# YouTube Pause Button

> A simple extension that toggles YouTube videos when its icon is clicked.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `youtube-pause-button`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** robo
- **Category:** photos-music-videos
- **Daily users:** 12
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (1 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.2
- **Last updated:** 2024-11-26
- **First published:** 2024-11-23
- **Size:** 11 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube-pause-button/)

## Description

If you've ever listenined to music or a podcast on youtube but hated having to open it again and again to pause it when you needed to focus on another tab, this extension might be for you!

Simply pin it to your toolbar, and you can click it to play/pause YouTube tabs, even in the background!

## Rankings

- #30,420 — Overall
- #29 — pause
- #78 — cause

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `<all_urls>`

### 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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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-pause-button)