# Profanity Filter for YouTube

> Profanity Filter for YouTube mutes, skips, or bleeps profanity in YouTube videos, and redacts profanity from on-screen text: captions, the transcript panel, comments, and live chat.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/profanity-filter-for-youtube](https://chrome-stats.com/d/profanity-filter-for-youtube)

## Overview

- **ID:** `profanity-filter-for-youtube`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Donovan
- **Category:** privacy-security,photos-music-videos
- **Daily users:** 19
- **Weekly downloads:** 2
- **Rating:** 4.00 / 5 (1 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.1.2
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-11
- **First published:** 2026-07-07
- **Size:** 49 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/profanity-filter-for-youtube/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/profanity-filter-for-youtube/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/profanity-filter-for-youtube/privacy/)

## Description

Mutes, skips, or bleeps profanity in YouTube videos using each video's subtitle transcript, and redacts it from captions, transcripts, comments, and live chat. Per-channel settings, personal word lists. 100% local — no data collection.

## Rankings

- #25,126 — Overall
- #14 — gofa
- #161 — profile

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `tabs`
- `*://www.youtube.com/*`
- `*://m.youtube.com/*`

### Content script matches

- `www.youtube.com`
- `m.youtube.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/profanity-filter-for-youtube)