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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)
Published
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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

Store average score: 4.2. The bars below are calculated from synced review text only, so they may be empty for extensions that have public ratings but no synced comments yet.

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Neil Pugh2025年3月16日
5

Does what it says. Great asset. Sad this has to be created because YouTube doesn't just let you hide the controls. Really appreciate this, cheers.

Version 1.2Language en
3 helpful · 0 not helpful
Екатерина2025年3月10日
5

on Edge this works too, you need to set the hot key in edge://extensions/shortcuts

Version 1.2Language en
2 helpful · 0 not helpful
Nhat Ngo2025年3月9日
5

It works. You need to change the shortcut key.

Version 1.2Language en
1 helpful · 0 not helpful
ZenBerry music2025年3月8日
5

Great! Thank you! Tip: it's cmd+m for Mac

Version 1.2Language en
2 helpful · 0 not helpful
Karol2025年3月5日
1

Does not work.

Version 1.2Language en
1 helpful · 1 not helpful
drollum2025年2月21日
5

While in Brave Browser I had to set the toggle hotkey, after that it worked simply and properly. rightclick topright extensions icon > Manage Extensions > leftbar Keyboard shortcuts > hyde, hide/show controls, edit icon

Version 1.2Language en
7 helpful · 1 not helpful
Gilberto Júnior2025年2月20日
2

The time bar continues appearing.

Version 1.2Language en
2 helpful · 0 not helpful
David Besen2025年2月13日
5

Works fine for me 2/12/2025 on Chrome 132.0.6834.197.

Version 1.2Language en
1 helpful · 0 not helpful
My Name2025年2月9日
4

Worked great for me! Though I do wish it would move the channel watermark back to its standard position once the player controls have been hidden.

Version 1.2Language en
1 helpful · 0 not helpful
zhiping yuchi2025年2月9日
1

Does not work

Version 1.2Language en
1 helpful · 0 not helpful