YouMute

Automatically mute and skip YouTube™ video ads

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YouMute - Your Ad-Free YouTube Companion

YouMute is a Chrome extension designed to simplify your YouTube viewing experience by automatically clicking the "Skip ad" button as soon as it appears, instantly bypassing video ads. Additionally, it mutes ads so your viewing remains uninterrupted and pleasant.

Enjoy uninterrupted videos without manual intervention. With YouMute, say goodbye to annoying ads and regain control over your YouTube time effortlessly.

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By:: Sun City Design
Users:: 7,000
Rating:: 3.82

(126)
Version:: 0.2.0 Last updated: 2023-11-20
Creation date:: 2018-12-31
Risk:: Low risk impact Very low risk likelihood
Size:: 53.66KB
Email:: su*****@gmail.com
URLs:: Privacy policy
Full description:: See detailed description
Source:: Chrome Web Store
Data ingested on:: 2025-07-11

Ranking

# 10,911 ▲ 97

Other rankings

#3356 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 10 #169 in design keyword 41 ▼ 10

User reviews

Users report that YouMute often fails to mute or skip advertisements consistently, leading to frustration. Although it worked well initially, many users note that it frequently stops functioning due to changes on YouTube or lack of updates. There is disappointment over the slow or insufficient maintenance to address these problems, resulting in negative experiences with its reliability and effectiveness.

Pros

Cons

Extension frequently stops working or doesn't function as intended.
Does not mute or skip ads as expected.
Bugs or issues are recurrent and updates to fix issues are sporadic or slow.
Users express frustration with lack of ongoing support or maintenance.
Was effective in the past but performance has degraded over time.

Recent reviews

沒用

Yi*****, 2025-06-14

doesn't do anything

Ad*****, 2025-06-07

As of 6th June 2025 this appears to do exactly nothing more than an icon in the extenstions area. Does not mute, does not skip.

Ji*****, 2025-06-06

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

YouMute requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

High Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.

Risk likelihood

Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Chrome extension may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Chrome extension reputation on Chrome Web Store, the amount of time the Chrome extension has been around, and other signals about the Chrome extension. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Chrome extension.

YouMute has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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