DeArrow - Better Titles and Thumbnails on YouTube

Crowdsourcing titles and thumbnails to be descriptive and not sensational

DeArrow - Redefine YouTube Titles & Thumbnails

"DeArrow - Better Titles and Thumbnails on YouTube" is a Firefox extension that allows users to submit and vote on improved video titles and thumbnails for YouTube content. It aims to reduce sensationalism and clickbait by providing an option for user-contributed titles and images. The extension auto-formats titles and randomizes thumbnails when user submissions are not available, ensuring a more authentic browsing experience. It's a customizable tool designed to clean up your YouTube interface with more straightforward and informative visual cues.
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Add-on stats

Users: 29,336
831
Rating: 4.00
(281)
4 new ratings
Version: 1.10.2 (Last updated: 2025-01-22)
Creation date: 2023-06-08
Weekly download count: 1,091
Firefox on Android: Yes
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
  • unlimitedStorage
  • alarms
  • https://sponsor.ajay.app/*
  • https://dearrow-thumb.ajay.app/*
  • https://*.googlevideo.com/*
  • https://*.youtube.com/*
  • https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/*
  • scripting
Size: 2.75M

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DeArrow - Better Titles and Thumbnails (v1.10.2)
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Add-on summary

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DeArrow is a browser extension for crowdsourcing better titles and thumbnails on YouTube. The goal of DeArrow is to make titles accurate and reduce sensationalism.

DeArrow is a paid (if you want) browser extension. You can purchase an unlimited-use license key for 1$. However, if you cannot, or do not want to pay, you can use the extension by clicking the "I can't/don't want to pay" button.

Titles can be any arbitrary text. Thumbnails are screenshots from specific timestamps in the video. These are user submitted and voted on.

By default, if there are no submissions, it will format the original title to the user-specified format, and set a screenshot from a random timestamp as the thumbnail. This can be configured in the options to disable formatting, or show the original thumbnail by default.

If the original thumbnail is actually good, you can still vote for it in the submission menu, and then it will act like a submission.

No more dealing with clickbait, arrows, or annoying faces.

Users can submit better titles and thumbnails for each video and vote on them.

How does DeArrow differ from Clickbait Remover for YouTube?

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User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Effective in reducing clickbait titles and thumbnails on YouTube
  • Improves the overall browsing experience by making recommendations/searches more relaxing
  • Created by a reputable developer (SponsorBlock dev)
  • Crowd-sourced titles help combat misleading content
  • Decent and good faith re-titling process that may improve content scouring
Cons
  • Causes significant delay in YouTube interactions (5-20 seconds)
  • Relies heavily on crowd-sourcing, leading to inconsistent title changes
  • Requires multiple confirmations to modify titles, which is cumbersome
  • May degrade the quality of good titles into generic ones
  • Can cause YouTube thumbnails to appear grayed out or broken
Most mentioned
  • Delays in UI interactions
  • Crowd-sourced titles leading to inconsistencies
  • Multiple confirmation steps to submit title changes
  • Improvement of clickbait handling
  • Issues with thumbnails appearing as grayed out boxes
User reviews
A great add-on if you dont want a click bait title and thumbnail
by James, 2025-01-22
This is a cool extension, dont find it too useful for the stuff I've curated for my feed though. Could be cool if you could filter out music videos thumbnails, so that you can see the original ones, other than that this works great.
by Gaming4, 2025-01-20
Makes YouTube almost unusable: adds a considerable delay to every UI interaction. For example pausing or resuming a video takes 5-20 seconds.
by yowidin, 2025-01-16
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Add-on safety

Risk impact

DeArrow - Better Titles and Thumbnails on YouTube requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

DeArrow - Better Titles and Thumbnails on YouTube is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

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