Control Panel for YouTube

Name: Control Panel for YouTube
Rating: 4.6581 (155 reviews)
Author: Jonny Buchanan

By: Jonny Buchanan

Gives you more control over YouTube by adding missing options and UI improvements

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Features & Capabilities

Control Panel for YouTube is a Chrome extension that gives you granular control over YouTube's interface and behavior. Remove ads and promos, hide Shorts and recommended sections, silence Premium upsells, and restore or tweak player elements. The extension exposes desktop and mobile-specific options so you can customize your viewing experience across devices.

Highlights include ad blocking and sponsor hiding, UI tweaks (compact play button, hide new controls, remove backgrounds and titles), playback controls (disable autoplay, background playback, always original audio), extensive feed and list filters (hide watched, live, mixes, playlists, members-only), Shorts management (hide, redirect, stop looping), and extra utilities like downloadable transcripts and snapshot capture. Toggle individual options to create a distraction-free, privacy-focused, and productivity-friendly YouTube experience.

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Rating:

Version:

1.34.0 Last updated: 2026-05-22

Version code:

6272684

Creation date:

2024-02-25

Risk:

Permissions:

storage

Content scripts matches:

www.youtube.com
m.youtube.com
www.youtube-nocookie.com

Size:

124.01KB

Email:

ex*****@soitis.dev

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-19

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 444 ▲ 3

Other rankings

#55 in Photos, Music & Videos ▲ 1

#2 in panel keyword 27

#5 in control keyword 46 ▼ 1

#8 in self control keyword 45 ▼ 2

#43 in give keyword 9

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Other platforms

Control Panel for YouTube (v1.34.0)

100,000 4.30

(247)

Control Panel for YouTube (v1.34.0)

4,050 4.40

(8)

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Developed by:

Jonny Buchanan

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/control-panel-for-youtube/

Email:

ex*****@soitis.dev

Website:

https://soitis.dev/control-panel-for-youtube#support

Publisher Change History

2025-03-12: jo*****@gmail.com to ex*****@soitis.dev

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User Reviews

Users praise Control Panel for YouTube for its broad feature set and ability to customize and clean up YouTube's UI. They value clutter reduction, ongoing maintenance, and the introduction of a list view option. The main recurring drawbacks are a preference for a list view over the grid, occasional mobile-feed issues after updates, and several commonly requested features that are still not implemented.

Pros

Extensive feature set and a high degree of control over YouTube's UI.
Effective clutter reduction: hides suggestions and end-cards, improving the homepage experience.
Active maintenance with frequent updates and ongoing improvements.
List view option and updates to support list-based viewing.

Cons

Grid-based layout is disliked by some users; many want the classic list view restored.
Mobile experience can regress after updates, with home feeds flooding the feed/home page.
Users frequently request additional features (e.g., default playback speed, disabling thumbnails and uppercase titles) that are not yet implemented.

Recent reviews

by Cl*****, 2026-06-16

Way too many things enabled by default. Would have preferred an option to start with a blank slate and toggle on the few things I wanted from it.

by Or*****, 2026-06-14

by Fi*****, 2026-06-13

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Is Control Panel for YouTube Safe?

Risk impact

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Control Panel for YouTube requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Request access to the following domains: youtube.com, youtube-nocookie.com
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Risk likelihood

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Control Panel for YouTube is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.
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