YouTube™ Stop Button

Adds a stop button to the player interface to unload the player and stop the video from buffering any time.

What is YouTube™ Stop Button?

The 'YouTube™ Stop Button' is a Chrome extension designed to give users control over YouTube video buffering. It introduces a 'Stop' button on the player interface to unload the player any time, halting player-related network activities and disabling automatic buffering. Notably, this extension does not affect other elements of the page. The 'YouTube™ Stop Button' exclusively supports the HTML5 player and is built on the manifest v3 guidelines. It operates only when triggered, ensuring no unnecessary background activities are running.

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Extension stats

By: unixeco

View on Chrome Web Store

Users: 1,000+

Rating: 3.59 (37)

Version: 0.2.5 (Last updated: 2024-01-22)

Creation date: 2019-04-28

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

storage
scripting

Host permissions:

*://www.youtube.com/*

Size: 68.69K

Email: un*****@gmail.com

URLs: Privacy policy

Ranking

# 24343 ▼ 99

Other rankings

#4332 in Workflow & Planning ▼ 19 #5 in stop keyword 12 #43 in flash player keyword 55 ▲ 3 #209 in button for google keyword 51 ▼ 6 #272 in youtube keyword 82 ▲ 7

Other platforms

YouTube™ Stop Button (v0.1.6)

4.05

(20) 146

YouTube™ Repeat Button (v0.2.5)

5.00

(2) 770

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Extension summary

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This extension unloads the YouTube player without affecting the actual page. Removing the player eliminates any network requests to fetch or buffer the video. This is especially useful when you wish to watch the video later without YouTube preloading it and consuming your bandwidth.

Key Features:

Disables automatic buffering
Halts player-related network activities
Unloads the player while keeping the page intact

The extension introduces a new "Stop" button located next to the "Play" button. Click the "Stop" button whenever you want to unload the player.

Additional Notes:

This extension exclusively supports the HTML5 player, offering no compatibility with Youtube's old Flash player.
Built on manifest v3, this extension adheres to the specified guidelines.
It only operates when the "Stop" button is triggered and remains in an idle state at all other times, ensuring no background activities are running.

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Adds a 'stop' button to YouTube player
Allows users to see the thumbnail full screen
Works with the latest version of Chrome

Cons

Frequently stops working or presents a black screen
Contains adware that opens unsolicited tabs
Requires permissions to read browsing history

Most mentioned

Stopped working recently
Black screen when button is pressed
Desire for automatic stopping at the end of the video

Recent reviews

it was working, now the stop button takes me to another youtube video, please fix it.

Karam D., 2024-05-08

adware opens tabs unsolicited, and doesn't work at its function

Matt Burnham (MxMattyB), 2024-01-22

Works well ! (Adds 'stop' button to youtube player and when clicked, stops the player from buffering) Though, I liked how it used to show the thumbnail behind the player when stopped, that feature seems to no longer be working.