# YT Reg

> YouTube Regulation. Makes you set a timer for how long to use YouTube so that you can do better things with your time. Disables YouTube Shorts.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/yt-reg](https://chrome-stats.com/d/yt-reg)

## Overview

- **ID:** `yt-reg`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** For Win
- **Category:** photos-music-videos,games-entertainment
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2023-04-26
- **First published:** 2023-04-26
- **Size:** 13 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-12
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/yt-reg/)

## Description

YT Reg is a Firefox add-on called YouTube Regulation. It enables you to set a timer to limit your YouTube usage and disables YouTube Shorts, helping you prioritize your time.

## Rankings

- #92,373 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `background`
- `scripting`
- `tabs`
- `storage`
- `<all_urls>`

## 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/yt-reg)