Restores YouTube's pre-2025 player UI and optional tweaks (dislikes, SponsorBlock, etc.). Includes popup controls.
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Take control of YouTube and bring back the classic player.
OldYTPlayer restores YouTube’s pre-2025 video player and adds a handful of optional, privacy-friendly tweaks. If you prefer the familiar layout with fewer distractions—but still want modern conveniences like community dislikes and SponsorBlock, this extension is for you.
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What does OldYTPlayer do?
Restore the Old Player
• Reverts the YouTube player to its pre-2025 look
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V0.4 If dev tools are open when I load/refresh the page, revert old yt player doesn't work. If the revert pink gradient is enabled it breaks the "awesome" easter egg. Also here is an new annoyance this doesn't get rid of: fixed-side-menu
doesn't work for shorts
Very good but occasionally reverts back to youtube's ugly interface and i have to change the search thumbnail size again even when it is already selected. Has more features than I excepted, like the ai summary removal and the dislike counter and I ended up deleting two other extensions I had since I wouldn't need them anymore.
This is a pretty good extension compared to the other YouTube UI tweak extensions I have used. I don't have any complaints, this is awesome! However, if it's possible, adding a tweak to remove the new sidebar which shows up on the righthand side of every new YouTube video page (or just revert it back to before YouTube added the sidebar) would make this extension even better in my opinion.
This is the greatest extension i ever used and it brings back the old YT UI Pre 2025 basically and i absolutely love it
Amazing, I really hated that bloaty, huge player control bar. It had ugly icons too, the volume icon looked like a high beam indicator on a car dashboard. Thanks to this extension I can once again, enjoy the compact, clean playback control bar. Kudos to the dev(s)
Looks great but enabling the dislike counter breaks the website it seems?
Gets the job done and youtubes hud layout sucked but I thought I could grow into it even look it looked like A.I. actually made the hud.
Thank youuu very muchhhh, I'm tired of UI YT 2025
Great extension but the decision to restore the classic style like and dislike buttons doesn't seem to work. Can you please fix this?