# YouTube Longs

> Replaces Youtube Short links with regular Youtube links.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `youtube-longs`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Crabby
- **Category:** games-entertainment
- **Daily users:** 10
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (3 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2022-04-22
- **First published:** 2022-04-21
- **Size:** 15 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube-longs/)

## Description

YouTube Longs is a Firefox add-on that replaces Youtube Short links with regular Youtube links. It redirects short links to full-length links for a better viewing experience.

## Rankings

- #32,807 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `https://www.youtube.com/shorts/*`
- `tabs`
- `webNavigation`

### Content script matches

- `www.youtube.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low 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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- [YouTube Unshort](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-unshort)
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- [YouTube Shorts Redirector](https://chrome-stats.com/d/shorts-obliterator) — 1 users
- [YouTube UnShortify](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-unshortify) — 8 users, 5.00 / 5
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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-longs)