# YouTube Screenshot Button

> Take screenshots from YouTube Videos & YouTube Shorts. The addon adds screenshot button & also enables Shift+A shortcut.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `youtube-screenshot-button`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Ram
- **Category:** download-management,appearance,photos-music-videos
- **Daily users:** 18,999
- **Weekly downloads:** 381
- **Rating:** 4.39 / 5 (96 ratings)
- **Version:** 4.4.2
- **Last updated:** 2026-01-13
- **First published:** 2018-12-08
- **Size:** 23 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-14
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube-screenshot-button/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/gurumukhi/](https://github.com/gurumukhi/)

## Description

The **YouTube Screenshot Button** Chrome extension enhances your YouTube experience by adding a convenient screenshot button directly on the video player. With this lightweight add-on, you can capture screenshots from YouTube videos and Shorts effortlessly. It also supports the Shift+A keyboard shortcut for quick captures.

Users can customize the screenshot format, choosing between PNG and JPEG, and decide whether to download the image or copy it to the clipboard instantly. This open-source extension offers a safe and seamless way to save memorable moments or important frames from videos without interrupting your viewing experience. Explore the source code on [GitHub](https://github.com/gurumukhi/youtube-screenshot).

## Rankings

- #536 — Overall
- #7 — Download Management
- #24 — Photos, Music & Videos
- #34 — Appearance
- #1 — youtube shorts
- #2 — greenshot

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `clipboardWrite`
- `notifications`

### Content script matches

- `*.youtube.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Request access to the following domains: youtube.com
- This extension has abnormal rating trend

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## Review summary

Overall, users praise the add-on for ease of use and clipboard-friendly saves, with the benefit of capturing content beyond screen size. However, reliability varies: screenshots can be black or fail on some content (live/short videos), and updates or adblockers can break it. Additional drawbacks include non-customizable hotkeys, the button only appearing during YouTube playback, and requests for features like subtitles, millisecond timestamps, and proper file-saving support.

### Pros

- Works as advertised / generally reliable when it functions
- Easy to use / convenient
- Saves to clipboard for quick pasting
- Not limited by screen resolution (captures beyond display)

### Cons

- Screenshots sometimes come out black or fail to render
- Reliability issues with live/short videos and after YouTube updates
- Adblocker conflicts can break functionality
- Hotkey is not customizable / default hotkey triggers text
- Button only appears during YouTube playback and not in the built-in Firefox toolbar

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