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
1 snapshotsTracking since Jun 28, 2026.
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| Date | Users | Rating | Reviews | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 2026 | — | — | — | 1.0.1 |
| Now | — | — | — | 1.0.1 |
Permissions & access
- Permissions
- storage
- Host access
- *://*.youtube.com/*
Screenshots
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
- Support URL
- https://github.com/ahkagez/playpatch
- Privacy Policy
- https://jbosch.me/projects/playpatch/privacy
Data sourced from the Chrome Web Store · last verified Jun 28, 2026.