hyde — hide the YouTube video player controls

Press Ctrl+M to hide or show the YouTube video player controls.

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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.

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Extension stats

By: karmdesai

Users: 80,000+

Rating: 4.20

(445)

1 new ratings

Version: 1.2 (Last updated: 2024-06-01)

Creation date: 2020-05-22

Permissions:

activeTab
scripting

Size: 386.05K

Email: ka*****@gmail.com

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 2,438 ▲ 87

Other rankings

#1718 in Functionality & UI ▲ 4

#8 in video player keyword 29 ▼ 2

#18 in player keyword 35 ▼ 5

#20 in video keyword 66 ▼ 9

#27 in play keyword 43 ▼ 5

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Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

User reviews

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Pros

Works fine on Google Chrome and Opera
Useful for students and note-taking
Can hide player controls effectively
Allows for the customization of hotkeys in some browsers

Cons

Does not work for some users on Brave or Edge browsers
Does not hide the seek bar or progress bar consistently
Hard-coded hotkeys conflict with existing browser shortcuts
Not all user-defined controls or watermarks are hidden

Most mentioned

Hotkey issues (especially Ctrl+M)
Inconsistent hiding of the video player controls
Does not work on certain browsers (Brave, Edge)
Requires manual adjustment of hotkeys in some cases
Progress bar still visible despite hiding controls

User reviews

on Edge this works too, you need to set the hot key in edge://extensions/shortcuts

Екатерина, 2025-03-10

It works. You need to change the shortcut key.

Nhat Ngo, 2025-03-09

Great! Thank you! Tip: it's cmd+m for Mac

ZenBerry music, 2025-03-08

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Extension safety

Risk impact

hyde — hide the YouTube video player controls requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

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