The entire page will be fading to dark, so you can watch the videos as if you were in the cinema. Works for YouTube™ and beyond.
- By:
- https://www.turnoffthelights.com/
- Users:
- 1,000,000
- Rating:
- 4.59 (33,595)
2 ratings
- Version:
- 4.5.8 Last updated: 2025-06-10
- Creation date:
- 2020-06-04
- Risk:
- High risk impact Very low risk likelihood
- Permissions:
- contextMenus
- tabs
- storage
- webNavigation
- scripting
- contextMenus
- Host permissions:
- <all_urls>
- <all_urls>
- Size:
- 8.46MB
- Email:
- su*****@stefanvd.net
- URLs:
- Website ,Privacy policy
- Full description:
- See detailed description
- Source:
- Chrome Web Store
- Updated:
- 19 hours ago
Ranking
# 200 ▲ 14
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User reviews
Pros
- Provides effective screen dimming to reduce distractions during video playback.
- Supports automatic activation on video play and allows customization per website.
- Helps protect eyes with its dark mode features, enhancing viewing comfort.
- Offers additional useful functionalities such as volume adjustment and screenshot capturing.
- Saves data by controlling automatic video quality on various streaming sites.
Cons
- Sometimes causes functionality issues requiring browser reloads to fix.
- Occasionally interferes with website elements like search bars and video captions.
- Compatibility problems noted with certain browsers or devices, leading to full window dimming.
- Conflicts with other extensions forcing users to disable ones they want.
- Reports of the extension freezing or crashing browsers on certain occasions.
Recent reviews
It needs an update something has been bugging it, its been having so much issue that I had to always close the browser and reload the page to have this extension working again...
by
Va*****, 2025-05-29
great extension without video distraction.
by
Jo*****, 2025-05-19
It's a great extension, I love dark modes and it makes it more enjoyable to watch videos without the distraction of the text.
I've been using it for years, and now it also has several functionalities such as being able to make it activate automatically when you press play, select websites where it works automatically, or specific sites where it doesn't activate automatically.
It's very good, congratulations to the developers!
by
Le*****, 2025-05-16
Extension safety
Risk impact
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do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.
Turn Off the Lights requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk impact analysis details
- Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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Turn Off the Lights has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.
Risk likelihood analysis details
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