Don’t Watch Later

Name: Don’t Watch Later
Rating: 4.54 (13 reviews)
Author: Shakeel

A simple extension to disable autoplay for videos from your YouTube watch later playlist.

As of June 2026, Don’t Watch Later has 101 users and a 4.54/5 rating from 13 reviews in the Productivity category.

Shakeel Productivity

Chrome Web Store ↗.crx

Users−9.8%

101

Rating+2.0%

4.54

13 reviews

Reviews+18.2%

Version

0.3.1

Manifest V3

History

7 snapshots

Tracking since Apr 1, 2026.

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Date	Users	Rating	Reviews	Version
Apr 1, 2026	112	4.45	11	0.3.1
Apr 16, 2026	109	4.45	11	0.3.1
Apr 24, 2026	109	4.54	13	0.3.1
May 1, 2026	111	4.54	13	0.3.1
May 14, 2026	113	4.54	13	0.3.1
May 24, 2026	117	4.54	13	0.3.1
Jun 3, 2026	109	4.54	13	0.3.1
Now	101	4.54	13	0.3.1

Permissions & access

Permissions: declarativeNetRequest
Host access: *://*.youtube.com/watch*list=WL*, *://*.youtube.com/watch*list=wl*, *://*.youtube.com/watch*list=Wl*, *://*.youtube.com/watch*list=wL*

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About

A simple Google Chrome extension to disable autoplay for videos from your YouTube Watch Later playlist.

I usually open videos in a new tab from my Watch Later playlist, which automatically has the `list=WL` querystring parameter. I also don’t usually watch videos in the order I added them to my Watch Later playlist. Instead of trying to hack YouTube’s massive amounts of JavaScript, this plugin does exactly what I need.

This extension doesn't track any of your data usage, and is open sourced at https://github.com/shakeelmohamed/dont-watch-later