Youtube Overlay Remover

Name: Youtube Overlay Remover
Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Author: onekanaka

Toggle for hiding the youtube.com's HTML5 player overlay, that blocks vision at the top and bottom of the video when moving the mouse or pausing, in and out of full screen. Use Shift+Alt+X as default shortcut, or change it in the Extensions Manager.

Overview

Firefox Add-ons Store

Daily users

92 ▲ 5

Data as of 2026-09-01

Rating:

5.00

(2)

Version:

1.2

Last updated: 2020-03-25

Features & Capabilities

Youtube Overlay Remover is a Firefox add-on that allows you to toggle and hide the overlay on youtube.com's HTML5 player. It eliminates the distraction caused by the overlay that blocks vision at the top and bottom of the video when moving the mouse or pausing, in and out of full screen. By using the provided shortcut, or customizing it in the Extensions Manager, you can easily control the visibility of the overlay.

User Growth & Download Statistics

Add-on

By:

Daily users:

Rating:

Version:

1.2 Last updated: 2020-03-25

Version code:

4989287

Creation date:

2020-03-25

Firefox add-on GUID:

ytoverlayremover@gmail.com

Firefox add-on numeric ID:

2632020

Weekly download count:

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Risk:

Permissions:

Size:

24.25KB

URLs:

Website

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-09-01

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 11,901 ▲ 192

Other rankings

#14 in overlay keyword 20 ▼ 1#77 in cover keyword 7 ▲ 2#103 in layout keyword 13 ▲ 1#114 in hover keyword 9 ▲ 1#139 in remove keyword 30 ▼ 1

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Developed by:

onekanaka

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube-overlay-remover/

Website:

https://github.com/onekanaka/ytoverlayremover

User Reviews

ESSENTIAL Since youtube added zoom overlay wont fade away. Thanks

by Fi*****, 2022-11-05

Does what it says on the tin. Easy to use. Appears straightforward without any nefarious reporting out to a server or anything weird looking, as far as I can tell. Love it so far. THANK YOU!!

by Tw*****, 2022-06-26

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Is Youtube Overlay Remover Safe?

Risk impact

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Youtube Overlay Remover does not require any sensitive permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

Risk likelihood

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Youtube Overlay Remover has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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