Fullscreen Anything
Maximizes images, videos, and games.
Manifest V2
- By:
- Bozozo
- Users:
- 50,000+
- Rating:
- 3.76 (465)
- Version:
- 2 (Last updated: 2014-01-09)
- Creation date:
- 2014-01-09
- Permissions:
- http://*/*
- https://*/*
- Size:
- 28.04K
- Full description:
- See detailed description
- Source:
- Chrome Web Store
- Updated:
- 19 hours ago
Ranking
User reviews
Users appreciate Fullscreen Anything for enabling fullscreen video playback on sites that restrict it, enhancing viewing especially for sports and movies. It effectively removes distracting overlays and allows easier fullscreen toggling. However, bugs affect seek bar functionality, aspect ratio, and consistent fullscreen behavior. Some users find it unreliable on certain sites or window types, and Google has warned about potential future support issues. Despite imperfections, the extension is valued and praised for significantly improving video watching experiences on otherwise restrictive platforms.
Pros
- Effectively enables fullscreen mode on websites where fullscreen is normally disabled, allowing better video viewing experiences.
- Works well on various video streaming sites including sports streams and movie sites where native fullscreen isn't available.
- Simplifies the viewing experience by removing unwanted pop-ups and overlays during fullscreen playback.
- Provides an easy way to toggle fullscreen with shortcuts or extension icon.
- Overall helpful and appreciated by users, with many expressing gratitude and satisfaction.
Cons
- Occasional bugs and incomplete functionality such as non-working seek bar and inconsistent fullscreen behavior across different websites.
- Does not always honor aspect ratio or scale videos correctly in fullscreen.
- User interface issues like needing to click the extension icon to exit fullscreen and clicking the video sometimes putting it into native fullscreen instead of pausing.
- Some users report the extension not working at all on certain sites or with certain browser window types (e.g., frameless windows).
- Google warning about the extension not following best practices and possible future lack of support.
Recent reviews
I was skeptical with a 3.8 but 5 stars for sure. The extension is intentionally breaking websites and making them do things they weren't meant to do, there's going to be bugs. I'm able to easily work through them though and much better than the way I was watching school videos before. Good work!
by 
Nick A, 2025-04-20
Nick A, 2025-04-20This would be my top extension if it overrode the screen clicking -
currently, when the extension is installed and you're on fullscreen, if you click on the video to pause it (as I usually do with a split screen) it goes into actual full screen mode, instead of pausing/unpausing
by 
Hannah L, 2025-02-20
Hannah L, 2025-02-20it's good, it does the job. in my case, i don't know for everyone or every place, but i have to manually click the extension icon in the browser menu to get out of the fullscreen window'd mode.
that's fine, what stops it from getting 5 stars is that the seek bar does not function, again, in my case. it could work just fine on other websites or other video players.
by 
helly, 2025-02-15
helly, 2025-02-15Extension safety
Risk impact
Fullscreen Anything requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk impact analysis details
- Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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Risk likelihood
Fullscreen Anything has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
Risk likelihood analysis details
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