hyde — hide the YouTube video player controls
Press Ctrl+M to hide or show the YouTube video player controls.
As of June 2026, hyde — hide the YouTube video player controls has 90,000 users and a 4.17/5 rating from 542 reviews in the Functionality & UI category.
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Version
1.3
Manifest V3
90-day change · In the last 90 days this extension gained 10.0K users.
History
2 snapshotsTracking since Apr 19, 2026.
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| Date | Users | Rating | Reviews | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 2026 | 80.0K | 4.17 | 539 | 1.3 |
| Jun 3, 2026 | 80.0K | 4.17 | 541 | 1.3 |
| Now | 90.0K | 4.17 | 542 | 1.3 |
Permissions & access
- Permissions
- activeTabscripting
- Host access
- None declared
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About
When you pause a YouTube video, the player controls don't disappear. That makes it really hard to take a clean screenshot of the video. The controls also block your view, which can get really annoying. Hyde is a simple Chrome extension that allows you to hide or show the video player controls easily. ⭐ Simply use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+M to hide the controls or show them again. ⭐
Technical
- Version
- 1.3
- Manifest
- V3
- Size
- 377KiB
- Min Chrome
- 88
- Languages
- 1
- Featured
- No
Metadata
- ID
- pmkpddhfbiojipiehnejbjkgdgdpkdpb
- Developer ID
- u4664cc1c963835bf19d4ffa83e08e85e
- Developer Email
- [email protected]
- Created
- May 23, 2020
- Last Updated (Store)
- Apr 29, 2025
- Last Scraped
- Jun 3, 2026
- Website
- —
- Support URL
- —
- Privacy Policy
- —
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Data sourced from the Chrome Web Store · last verified Jun 3, 2026.