# YouTube toggle Flash and HTML

> Adds a toolbar button to toggle between Flash and the default HTML players

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `youtube-toggle-flash-and-html`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** James Fray
- **Category:** photos-music-videos,social-communication
- **Daily users:** 61
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Rating:** 4.30 / 5 (10 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.1.1resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2016-09-22
- **Size:** 95 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube-toggle-flash-and-html/)
- **Website:** [http://add0n.com/youtube-tools.html?from=flash-toggle](http://add0n.com/youtube-tools.html?from=flash-toggle)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube-toggle-flash-and-html/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube-toggle-flash-and-html/privacy/)

## Description

YouTube toggle Flash and HTML is a Firefox add-on that adds a toolbar button to toggle between Flash and HTML players on YouTube. It is recommended to use the default HTML5 player for short videos and Flash player for long videos.

## Rankings

- #14,659 — Overall
- #24 — flash
- #40 — toggle
- #44 — html
- #53 — adobe flash
- #81 — flashcards

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `tabs`

### 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-toggle-flash-and-html)