Better YouTube Shorts

Take back the controls on YouTube Shorts with playback, volume, timestamp controls and more.
What is Better YouTube Shorts?
Better YouTube Shorts is a Chrome extension that allows you to take control of your YouTube Shorts experience with playback, volume, and timestamp controls. It includes features like progress bar, seeking, playback speed adjustment, and more.

Extension stats

This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2023-08-21 due to Chrome Web Store policy violation
Users: 16,533+
Rating: 4.59 (99)
Version: 2.7.2 (Last updated: 2023-08-06)
Creation date: 2022-06-06
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very high risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
Size: 28.50K
URLs: Website

Other platforms

Better YouTube Shorts (v3.7.2)
4.69 (78) 7,311+
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Extension summary

Control your YouTube shorts just like a normal YouTube video! Features include progress bar, seeking, playback speed, auto skip and more. You can also customize the keybinds to your liking!

List of Features:

  • Progress bar at the bottom with time and duration
  • Seeking 5 seconds backward and forward with arrow keys
  • Auto skip short when current one ends
  • Auto skip short with likes below custom threshold (e.g. 500 likes)
  • Auto open comment section on each short
  • Decrease and increase playback speed with keys U and O
  • Revert to normal speed with I or by clicking the speed button
  • Control volume with the volume slider or with - and =, mute audio with M
  • Mini timestamp and speed above the like button (can be scrolled on!)
  • Navigate to previous or next short without animation with W and S
  • Go to the next frame or previous frame with . and , while paused
  • Customizable keybinds
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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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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
  • Customizable features
  • Volume control
  • Seekbar control
  • Allows mouse control for playback
  • Fixes broken YouTube features
  • Ability to pause autoplay for reading comments
  • Option to hide overlays on videos
Cons
  • Requires manual updates
  • May cause conflicts with other extensions
  • Stopped working after recent update
  • No longer works on some devices
Most mentioned
  • Great extension
  • Stopped working
  • Broken as of August 4th
  • Please fix
User reviews
works better now
by Gat Darn, 2023-08-18

Amazing extension, found it by searching.
by 1234, 2023-08-13

this was remarkable to use but as of the last update most of the features broke update: fixed :D
by eihab01, 2023-08-11
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Better YouTube Shorts requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Better YouTube Shorts is very likely to contain malware and should not be trusted. Avoid installing.

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