FreshView for YouTube™

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

What is FreshView for YouTube™?

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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By: Mikhail Andrenkov

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Users: 9,000+

Rating: 3.91 (99)

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

Creation date: 2020-03-13

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

storage
tabs

Size: 782.34K

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URLs: Website

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 9836 ▲ 6

Other rankings

#507 in Workflow & Planning ▼ 1 #34 in trademark keyword 14 #58 in youtube keyword 90 ▲ 2 #164 in show keyword 37 ▼ 4 #192 in watch keyword 49 ▼ 2

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Summary

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FreshView for YouTube™ is an extension that helps you discover new YouTube™ videos by hiding ones you have already watched.

What can I control? • The visibility of viewed YouTube™ videos using the "Hide Videos" toggle. • The minimum watch progress of a viewed YouTube™ video using the "View Threshold" slider.

Are there any restrictions? • You must be logged into a YouTube™ account with watch history enabled.

Where can I donate? • Nowhere. Keep your money and enjoy!

What's new in FreshView for YouTube™ 2.1.0? • A dedicated options page for configuring the extension. • Filters to avoid hiding certain types of videos (e.g., playlist videos).

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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

Allows greater visibility of unwatched videos on YouTube's home page
Works as intended for some users
View threshold feature is appreciated by some users

Cons

Has stopped working for some users
Difficulty in getting it to work initially
Doesn't remove watched videos from the window, leaving empty spaces

Most mentioned

Extension stopped working
Difficulty in getting it to work initially
Videos still appear that show partial or almost fully watched
View threshold is a neat feature

Recent reviews

Really great extension but did it stop working today? I am seeing tons of already watched videos on YouTube's home page. 🤔 Thanks for the time it worked. 🙏🏻

The Sim Architect, 2024-04-02

It's decent I'd say. Currently, it doesn't work for Shorts that are in your subscription page. And it would be really helpful if there was a button which you could use to manually hide videos or mark them as watched. Maybe by right-clicking the thumbnail. The rest works fine.

Martin Zinke, 2022-04-09

Doesn't work at all. I installed this because my homepage is all videos I've seen before. Installed the extension, refreshed Youtube, still all the same videos that I've seen before. This extension just doesn't seem to have had any effect, and I'm confused why because the most recent update was only a couple months ago.

Meowmeow “Meow” Meow, 2022-04-07

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Safety

Risk impact

FreshView for YouTube™ may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.