Replicate old YouTube look and features within the modern layout!
YouTube Redux - Restore Classic YouTube Experience
'YouTube Redux' is a Chrome extension allowing users to experience the nostalgic and old refined styling and features of YouTube within today's interface. It offers a variety of features such as classic video page design, small video player, customizable settings, disabling infinite scrolling for comments and videos, option to manage number of videos per row on home page, and many more, to empower users with an old yet familiar YouTube environment.
Extension stats
Manifest V3
Permissions:
- activeTab
- storage
- scripting
Size: 312.32K
Email: om*****@gmail.com
Full description: See detailed description
Ranking
User reviews
Pros
- Restores the nostalgic design of YouTube
- Simple and minimalist interface
- Customizable with requests for additional features
- Functionality works well and generally stable
Cons
- Playlists display in dark mode regardless of settings
- Non-clickable timestamps
- Issues with comments not working
- Some elements like like/subscription buttons not loading on Mac
- UI scaling issue when toggling fullscreen
Most mentioned
- Desire for a more nostalgic YouTube experience
- Request to disable YouTube Shorts
- Problems with playlists and dark mode
- Issues with timestamps and comments not functioning
- Bugs affecting viewing experience
User reviews
unfotunately doesnt work anymore :( youtube sent this to the mf shadow realm so that it could use 1.1 gb of my memory every time i open the page.
by
a e, 2025-03-06
Absolutely fantastic extension. Youtube's layout changes are garbage, so this is what I've been rocking for years. I just wish it could disable youtube shorts entirely.
by
Dylan Reinecke, 2025-02-26
beautiful; love love love thsank you new youtube is hellsite.
by
Lab Specimen, 2025-02-24
Extension safety
Risk impact
YouTube Redux 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.
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Risk likelihood
We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of YouTube Redux. Use it at your own risk.
Risk likelihood analysis details
- High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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