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 browser extension that allows you to watch YouTube™ videos in your preferred video quality, such as 720p, 1080p, 1440p, and 2160p. It also supports limiting the video frame rate to 30 FPS and remembers your settings between sessions.

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Extension stats

By: https://armin.dev

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Users: 10,000+

Rating: 3.84 (45)

Version: 3.0.0 (Last updated: 2024-06-03)

Creation date: 2020-02-02

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

storage
webNavigation
scripting

Host permissions:

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

Size: 292.86K

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

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

Ranking

# 8091 ▼ 23

Other rankings

#1529 in Tools ▼ 5

#7 in hd quality keyword 19 ▼ 3

#11 in quality keyword 11 ▼ 4

#12 in settings keyword 34

#157 in trademark keyword 15 ▼ 41

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Video Quality Settings for YouTube (HD/4K) (v3.0.0)

4.04

(46) 2,954+

Video Quality Settings for YouTube (HD/4K) (v3.0.0)

3.00

(10) 4,791+

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Extension summary

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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.

The developer does not collect any personal data from this extension, visit the extension's privacy policy for more information.

The extension is also available for Edge and Firefox: https://github.com/dessant/youtube-video-quality#readme

Reviews are not monitored for bug reports, please use GitHub for issues and feature requests.

https://github.com/dessant/youtube-video-quality

YouTube is a trademark of Google Inc. Use of this trademark is subject to Google Permissions.

User reviews

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

Works well for setting video quality
Allows automatic application of quality settings across videos
Fast and efficient performance
Useful for maintaining high video resolutions

Cons

Quality settings reset after a few videos
Access to browsing history is concerning
Annoying pop-up for extension controls
Issues with setting quality to a non-existent level

Most mentioned

Works for a short period before resetting quality
Access to browsing history requirement
Automatically applies settings after initial setup

Recent reviews

Олександр Мороз, 2024-10-25

this works really well

Ishaan S Nair, 2024-08-13

Works for a very short period after putting to 1080, but after a video or two they open in 720 instead, check the extension and it's been switched from 1080 to auto, keeps doing that, so simply doesn't work as intended.

玄慈艶津, 2024-06-20

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Video Quality Settings for YouTube™ (HD/4K) requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.