DeSkin

Hides Vevo ads from around Youtube videos
What is DeSkin?
DeSkin is a Chrome extension that hides Vevo (and any other ad company) wrapper ads around videos from Youtube. It offers a solution to remove annoying ads and provides a more seamless viewing experience.

Extension stats

Users: 58 ▼ -9
Rating: 3.67 (3)
Version: 1.1.0.0 (Last updated: 2012-12-16)
Creation date: 2012-12-15
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Size: 42.35K
URLs: Website

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Extension summary

Hides Vevo (and any other ad company) wrapper ads around videos from Youtube.

There is a full tutorial on how and why this extension was made here: http://www.bitfalls.com/2012/11/deskin-hide-vevo-ads-from-youtube.html Updated tutorial: http://www.bitfalls.com/2012/12/deskin-11-removing-vevo-ads-from.html


UPDATE Dec 16th 2012: Extension revamped to accomodate for newest Youtube design. Please rate the extension if you find it useful, spread the word, and try helping out with ironing the source code further if you're interested.

User reviews

This has stopped working. I still see Nicky Minaj's ugly face when trying to watch some decent music vids. An update is needed
by Gurning Chimp, 2013-03-27
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Extension safety

Risk impact

DeSkin requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

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

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