Controls for YouTube – the best Chrome extension for YouTube

Take YouTube to the next level

The best free ChromeBrave extension to customize your experience on YouTube.
Show a full grid of video thumbnails on the YouTube homepage, hide inline Shorts and YouTube Games.
20+ new configurable shortcuts for one-key actions, giving you intuitive control.
Make the most of video transcripts: in your preferred language, follow with highlighted text as the video plays.
Enjoy YouTube Shorts as they should be! Play the next Short automatically, like or dislike with one key press.

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Transcripts in sync

Press to open the transcript
Text is highlighted as the video plays
Your language is selected automatically
Click on any sentence to jump to it
Easily search through the transcript
Copy or download the transcript in one click

Better YouTube Shorts

Play the next Short automatically (no looping)
Press to to jump to 0% to 90%
Press to jump to XX%
Press to show the comments
YouTube shortcuts now work with Shorts
and to jump 10 seconds, to pause
Press or to like/dislike YouTube Shorts

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Quick channel info

Wait, what is this YouTube channel about?

Press to learn about the channel
No need to open a new tab , leave, etc.
The video will pause automatically
Press again to resume playing

No need to leave the video for a quick peek!

Save position, jump back

What did they say at the beginning again?

Don’t lose your current position in the video
Press to back up your current position
Replay the part you wanted to see again
Press to resume where you left off

No more digging to find where you were earlier!

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Bring back the YouTube grid!

See the difference immediately. Reclaim your screen real estate and stop scrolling endlessly to find what you actually want to watch.

Default YouTube BEFORE

Huge section for Shorts is always visible
Only 3 thumbnails are visible on the entire page
Cluttered with "Playables" and useless additions

Controls for YouTube AFTER

Up to 8 videos per row, easily configurable
Shorts are minimized, can be hidden entirely
No more waste of space, just video thumbnails!

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A shortcut for everything

The extension comes with 20+ shortcuts out of the box, all configurable, most needing only a single key press.

Enjoying a video? Press to like it or to dislike it, even when watching in full screen.
Clicked on a random part of the video timeline? Press to undo the jump and get back to where you were.
Press to go back by 3 seconds, or to go forward. Or is 3.5 seconds better? You can change that too.
YouTube has shortcuts for regular videos, these now work with Shorts: / for ±10 seconds, to pause…
Give your mouse a break! No more interruptions trying to find a button you want to click.

Play the next YouTube Short automatically

Auto-queue YouTube Shorts

Why do YouTube Shorts loop back to the beginning? Do you watch each Short over and over again in a loop? Now YouTube will play the next Short automatically, no need to click or press anything.

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Configurable to your preferences

Every feature listed on this page, every shortcut is configurable. You can change them, disable them, fully customize the extension to your liking and make it your own. Options are grouped by feature, and always explained clearly.

Keep your data private

This extension does not collect your data , and does not track you. It can only connect to YouTube, and nothing else.

Install Controls for YouTube

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