Popout for YouTube™

Add a button to YouTube™ to pop the video out into a new resizable window.
What is Popout for YouTube™?
Popout for YouTube™ is a Chrome extension that adds a button to YouTube™ videos, allowing users to pop the video out into its own window. The resulting window contains the full YouTube™ player with all controls for quality, closed captioning, full screen, etc. Each video gets its own window, and the video can be resized to scale. This extension does not collect or use any user data, and the full source code is viewable on its website.

Extension stats

This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2023-02-12
Users: 58,778+
Rating: 3.78 (548)
Version: 5.1.4 (Last updated: 2020-04-27)
Creation date: 2020-04-24
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: High risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • tabs
  • http://www.youtube.com/*
  • https://www.youtube.com/*
Size: 21.82K
URLs: Website

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Extension summary

Add a button to YouTube™ videos to pop the video out into its own window. The resulting window contains the full YouTube™ player with all controls for quality, closed captioning, full screen etc. that can be resized to scale the video. Each video gets its own window, so you can open as many videos as you like.

Questions? Bugs? Please let me know on GitHub! https://github.com/justinforce/popout_for_youtube/issues

This extension can access?

  • Your data on www.youtube.com: This is so that the extension can parse the YouTube™ page that you're viewing so that it can clone the video.
  • Your browsing history: This is so that the extension can open a new tab so that the video can occupy it.
  • NONE of your data is collected or used by this extension. The warnings are part of Google Chrome™'s extension API. The full source of this extension is viewable at its website. Please review the source code or post a comment if you have any questions.

User reviews

It doesn't work...
by Martin Obal, 2023-01-20

Not appearing anymore. I am currently on MacOS 10.12 and the popout icon has gone now, it used to be top right of the youtube window but no more, I have not upgraded to new mac os yet but shame its not available anymore, any help appreciated as I really like this tool
by Virginia Cottrell, 2022-10-14

useless!!
by Tran long, 2022-08-31
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Popout for YouTube™ requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Popout for YouTube™ may not be trust-worthy. Avoid installing if possible unless you really trust this publisher.

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