Hide Mouse

Hide Mouse

Hides mouse in fullscreen

What is Hide Mouse?
Hide Mouse is a Chrome extension that provides a solution for the mouse pointer that doesn't disappear when viewing videos in fullscreen on less modern video players. It does not affect platforms like YouTube that automatically hide your mouse. The extension can be easily enabled or disabled by clicking on its icon. Perfect for a distraction-free viewing experience.
Merlin
Stats
Users: 742 ▲ 14
Rating: 3.35 (26)
Version: 1.0 (Last updated: 2016-08-11)
Creation date: 2016-08-11
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Size: 38.17K
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Merlin
Summary

Hides your mouse when viewing videos in fullscreen on less modern video players. It doesn't affect more modern players like Youtube's that do this automatically. Just click the icon if you want to enable/disable the extension.

User reviews
User reviews summary
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Pros
  • Works great
  • Very handy
  • Works like a charm
Cons
  • Does not work on all platforms or websites
  • Does not have the ability to disable on specific sites
  • Issues with cursor reappearing
Most mentioned
  • Doesn't work on certain platforms or sites
  • Cursor reappears immediately
  • Desire for ability to disable on certain sites
Recent reviews
Doesn't work for me on itv.com etc, on Linux. Not only that, but on a Mac it does affect youtube, despite the description saying it doesn't. It prevents the cursor from reappearing when you move the mouse. Does it only work on Windows?
by Tony Houghton Tony Houghton, 2022-08-15

Did not work.
by Garrett Maring Garrett Maring, 2018-01-25

Works extremely I haven't had any problems.
by Jake Jake, 2018-01-19
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Safety
Risk impact

Hide Mouse is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Hide Mouse has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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