# Hide YouTube™ Fullscreen Controls

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

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `hide-youtube-controls`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** nralbrecht
- **Category:** appearance,photos-music-videos
- **Daily users:** 5,804
- **Weekly downloads:** 37
- **Rating:** 4.52 / 5 (75 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.1.4
- **Last updated:** 2022-11-25
- **First published:** 2016-07-10
- **Size:** 23 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/hide-youtube-controls/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/nralbrecht/youtube-hide-controls/issues](https://github.com/nralbrecht/youtube-hide-controls/issues)

## Description

## 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](https://github.com/nralbrecht/youtube-hide-controls/issues).

## Rankings

- #1,063 — Overall
- #162 — Appearance
- #175 — Photos, Music & Videos
- #16 — trademark
- #41 — self control
- #44 — screen time

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

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

### Content script matches

- `*.youtube.com`

## Safety

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

> Some risk analysis details are omitted from this free response. [Upgrade to view the full analysis](https://chrome-stats.com/pricing).

## Review summary

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

## Similar extensions and apps

- [Video Controls Hider for YouTube™](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-video-controls-hider) — 3 users, 1.00 / 5
- [Hide Youtube Chrome](https://chrome-stats.com/d/hide-youtube-chrome) — 4 users, 3.00 / 5
- [Youtube Overlay Remover](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-overlay-remover) — 91 users, 5.00 / 5
- [YouTube Hide Controls](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-hide-controls) — 45 users, 3.75 / 5
- [YouTube: Hide & Show Controls](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-hide-show-controls) — 54 users, 5.00 / 5
- [YouTube on Hover Preview](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-on-hover) — 202 users, 4.50 / 5
- [YouTube addiction control](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-addiction-control) — 18 users, 4.83 / 5
- [YouTube Autohide](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-autohide-controls) — 193 users, 4.00 / 5
- [Window Fullscreen for YouTube](https://chrome-stats.com/d/window-fullscreen-for-youtube) — 68 users, 5.00 / 5
- [YouTube Speed Controls](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-speed-controls) — 30 users, 3.00 / 5
- [Youtube Zen](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-zen) — 10 users, 4.50 / 5
- [YouTube Control Hider](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-control-hider) — 7 users, 1.00 / 5

---

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