# YouTube Magic: Hide Watched Videos

> A browser extension that hides watched (in part and fully) and 'Members Only' YouTube videos. YouTube makes it deliberately impossible to implement this in a performant way, so performance may vary and momentary visual glitches may occur at times.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `youtube-magic`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Arek
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging,appearance,photos-music-videos
- **Daily users:** 15
- **Weekly downloads:** 2
- **Version:** 1.1.5
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-29
- **First published:** 2025-10-01
- **Size:** 78 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-11
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube-magic/)

## Description

Contact the author via 'Support Email' if you have any inquiries.

## Rankings

- #28,064 — Overall
- #55 — magic
- #144 — watch

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `management`
- `tabs`
- `activeTab`
- `storage`

### 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/youtube-magic)