YouTube Auto-Pause

Name: YouTube Auto-Pause
Author: Peter Wan

By: Peter Wan

Auto-pauses YouTube on tab switch or window blur. F8 to toggle.

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Features & Capabilities

yt-autopause is a simple extension meant to assist with automatically pausing both regular YouTube videos and YouTube Shorts under the following scenarios:

When switching between tabs within the browser.
When switching between different windows.

Resuming a video

In addition to automatically pausing both videos and shorts, yt-autopause offers some granularity with regards to resuming a video. Each pause scenario has its own independent auto-resume setting:

Tab switching — when enabled, returning to a YouTube tab will automatically resume the video from where it left off.
Window blur — when enabled, refocusing the browser window will automatically resume the video.

Both settings are enabled by default and can be toggled independently from the extension popup.

Shortcuts

yt-autopause can be controlled without interacting with the popup menu directly:

F8 — toggles yt-autopause on or off on any YouTube page. If the popup menu is not already open, it will appear to provide a visual confirmation of the current state.
Esc — closes the popup menu.

Availability

yt-autopause targets browsers that support the WebExtensions API with Manifest V3. The following browsers are in scope:

Google Chrome: Intended Mozilla Firefox: Approved Microsoft Edge: Intended Opera: Intended

Firefox is the primary browser this extension has been developed and tested against. Chrome, Edge, and Opera are intended targets given their support for the WebExtensions API, but have not been formally verified

User Growth & Download Statistics

Add-on

By:

Peter Wan

Daily users:

Version:

1.0.1 Last updated: 2026-05-12

Version code:

6258852

Creation date:

2026-04-29

Risk:

Permissions:

storage

Content scripts matches:

www.youtube.com

Size:

21.74KB

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-14

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 147,476 ▲ 3,143

Other rankings

#74 in pause keyword 11 ▲ 2

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Developed by:

Peter Wan

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube-auto-pause/

Is YouTube Auto-Pause Safe?

Risk impact

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YouTube Auto-Pause requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

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Risk likelihood

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YouTube Auto-Pause is recently added, and hasn't been around long enough for us to gather enough data to accurately assess its risk level.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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