PlayPatch

Enhance YouTube: clean the feed, hide Shorts, upgrade the player, and recolor the interface. Everything local.

As of June 2026, PlayPatch has users in the Functionality & UI category.

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Version
1.0.1
Manifest V3

History

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Tracking since Jun 28, 2026.

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Jun 28, 20261.0.1
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Permissions & access

Permissions
storage
Host access
*://*.youtube.com/*

Screenshots

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About

PlayPatch makes YouTube cleaner, faster, and yours — with no servers and no tracking.

FEED & SHORTS
• Hide Shorts (tiles, shelves, and the sidebar entry)
• Hide live streams, watched videos, playlists, mixes, radios, news, and the subscriptions list
• Compact grid for more videos per row
• Open Shorts in the normal player (/shorts → /watch)

PLAYER
• Boost volume above YouTube's limit
• Set a default playback speed and quality
• Mouse-wheel volume, Picture-in-Picture, thicker progress bar, newest comments first

OPTIMIZATION
• Disable ambient mode, hover previews, and animations to save CPU and battery
• Preconnect to shave a bit off load time

APPEARANCE
• Replace YouTube's red with any color, across YouTube and YouTube Music

PRIVACY
Everything is stored locally in your browser. No servers, no analytics, no data collection.

Available in 14 languages.

Technical

Version
1.0.1
Manifest
V3
Size
318KiB
Min Chrome
88
Languages
1
Featured
No

Metadata

ID
okahjapfhodfppfaepliconekfnllnhn
Developer ID
u3a905d2c79fa7f098dfcc722a43ce415
Developer Email
[email protected]
Created
Jun 27, 2026
Last Updated (Store)
Jun 27, 2026
Last Scraped
Jun 28, 2026
Website
jbosch.me

Data sourced from the Chrome Web Store · last verified Jun 28, 2026.