Changelog

Added

• Autoplay toggle: control whether the next recommended video plays, with a separate option to hide its player toggle. Playlist playback is preserved.
• Hide ended live streams across YouTube, with separate subscriptions feed and other-page controls. Recordings remain available in channel Live tabs.
• Hide members-only videos while keeping them available when you intentionally select a channel’s “Members only” filter.
• Hide podcast collections while keeping individual episodes, channel Podcasts tabs and opened podcasts available.
• Hide shows, with independent search and other-page controls. Channel Shows tabs, opened shows and individual episodes remain accessible.
• Hide posts, with independent search and other-page controls. Channel Posts tabs and individually opened posts remain accessible.
• Hide channels in search results without hiding individual videos.
• Hide playlists in search results, with a choice shared with the corresponding Multiple pages control.
• Set “Videos” as default tab when entering a channel, while keeping Home and other tabs available when selected.
• Hide “Our members” section on channel Home tabs.
• Hide “Store” tab on channel pages, including while switching between tabs.
• Hide promotional cards and tagged products inside video descriptions.
• Hide playlist links beside views and publication dates, including the playlist name in metadata tooltips.

Fixed

• Disable video playback on hover now stops hidden previews instead of leaving them playing in the background.
• Pin controls lets the cursor disappear during playback without flickering, while keeping controls visible and progress updating.
• Hide Shorts and Hide playlists preserve intentionally selected channel tabs, including navigation from a channel’s main URL.
• Hide mixes respects the Home Mixes filter and resumes hiding mixes when you return to All.
• Thumbnail size on Home is available again in the popup, with all five sizes and the saved selection preserved.
• Product counts are hidden correctly beside animated video metadata and in tooltips. Expanded descriptions show the actual view count without duplicated views or dates.
• French subscriber counts and abbreviated ended-stream dates are recognized while preserving neighboring metadata and ordinary uploads.
• Sticky headings and previews remain aligned when scrolling, text wraps or the window is resized, with consistent shadows during section changes.
• Popup and onboarding rows have balanced spacing and aligned controls. Expanding a popup bundle keeps granular controls in place when its partial status changes.
• Settings navigation uses a consistent sidebar width on narrow screens, and radio controls align with wrapped labels.
• Player and engagement previews animate more smoothly, with stable control spacing, complete speed borders and consistent volume behavior.

Changed

• Copy throughout the extension is shorter, clearer and more consistent, with less repetition in descriptions, labels and instructions across Settings, bundles, the popup and onboarding. Hide past live streams is now Hide ended live streams; Hide products message is Hide product count; Hide “Visit Community” button is Hide “Community” button.
• Search results improvements and Subscriptions feed improvements are separate bundles, with Search appearing first. Search shares ten granular choices with Hide non-relevant search results; channels, playlists and shows retain independent controls.
• Player improvements now includes Disable autoplay. Hide distractions & promotions expands to 30 features. Updates preserve existing choices and leave newly added bundle options inactive until selected.
• Channel settings are grouped into Channel header, Home tab and Store tab, with a shared header preview.
• Hide playlists covers matching collections across YouTube, with independent search and other-page choices. Opened playlists, channel Playlists tabs and individual videos remain accessible.
• Subscriptions settings are grouped into feed layout and ordering, premieres, and live streams.
• Hide non-relevant search results also covers featured artist cards, right-side information panels and complete members-only video promotion sections. Individual restricted videos retain their own filter.
• Hide Explore, Hide More from YouTube and Hide Create use native destinations or icons when available, reducing reliance on translated labels.
• Live stream, premiere, guide and search filters process relevant updates instead of repeatedly rescanning unrelated content. Settings, popup and onboarding load fewer font files.
• Preview artwork uses sharper sources and exports matched to its displayed size, improving clarity while reducing unnecessary image weight. Unused preview images are excluded from the package.
• Settings displays versions with a zero patch in the shorter website format: 1.3 instead of 1.3.0.

Added

• Hide YouTube Playables.
• Hide Station recommendations.
• Hide video feedback surveys.
• Hide ongoing live streams, with separate controls for the subscriptions feed and other pages. Home’s Live filter still shows broadcasts.
• Hide scheduled premieres beyond the subscriptions feed, with separate controls for each scope.
• Hide ongoing live streams in the subscriptions feed; completed broadcasts return unless past streams are also hidden.
• Hide past live streams in the subscriptions feed.
• Hide ongoing premieres in the subscriptions feed; completed premieres return to the feed.
• Thanks button visibility: keep YouTube’s default placement or hide the action.
• Hide video view counts.
• Hide “Members first” availability messages in video metadata.
• Hide product messages in video metadata.
• Hide hashtags in video metadata.
• Hide creator-added hashtags in video descriptions.
• Hide video descriptions.

Fixed

• Chronological feed only no longer hides recent uploads under Latest, and correctly removes Most relevant sections when Shorts appear between them.
• Default playback speed no longer overrides a manually selected speed after seeking. The default applies again on the next video.
• Hide ongoing live streams now distinguishes live broadcasts from ongoing premieres.
• Hide Join button on channel pages also hides membership offers and pricing above the channel actions.
• Hidden descriptions no longer leave an interactive hover area. Video metadata retains consistent colors and tooltips in light and dark themes.
• Members-only and product messages are hidden correctly when YouTube displays them as plain text, including in metadata tooltips.
• The volume slider has more room around its 100% position when Volume booster tool is enabled.
• Bundle counts and states stay consistent between Settings and the popup, including Loop placement and partially enabled bundles.
• Settings option headings use consistent spacing, and Default playback speed includes its missing Set speed heading.

Changed

• Feature bundles are organized into Player improvements, Hide distractions & promotions, Subscriptions & search improvements, and Tools. Existing preferences are preserved, and regrouping does not automatically enable additional features.
• Settings and the popup offer individual bundle switches through Show granular, with contextual groups and Enable all / Disable all actions. Partial states show the active feature count.
• Onboarding uses the updated bundles and separate subscriptions feed and search choices. Relaunching setup preserves saved preferences and displays partial states.
• Popular features keeps secondary options out of its cards for Playback speed controls, Time jump buttons, Screenshot tool, and List View layout. Detailed settings remain available, with saved choices preserved.
• Added painting-themed examples for Multiple pages settings, promotional product cards, and informational panels, plus interactive previews for video metadata, descriptions, and engagement actions.
• Settings remembers each section’s scroll position and includes a Back to top button.
• Hide product shelf is now called Hide in-player shopping and illustrates both the View products button and the attached shelf.
• Engagement action settings use Placement and Visibility headings to distinguish button locations from display choices.
• Settings shows the available individual feature count beside the version. The Basic plan card uses Core features instead of a fixed count.
• Hide Shorts and Hide Playables descriptions clarify that their dedicated pages remain accessible.

Added

• Volume booster tool with adjustable boost, a volume percentage indicator and an interactive Settings preview.
• Option to hide the Most Replayed overlay graph.
• Subtitles button placement: show CC in the player, keep it only in YouTube’s Settings menu, or hide both controls.
• Option to hide the More videos button and recommendations panel in fullscreen.
• Option to hide Report history in the left sidebar.
• Option to hide the Play on TV button.
• The version number in Settings now links directly to its changelog entry.
• Hide scheduled premieres in the subscriptions feed.

Fixed

• Fullscreen titles, controls and the cursor flickering while Pin Controls is active.
• Low-contrast text and dark hover backgrounds in Subscriptions List View when using YouTube’s light theme.
• Stop button missing its circular background and hover state.
• Inconsistent icon and text colors in custom player controls, including Loop, Pin Controls and playback speed controls.
• Extra spacing between Maxxmod controls and native YouTube controls.
• Player tooltips disappearing when YouTube includes a hidden progress bar.
• Left sidebar toggles affecting other sections, outdated previews and separators below the last visible section.
• Chapter titles wrapping and inconsistent control heights in the player preview.
• Playback speed controls shifting when switching Settings sections.
• A darker background behind Finish setup in onboarding.

Changed

• Hide post-video recommendations now applies only after playback ends. Fullscreen recommendations have their own setting.
• Player improvements now includes seven features. The new fullscreen recommendations setting is enabled on update for users who had the complete previous bundle enabled, while preserving explicit choices.
• Player settings follow the controls from left to right.
• The player preview now includes an interactive overflow menu for controls that do not fit.
• Volume booster tool is also available in Popular features and onboarding. Screenshot tool and Volume booster tool are available in the toolbar popup, below Thumbnail size.
• Onboarding ends with Thumbnail size, Screenshot tool and Volume booster tool, and uses a clearer description for Default playback speed.

Fixed

• Player controls flickering near YouTube chapters and the overflow menu. Thanks to Juanchi for reporting this issue.
• Hide info cards compatibility with YouTube’s new design.
• Post-video recommendations flashing between playlist videos.
• Stop restarting playback after a video ends.
• Pin Controls progress freezing when the pointer leaves the player.
• Pin Controls state resetting after a page refresh.
• Stop remaining visible during ads.
• Subscription list icons changing color on hover.
• Subscription list styles reappearing after disabling Maxxmod or leaving the page.

Changed

• Picture in Picture keeps the page player controls and cursor visible.
• Simplified Basic and Pro descriptions in Settings.