# YouTube Sidebar Toggle

> Toggle the YouTube sidebar popout feature. Recent updates to YouTube makes a popout appear when mousing over the left edge. This app disables that with no BS, just click and the annoying popup sidebar stops

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `youtube-sidebar-toggle`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** RatOnaRope
- **Category:** appearance
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 1.1
- **Last updated:** 2025-07-28
- **First published:** 2025-07-25
- **Size:** 37 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube-sidebar-toggle/)
- **Website:** [https://www.youtube.com/@ratonarope](https://www.youtube.com/@ratonarope)

## Description

A small utility to fix another broken part of YouTube, the new 'feature' of the popup sidebar.  This annoyance happens when you mouse to the left edge of the screen and it takes over the page.  This addon stops that and is able to be toggled on and off in case you want that functionality.

Great for when you already have a left edge taskbar, dock or other edge effect.

## Rankings

- #118,939 — Overall
- #185 — toggle

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `tabs`
- `https://www.youtube.com/*`

### Content script matches

- `www.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-sidebar-toggle)