Old YouTube Scrubber
Hides YouTube's annoying scrubber button until you hover over the progress bar, just like it used to be (and should be).
As of June 2026, Old YouTube Scrubber has 1,000 users and a 5.00/5 rating from 12 reviews in the Functionality & UI category.
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Version
0.1
Manifest V3
Permissions & access
- Permissions
- None declared
- Host access
- None declared
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About
YouTube's always-visible scrubber button is annoying. This extension returns the old behavior where the scrubber only appears when hovering over the progress bar.
Technical
- Version
- 0.1
- Manifest
- V3
- Size
- 17.8KiB
- Min Chrome
- 88
- Languages
- 1
- Featured
- No
Metadata
- ID
- gkkbgiiljfbchafalcdlookgjhpdcnjk
- Developer ID
- u66908fec9a724c09fb021db6cee727b3
- Developer Email
- [email protected]
- Created
- Dec 25, 2024
- Last Updated (Store)
- Dec 25, 2024
- Last Scraped
- Jun 2, 2026
- Website
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- Support URL
- —
- Privacy Policy
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