# Hide Youtube Chrome

> Allows you to show and hide the Youtube playback controls etc.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/hide-youtube-chrome](https://chrome-stats.com/d/hide-youtube-chrome)

## Overview

- **ID:** `hide-youtube-chrome`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** gravislizard
- **Category:** social-communication
- **Daily users:** 4
- **Rating:** 3.00 / 5 (6 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2020-04-11
- **First published:** 2020-04-10
- **Size:** 9.71 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/hide-youtube-chrome/)

## Description

Hide Youtube Chrome is a Firefox add-on that adds a button to the Youtube video description, allowing you to easily show and hide the playback controls and UI for capturing high-quality screenshots.

## Rankings

- #46,311 — Overall
- #100 — chrome

## Permissions and access

### Content script matches

- `*.youtube.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Request access to the following domains: youtube.com
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/hide-youtube-chrome)