hyde — hide the YouTube video player controls
Press Ctrl+M to hide or show the YouTube video player controls.
hyde Chrome Extension: Hide YouTube Player Controls
hyde — hide the YouTube video player controls is a simple Chrome extension that allows you to hide or show the video player controls easily using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+M. It makes it easy to take clean screenshots and improves your overall viewing experience on YouTube.
Extension stats
Risk impact: Low risk impact 
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
- activeTab
- scripting
Size: 386.05K
Email: ka*****@gmail.com
Ranking
# 3,211
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Extension summary
When you pause a YouTube video, the player controls don't disappear. That makes it really hard to take a clean screenshot of the video. The controls also block your view, which can get really annoying. Hyde is a simple Chrome extension that allows you to hide or show the video player controls easily.
⭐ Simply use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+M to hide the controls or show them again. ⭐
User reviews
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spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Works perfectly fine on Chrome and Opera.
- Helps in hiding video controls for an uninterrupted viewing experience.
- Users love the extension overall.
Cons
- Does not work on Edge.
- Currently doesn't hide the progress bar on YouTube.
- Keybinding issues with Brave browser requiring customization.
Most mentioned
- Issues with hiding the YouTube progress bar.
- Functionality on different browsers, especially Edge and Brave.
- Need for keybinding adjustment in Brave browser.
User reviews
Hard-coding hotkeys (rather than letting the user specify their own) is lazy, user hostile, and poor development practice.
Hard-coding a hotkey to the same as an existing frequently-used function (Ctrl+M = mute audio) is sheer idiocy, and results in this extension not working at all on my browser because the hotkey just mutes audio instead.
by 
Zyn Lrm, 2024-12-20
Zyn Lrm, 2024-12-20Doesn't work with the new playbar but it does work with everything else.
Please update it, thank you! ^^
by 
Samantha Trainor, 2024-12-15
Samantha Trainor, 2024-12-15Love this extension!
by 
Peter Slabysz, 2024-12-12
Peter Slabysz, 2024-12-12Extension safety
Risk impact
hyde — hide the YouTube video player controls requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
hyde — hide the YouTube video player controls has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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