot
– capture the video frame at the current time and resolution, and save it as JPG, PNG, or WebP file
– copy captured frame to clipboard (available in Chromium browsers)
– optionally include subtitles

Video Download Link
– create a video download URL from a template
– copy URL to the clipboard – when downloading videos with command-line programs like youtube-dl
– open URL in a new tab – when downloading videos with browser tools

Copy Video URL / Copy Video URL At Current Time
– available domain formats – Short (youtu.be/…), Long (www.youtube.com/…)
– available time formats – Default (t=1000), HMS (t=16m40s)
– option to remove playlist from URL

Comments – Focus Input / Paste Timestamp
– focus the comment input if it isn't focused
– otherwise, paste a timestamp of the current video time at the cursor position
– pasting timestamp also works in replies
– option to reduce timestamp by 1, 2, or 3 seconds

Comments – Sort By
– option to always sort comments by "Newest first" or "Top comments"

Embed Mode
– watch the video in YouTube Embedded Player (in the current tab or popup window)

Picture-In-Picture Mode (available in Chromium browsers)
– enter and exit using local or global shortcuts

Video Dimmer
– decrease the video brightness (0 – 100%)

Inline Playback
– enable or disable the Inline Playback feature (play videos when you hover over them on the Home screen)

Chat Visibility
– show chat replay, auto-hide live chat, or disable the chat section

Clean Player
– remove annotations, cards, channel watermark, end screen, top buttons and video title, etc.

Clean Page
– remove reminders, hints, surveys, page elements, some ads, etc.

Hide All Action Indicator Animations
– hide icons and animations that show up when you change volume, playback rate, etc.

Hide Comments and Sidebar

Hide Related Videos
– hide related videos in the sidebar section
– this also hides the sidebar if there is no chat, chapters, playlist, or transcript

Show Video Playback Info
– show the overlay containing current time / duration, remaining time, volume, and/or playback rate
– adjustable font size and opacity

Back To Top Button
– scroll to the top of the page
– select button color and position

Focus Search Box
– use a hotkey to focus the input and automatically paste the selected text into it

Instant Play / Pause
– play or pause the video instantly on the mouse button pressed

Toggle Fullscreen with Middle Mouse Button
– trigger the fullscreen mode with the middle mouse button instead of double click

Auto-Expand Video Description

Initial Active Channel Page Tab
– when opening the channel page, navigate directly to the videos, playlists, or about tab

Video View – Start New Video In
– always start the new video in the Default view or Cinema mode

Preferred Video Resolution
– automatically set on every new video
– set different resolutions when the video is in fullscreen mode, cinema mode, on embedded videos, and on background videos

Initial Autoplay
– set autoplay on/off on the new session

Initial Fullscreen
– start playing the new video in fullscreen mode

Initial Volume
– automatically set on every new video or session

Initial Playback rate
– automatically set on every new video

Loop Every Video
– automatically set loop when the new video starts

Custom CSS And JS
– add custom styles and scripts

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YouTube Music Features
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– Mouse Control
– Keyboard Control
– Audio Mono Mix
– Audio High Pass Filter
– Audio Pan
– Video Snapshot
– Video Download Link
– Initial Volume
– Picture-In-Picture
– Auto-Skip Ads
– Auto-Click "Skip Ads" Button
– Custom CSS And JS