# YouTube Full Captions

> Enhances YouTube's auto-generated subtitles to display line by line instead of word by word, for improved readability.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `youtube-full-captions`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** dodothedreamer
- **Category:** photos-music-videos
- **Daily users:** 185
- **Weekly downloads:** 25
- **Rating:** 3.38 / 5 (8 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0.0.2
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-25
- **First published:** 2025-09-03
- **Size:** 55 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-12
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube-full-captions/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/odedstr/YouTube-Full-Captions-Firefox](https://github.com/odedstr/YouTube-Full-Captions-Firefox)

## Description

YouTube Full Captions changes how YouTube's auto-generated subtitles are displayed by rendering captions line by line instead of word by word, improving readability.

Getting started is simple: install the extension and click its icon while watching a video to enable the feature. To revert, click the icon again and the page reloads to restore the default YouTube captions.

## Rankings

- #8,646 — Overall
- #26 — deactivate
- #27 — options
- #30 — fullhd
- #67 — line
- #114 — pull

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `scripting`
- `activeTab`
- `tabs`
- `storage`
- `contextMenus`

### Host permissions

- `*://*.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/youtube-full-captions)