# Return Youtube UI

> An extension that returns the look of YouTube to before everything became rounded. Preferences are available on the popup. Feel free to fork it from GitHub. I will try to update it as YouTube changes their site. Submit issues in GitHub so I'm aware.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/return-youtube-ui](https://chrome-stats.com/d/return-youtube-ui)

## Overview

- **ID:** `return-youtube-ui`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** 42null
- **Category:** appearance,photos-music-videos
- **Daily users:** 294
- **Weekly downloads:** 15
- **Rating:** 3.22 / 5 (9 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.3.12
- **Last updated:** 2025-10-02
- **First published:** 2022-12-11
- **Size:** 508 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-05
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/return-youtube-ui/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/42null/Return-YouTube-UI](https://github.com/42null/Return-YouTube-UI)

## Description

Return YouTube UI is a lightweight Chrome extension that restores YouTube's pre-rounded, classic visual style by injecting CSS, JavaScript, and small HTML adjustments directly into YouTube pages. Preferences are available in the popup so you can toggle tweaks and personalize which parts of the old look are applied. The extension focuses on appearance only — no analytics or user data is collected or sent.

This project is open-source and available on GitHub for forking, issues, and contributions. Updates will be posted as YouTube changes its site; to remove all changes simply uninstall the extension and reload YouTube. Submit issues on GitHub to help track regressions and request enhancements.

## Rankings

- #6,784 — Overall
- #2 — return
- #97 — submit
- #151 — javascript
- #186 — purpose
- #209 — update

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `scripting`
- `tabs`

### Host permissions

- `*://*.youtube.com/*`

### Content script matches

- `*.youtube.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate 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/return-youtube-ui)