Annotations Restored for YouTube™
Bring annotation support back to YouTube™!
As of May 2026, Annotations Restored for YouTube™ has 40,000 users and a 4.18/5 rating from 133 reviews in the fun category.
Usersup 33.3 percent+33.3%
40.0K
40,000
Ratingdown 1.2 percent−1.2%
4.18
133 reviews
Reviewsup 1.5 percent+1.5%
133
Version
1.2.1
Manifest V3
90-day change · In the last 90 days this extension gained 10.0K users.
History
2 snapshotsTracking since Apr 24, 2026.
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| Date | Users | Rating | Reviews | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 2026 | 30.0K | 4.23 | 131 | 1.2.1 |
| May 19, 2026 | 40.0K | 4.20 | 132 | 1.2.1 |
| Now | 40.0K | 4.18 | 133 | 1.2.1 |
Permissions & access
- Permissions
- storage
- Host access
- None declared
Screenshots
About
On January 15 2019, YouTube decided to discontinue annotations. While the feature was frequently abused, it did have many legitimate use cases, such as games, corrections, and a form of commentary that could be toggled on and off. The removal left many older videos obsolete. Annotations Restored fixes this by searching for any archived annotation files and displaying them if found. Join the Discord!: https://discord.gg/v7xMm2r8wH LATEST CHANGES (1.2.1) - Added Discord link to popup - Support for Portuguese by Gersonzao - Support for Polish by Kamil K USAGE The extension will automatically look for a copy of a video's annotations online and display them if found. Annotation files (.xml) that you have saved locally can also be loaded into the current video using the popup. PERMISSIONS Access your data for www.youtube.com - Required to load the annotations into the video player Screenshot video sources: chuggaaconroy - Mario Menu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Uwd5w1AwYU DaeOh - Annotation Tetris https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIIV6a2Pdh4 Feel free to email me with any translation fixes or create a pull request on GitHub :)
Technical
- Version
- 1.2.1
- Manifest
- V3
- Size
- 352KiB
- Min Chrome
- 88
- Languages
- 13
- Featured
- Yes
Metadata
- ID
- daabpdmgkghdbfljmeahnplkcldbeefg
- Developer ID
- u8d30a26c5d301d1964938d0d6680c4cc
- Developer Email
- [email protected]
- Created
- Nov 4, 2019
- Last Updated (Store)
- Jun 26, 2023
- Last Scraped
- May 19, 2026
- Website
- isaackei.com
- Privacy Policy
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