Hide YouTube™ Fullscreen Controls

Name: Hide YouTube™ Fullscreen Controls
Rating: 4.4737 (76 reviews)
Author: nralbrecht

By: nralbrecht

Hides the YouTube™ fullscreen controls when moving the mouse to any border.

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Features & Capabilities

Hide YouTube™ Fullscreen Controls Extension

This Chrome extension enhances your YouTube™ viewing experience by giving you full control over the fullscreen video controls. It hides the controls when you move your cursor to any screen border and allows toggling their visibility using a customizable hotkey. You can also hide video overlays and the play/pause animation for an uninterrupted viewing experience.

Customize which screen edges hide controls and set your preferred hotkey via the extension settings. Please note, this extension does not support embedded YouTube™ players. For any issues, visit the GitHub issues page.

User Growth & Download Statistics

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Version:

3.1.4 Last updated: 2022-11-25

Version code:

5491135

Creation date:

2016-07-10

Risk:

Permissions:

storage
*://www.youtube.com/*

Content scripts matches:

*.youtube.com

Size:

23.27KB

URLs:

Website

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-19

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 1,036 ▼ 6

Other rankings

#157 in Appearance

#166 in Photos, Music & Videos ▼ 1

#14 in trademark keyword 11

#38 in self control keyword 45 ▼ 1

#42 in screen time keyword 17

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Hide YouTube™ Fullscreen Controls (v3.1.4)

7,000 4.69

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Developed by:

nralbrecht

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/hide-youtube-controls/

Website:

https://github.com/nralbrecht/youtube-hide-controls/issues

User Reviews

Users largely praise the add-on for reliably hiding YouTube fullscreen controls/overlays, its simplicity, and customization (hotkey and mouse options). However, multiple reviews report inconsistent behavior or bugs — e.g., muting, hidden cursor, controls reappearing on multi‑monitor, and at least one claim it doesn’t work or may be outdated.

Pros

Effectively hides YouTube fullscreen controls/overlay (including on paused videos)
Reliable — many users report it “works as intended” or “does what it says”
Simple and hassle-free to use; several users highly recommend it
Offers customization (hotkey mode and some mouse-interaction options)

Cons

Mixed reliability/occasional bugs reported — while many say it works, others report it failing or being outdated
Specific issues reported by different users: videos being muted, mouse cursor hidden, and controls reappearing with multi‑monitor setups

Recent reviews

by Fi*****, 2025-08-07

Works great and good customization!

by Da*****, 2025-06-28

by To*****, 2025-06-13

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Is Hide YouTube™ Fullscreen Controls Safe?

Risk impact

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Hide YouTube™ Fullscreen Controls requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

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Risk likelihood

Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Firefox add-on may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Firefox add-on reputation on Firefox Add-ons Store, the amount of time the Firefox add-on has been around, and other signals about the Firefox add-on. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Firefox add-on.

Hide YouTube™ Fullscreen Controls has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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