Better YouTube Previews

Name: Better YouTube Previews
Rating: 5 (5 reviews)
Author: David Schiller

Make YouTube video previews play on long click instead of hover.

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Better YouTube Previews is a Chrome extension designed to improve your YouTube browsing by giving you control over video previews. Instead of videos auto-playing on hover, this extension lets you choose when to watch previews through a long click, reducing distractions and preventing unwanted autoplay. It offers three modes: disable previews during scrolling, enable previews only on a long click (recommended), or completely disable previews.

With no data collection, no ads, and minimal permissions required, Better YouTube Previews prioritizes privacy and a seamless user experience. It integrates smoothly without interfering with native YouTube features, allowing you to enjoy video previews only when you want them.

Add-on Productivity Video Privacy & Security

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Daily users:

Rating:

Version:

2.36.0.1 Last updated: 2024-04-08

Version code:

5717666

Creation date:

2024-04-07

Risk:

Permissions:

activeTab
storage
*://www.youtube.com/*

Size:

77.83KB

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Browser Add-ons

Data ingested on:

2025-07-12

Ranking

# 12,615 ▲ 85

Other rankings

#26 in preview keyword 18 ▲ 1 #106 in review keyword 25 ▲ 2 #149 in hover keyword 26 ▼ 3

User reviews

Thank you! Auto adding videos I didn't watch to my history was driving me crazy!

by Ch*****, 2025-03-11

As someone who dislikes previews (since YouTube adds that video to your watch history if you let it go for too long) this has been a must-have for me since YouTube keeps re-enabling previews in my settings.

by Sn*****, 2025-01-03

simple and straightforward

by ta*****, 2024-12-29

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Better YouTube Previews requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

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Better YouTube Previews has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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