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Hide YouTube Player Controls & Overlay

Chrome extension by Free2Watch · Productivity · Tools

A Chrome extension in Productivity · Tools with 1 users, barely installed.

Specific sites only: 1 match pattern.

What the developer says, and 4 screenshots

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Users
1
Rating
not rated yet
Users, last 3 days
+1
Version
1.2.0
Updated in the store
2026-10-07
Published
2026-10-05
Manifest
V3
Browser access
2 permissions, 1 site pattern

How it has moved

Users
+1 since 06.10
0-1 · 2 readings
2026-10-06: appeared in the store2026-10-07: released 1.2.0
  1. 2026-10-060appeared in the store
  2. 2026-10-081
Users
+1 since 06.10
0-1 · 2 readings
2026-10-06: appeared in the store2026-10-07: released 1.2.0
  1. 2026-10-060appeared in the store
  2. 2026-10-081

A dot marks a day the store showed a different number. Between them the line carries the last one forward: we read every listing more than once a day and record a point only when something moves. History beyond ninety days is in the app.

What it can reach

Specific sites only: 1 match pattern.

  • https://www.youtube.com/*
  • Run its own code on the pages it can access scripting
  • Store data in your browser storage

The full permission history for this extension

Version history

  1. Version 1.2.0

What changed recently

  1. Package size changed
  2. Store description rewritten (67 → 122 characters)
  3. Renamed from "YouTube Hide Player Controls" to "Hide YouTube Player Controls & Overlay"
Show the remaining 2
  1. Released version 1.2.0 (was 1.0.0)
  2. Appeared in the store

The publisher

Free2Watch publishes 9 listings we track, 491 users between them.

  1. IPTV Player Free2Watch · Lifestyle · Entertainment · published 2026-05-25 338 users
  2. lite youtube player Free2Watch · Lifestyle · Entertainment · published 2026-05-28 55 users
  3. YouTube Video Saver Free2Watch · Lifestyle · Entertainment · published 2026-05-17 45 users ★ 5.0
Show 5 more from this publisher
  1. Request Editor Free2Watch · Productivity · Developer · published 2026-06-10 28 users
  2. Lite Embed Player for YouTube™ Free2Watch · Productivity · Tools · published 2026-05-17 13 users ★ 4.0
  3. QR Reader Generator Free2Watch · Productivity · Tools · published 2026-05-30 5 users
  4. Recommendation Blocker Free2Watch · Lifestyle · Entertainment · published 2026-06-08 4 users
  5. Tab Suspender Free2Watch · Productivity · Tools · published 2026-10-06 2 users

Like this one

Listings the catalog judges closest in what they say they do.

  1. YouTube Hide Control On Pause Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 163 users ★ 5.0
  2. Hide YouTube™ Fullscreen Controls Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 7k users ★ 4.6
  3. TubeRanger Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 3 users
  4. ytctrl Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 1 user
  5. YouTube Control — Dock Comments to Sidebar, Split Player & Theater Max Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 473 users ★ 5.0

The top 5 only. The full comparison, with why each one is close, is on the alternatives page; ranking a whole neighbourhood by your own criteria is in the app.

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