Video Blocker

Block videos from playing.

What is Video Blocker?

Video Blocker is a Chrome extension that enhances your browsing experience by stopping autoplay videos on various web pages. This handy tool prevents all web videos from playing automatically, reducing CPU usage especially on pages with high content updates. It also includes a whitelisting feature where users can specify trusted domains. If you want to play a video, simply click on it. The application's latest versions include multiple bug fixes, better language translations, as well as an updated framework. Streamline your browsing with Video Blocker!

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By: Ben Plowman

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Users: 10,000+

Rating: 3.54 (121)

Version: 1.2 (Last updated: 2022-10-27)

Creation date: 2020-02-06

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

tabs
activeTab
storage

Size: 2.02M

Email: be*****@gmail.com

URLs: Website

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 7835 ▼ 39

Other rankings

#421 in Workflow & Planning ▼ 16 #18 in video keyword 88 ▲ 14 #179 in overlay keyword 45 ▲ 12 #253 in domain keyword 18 ▼ 1

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Summary

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Video Blocker stops annoying autoplay videos before they start.

Prevents all web videos from automatically playing on pages.
Allows you to whitelist specific domains like youtube.com where you want videos to play.
Allows you to enable a single video by clicking on the video directly.
If you find a video this extension is not currently blocking, I'd love to hear about it. Hit me up on twitter @benplowman.

New in version 1.2 (October 2022):

Fixed a bug where several languages were poorly translated.
Migrated to the latest version of the Chrome Extensions framework (manifest v3)

New in version 1.1:

Fixed a bug where some videos were no longer being blocked.

New in version 1.0:

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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

Blocks videos on most major websites
Provides a simple link to play the video if wanted
Effectively reduces annoying video ads

Cons

Doesn't work on some websites
May still play videos in the background while covering them with a slate
May not block certain types of videos

Most mentioned

Blocks videos on most major websites
Doesn't work on some websites
Effectively reduces annoying video ads
May still play videos in the background while covering them with a slate

Recent reviews

this actually works, fantastic, and even better now I can use it on Microsoft edge chromium, if the overlay on the video could be optionable it would be perfect

Adrian Bee (Broken Hill Australia), 2020-09-03

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ابو جابر ر, 2020-08-12

Very good extension but another option will make it fantastic. The feature is watch video enable for few minutes, like 10 minutes. Some times we need to watch important video. that time we disable the software but after long time we realize that we forget to enable the extension. Its happen because we are addicted to videos and its consume our valuable time. So please add timer feature.

Provakor Konik, 2024-03-14

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Safety

Risk impact

Video Blocker may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.