YouTube Ad Skip

Automatically skips video ads and closes banner ads on YouTube.

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YouTube Ad Skip is a Chrome extension designed to enhance your YouTube viewing experience by automatically skipping video ads and closing pop-up banner ads. With this tool, you no longer have to wait through ads, enjoy continuous playback with fewer interruptions, and quickly dismiss overlay ads that block your view. Once installed, no action is required from you—ads will be skipped automatically. Note that this is not a full ad blocker; some ads may still appear but won't interrupt your videos unnecessarily.

Extension Productivity Video Privacy & Security

By:: Zack Sempsrott
Users:: 73 -4
Rating:: 3.00

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Version:: 1.2.0 Last updated: 2024-09-07
Creation date:: 2022-02-12
Risk:: Low risk impact Moderate risk likelihood
Size:: 431.00KB
Email:: zs*****@gmail.com
Full description:: See detailed description
Source:: Chrome Web Store
Data ingested on:: 2025-07-08

Ranking

# 79,632 ▼ 1,441

Other rankings

#29093 in Workflow & Planning ▼ 217 #49 in skip ads keyword 40 ▲ 3 #84 in ad skipper keyword 38 ▲ 7 #102 in video ads keyword 41 ▲ 3 #297 in ad-blocking keyword 95 ▼ 3

User reviews

it wont let me click on it in the extensions tab

El*****, 2024-10-06

It does what it says it does. I hope I can get a guarantee that if it stops working, it will be updated quickly. 5 stars Edit, It worked then youtube updated its ad counters. 1 star Edit, IT WORKS sep 10 - Got an email from Zack and it is working now. 5 stars

Bl*****, 2024-08-06

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

YouTube Ad Skip requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

High Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.

Risk likelihood

Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Chrome extension may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Chrome extension reputation on Chrome Web Store, the amount of time the Chrome extension has been around, and other signals about the Chrome extension. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Chrome extension.

YouTube Ad Skip is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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