YouTube Background Launcher

Enables launching YouTube videos into the background, allowing you to close the tab and control the video from any other tab/window.

YouTube Background Launcher is available for download. It had 391 active users before it was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2022-09-04, and it has been downloaded from Chrome-Stats 36 times. The latest version is 1.1, and it was published 3 years ago. Be careful when installing it.

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Total download count: 36 (Only count downloads from Chrome-Stats)

All available versions

You can find the current and older versions of YouTube Background Launcher here. You can download the archived versions or inspect their source codes.

As a free user, you can only download the latest version.

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 1 version available for download.

Install CRX file

Option 1: The easy way (for Windows users only)

  1. Download and run chrome-stats.exe file on your PC. This method will allow you to install Chrome extensions directly from chrome-stats.com in one click. You only need to do this once!
  2. Type in chrome://restart in the URL bar to restart the browser for the changes to take effect.
  3. Download and install the YouTube Background Launcher CRX file

Option 2: Advanced method

  1. Download YouTube Background Launcher CRX file
  2. NOTE: Sometimes the browser may block downloading / installing CRX file from outside the Chrome Web Store. If so, you may need to use option 1, or download the ZIP file instead.
  3. In the URL bar, go to chrome://extensions
  4. Enable Developer mode
  5. Drag and drop the downloaded YouTube Background Launcher CRX file into the Extensions page
  6. When prompted, click Add extension to install YouTube Background Launcher.

Install ZIP file

  1. Download and unpack the YouTube Background Launcher ZIP file to a directory of your choice.
  2. In Chrome browser, go to chrome://extensions
  3. Enable Developer mode.
  4. Click on the Load Unpacked button.
  5. Select the directory of with the unpacked YouTube Background Launcher ZIP file from step 1. YouTube Background Launcher is now installed on your browser.

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