Turn Off the Lights

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.

What is Turn Off the Lights?

Turn Off the Lights is a lightweight Chrome extension that enhances the video viewing experience on platforms like YouTube, Vimeo, etc. With a click, it fades the rest of the web page into darkness, focusing on the video. It comes with features like Auto HD play, customizable colors, and supports multiple video sites.

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By: https://www.turnoffthelights.com

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Users: 2,000,000+

Rating: 4.60 (33,521) ▲ 3 new ratings

Version: 4.2.6.0 (Last updated: 2023-10-12)

Creation date: 2020-06-04

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

contextMenus
tabs
<all_urls>
storage

Size: 3.41M

Email: su*****@stefanvd.net

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 176 ▼ 2

Other rankings

#283 in Accessibility ▼ 1

#2 in Darken your browser

#3 in Personalize Chrome

#8 in Transform YouTube

#15 in Chrome Web Store Home Page

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Other platforms

Turn Off the Lights for Firefox (v4.4.5.0)

4.58 (649) 42,674+

Turn Off the Lights (v4.2.2.0)

3.90 (130) 440,306+

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Summary

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With a single click on the lamp button, the page will fade to dark. And automatically focus on the video. By clicking on it again, the page will return to normal.

Turn Off the Lights is a lightweight and useful add-in designed for a more comfortable watching experience.

A few great features in this browser extension:

Turn the lights back on, by clicking on it
Support multiple video sites: YouTube, Dailymotion, Vimeo,... and more
Customize your YouTube: Auto HD: Set videos to play in HD automatically. Users can select from highres > 8K > 5K > 4K > 1080p > 720p > 480p > 360p > 240p > 144p > default Auto Wide: Automatically plays the video on the widest mode ,... and more
Easter Eggs: Shortcut key: T -> Do you like a real movie theater feeling?
Option to make the screen dark when the user clicks on the play button
Option to turn on/off the fade in and fade out effects

User reviews

User reviews summary

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

Works fine
Solved a problem
Brilliantly
Good concept
Some users love it

Cons

Useless for some users
Limited functionality
Adds an overlay that can be distracting
Doesn't work on all websites
Some users find it unnecessary

Most mentioned

Works fine
Useless
Dark mode
Limited functionality
Some users love it

Recent reviews

Where do I start. It causes problems on a lot of websites. The icon doesn't appear in YT so that you can adjust the settings. And if you try to go to their website, you can't do anything if you have ad blockers. Had no benefit at all for me.

Roy Nwaisser, 2024-04-23

Such a cool idea!!!! LOVE IT!

Reiley Clark, 2024-04-18

爛透了

Chang David, 2024-04-14

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Safety

Risk impact

Turn Off the Lights is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Turn Off the Lights if you trust the publisher.