Video Quality Settings for YouTube™ (HD/4K)

Watch YouTube™ in your preferred video quality, such as 720p, 1080p, 1440p and 2160p.

What is Video Quality Settings for YouTube™ (HD/4K)?

Video Quality Settings for YouTube™ (HD/4K) is a user-friendly Chrome extension for regulating the quality of YouTube™ videos. This extension offers a detailed list of quality levels from 144p to 8K and remembers your preferred settings between browsing sessions. Also includes an FPS limit feature and allows quality adjustment via both YouTube™ player settings and the extension's options.

Download

Stats

By: https://armin.dev

View on Chrome Web Store

Users: 9,000+

Rating: 3.90 (40) ▼ 0.05

Version: 2.0.0 (Last updated: 2023-09-13)

Creation date: 2020-02-02

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

storage
webNavigation
*://*.youtube.com/*
*://www.youtube-nocookie.com/*

Size: 551.94K

Email: cw*****@armin.dev

URLs: Website

Stats date:

Chrome-Stats Rank

# 10729 ▼ 111

Other rankings

#1012 in Tools ▼ 6

#3 in hd quality keyword 39 ▲ 1

#9 in quality keyword 22 ▲ 2

#9 in settings keyword 38 ▼ 1

#81 in browser settings keyword 49 ▲ 25

Upgrade to see more rankings

Other platforms

Video Quality Settings for YouTube (HD/4K) (v2.0.0)

4.00 (44) 2,729+

Not available on Edge

Want to check extension ranking and stats more quickly for other Chrome extensions? Install Chrome-Stats extension to view Chrome-Stats data as you browse the Chrome Web Store.

Summary

Analyze keywords

Video Quality Settings for YouTube™ is a browser extension that sets the preferred quality of YouTube™ videos, and remembers your video quality settings between sessions. Limiting the video frame rate to 30 FPS is also supported.

The continued development of Video Quality Settings for YouTube™ is made possible thanks to the support of awesome backers. If you'd like to join them, please check out https://armin.dev/go/patreon

The video quality is set to 1080p by default when the extension is installed, and the option can be updated from the player settings on YouTube™, or from the extension's options. Reload already opened videos for changes to take effect.

Quality levels: • 4320p (8K) • 2160p (4K) • 1440p (HD) • 1080p (HD) • 720p • 480p • 360p • 240p

User reviews

User reviews summary

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Useful for selecting video resolutions
Works fast and great
Allows for setting resolution once and applying it automatically to any video

Cons

Requires access to browsing history
Erases 1080p and above when limiting frame rate to 30fps
Creates a new tab instead of a small window for settings

Most mentioned

Does not work for many users
Works great when it does work
Some issues with selected video quality not being applied

Recent reviews

Bohdan, 2024-04-19

Does not work for me

DeziYT, 2024-04-18

Abdulaziz Ashammari, 2024-04-03

View all user reviews

Safety

Risk impact

Video Quality Settings for YouTube™ (HD/4K) is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Video Quality Settings for YouTube™ (HD/4K) if you trust the publisher.