FreshView for YouTube™

Hide YouTube™ videos you've already watched to easily discover fresh content.

FreshView for YouTube™: Discover Fresh Content Easily

FreshView for YouTube™ is a Chrome extension designed to optimize your YouTube™ experience by hiding videos you've already watched. This enhancement allows for easier discovery of new content and a tailored viewing experience. The extension lets users control the visibility of already viewed videos and set a minimum watch progress threshold for these video items. A YouTube™ account with watch history enabled is a prerequisite. The recent 2.1.0 update includes a dedicated options page, enhanced filters, and reliability improvements.

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Extension stats

By: Mikhail Andrenkov

Users: 8,000+

Rating: 3.83

(123)

Version: 2.1.0 (Last updated: 2022-02-14)

Creation date: 2020-03-13

Permissions:

storage
tabs

Size: 782.34K

Email: M.*****@gmail.com

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 10,870 ▲ 43

Other rankings

#704 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 7 #30 in trademark keyword 17 ▲ 10 #31 in video keyword 77 ▲ 12 #41 in youtube keyword 87 ▲ 4 #186 in watch keyword 20 ▲ 10

Other platforms

Not available on Android

FreshView for YouTube™ (v2.1.0)

466 3.35

(26)

Not available on Edge

User reviews

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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

Helps improve visibility of unviewed videos
Initial functionality was fantastic and user-friendly
Simple toggle settings once enabled
Saves users from seeing irritating previously watched video recommendations
Improves the overall YouTube viewing experience

Cons

Frequently stops working or requires resetting
Not compatible with Manifest V3, leading to functionality loss
Delays in updates and patching bugs
Limited options for customizing video visibility
Settings often reset or need re-enabling

Most mentioned

Stopped working or malfunctioning after previously functioning well
Requires enabling and tweaking settings to work properly
Compatibility issues with YouTube updates or Chrome updates
Users are switching to alternative extensions due to issues with FreshView
Lack of updates since 2022 causing negative reviews

User reviews

Useless, doesn't do anything.

Damo, 2025-01-29

экономит много нервов, рекомендую

Асадбек Сайфиев, 2025-01-24

View Threshold option, does not work.

Mobile Phone7531, 2024-11-26

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Extension safety

Risk impact

FreshView for YouTube™ requires a few sensitive permissions. 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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Risk likelihood

We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of FreshView for YouTube™. Use it at your own risk.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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