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hyde — hide the YouTube video player controls icon

hyde — hide the YouTube video player controls

Press Ctrl+M to hide or show the YouTube video player controls.

Users80KCurrent public install base
Rating4.2Store average score
Reviews547Public review volume
Manifest versionV3Extension platform version
7-day growth0Net users gained this week
7-day growth rate0%Relative weekly velocity
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Version1.3
ManifestV3
Size377KiB
Languages1English (United States)
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When you pause a YouTube video, the player controls don't disappear. That makes it really hard to take a clean screenshot of the video. The controls also block your view, which can get really annoying. Hyde is a simple Chrome extension that allows you to hide or show the video player controls easily.

⭐ Simply use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+M to hide the controls or show them again. ⭐

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Store average score4.2Chrome Web Store aggregate rating, including ratings without synced review text
Synced text average4.0Average computed only from synced review bodies below
Reviews with text438Synced review bodies
Total ratings / reviews547Chrome Web Store public rating/review count

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Nick Cage2024年8月24日
5

You are a f*****g genius! Thank you sooooooooooooooooo much. Bruh you have no idea. Thank you again!

Version 1.2Language en
H2024年8月21日
4

Very useful! Would love if it was working for YouTube shorts though since text and icons tend to block the lower half of the video all the time.

Version 1.2Language en
Finn2024年8月14日
4

not work for Brave.

Version 1.2Language en
6 helpful · 2 not helpful
John Kumpf2024年8月14日
4

Very useful, but Ctrl+M doesn't close the controls on clips. You have to quit out of the clip and separately navigate to the full video (if you click the "show full video" at the bottom, Ctrl+M will continue to not close the controls). Works great on non-clip videos, though.

Version 1.2Language en
Erik Anderssen2024年8月8日
5

Does what it's supposed to do!

Version 1.2Language en
Pixielocks2024年8月8日
5

THANK YOU OMG this has been plaguing me

Version 1.2Language en
Jamil A.2024年8月6日
5

pog

Version 1.2Language uz
Martin Blazek2024年8月6日
5

Does exactly what I needed - thank you!

Version 1.2Language en
Kiril Velev2024年8月5日
5

Everyone who says it doesn't work please try pressing ctrl + m

Version 1.2Language en
2 helpful · 1 not helpful
Dave Clark2024年8月3日
5

Just installed this on Chrome Version 127.0.6533.88 on Windows 10, because a YouTube video had text I needed to read that was being covered by the controls whenever I paused it. Argh! Worked perfectly, straight away. Didn't even need to reload the video -- just switched back to that tab, Ctrl+M, controls gone, perfect. Does exactly what it says on the tin. Much appreciated! Crazy that it's needed...

Version 1.2Language en