Mute YouTube ads

Mutes any www.youtube.com tab when it detects video ads on it. Unmutes the tab when the ads are gone. Backs out on tabs where you manually change the muted state of the tab.

Total ratings

4.65 (Rating count: 17)

Review summary

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Pros
  • Effectively auto-mutes YouTube ads without noticeable delays
  • Great alternative to ad blockers that YouTube is cracking down on
  • Works consistently on YouTube, muting pre-video and interrupting ads
  • Safe according to user inspections of the source code
  • Helps create a more enjoyable viewing experience by reducing interruptions
Cons
  • Does not work on music.youtube.com
  • Some users experienced occasional issues with ads being skipped instead of muted
  • A minor drawback regarding skipping ads when the timer hits zero
Most mentioned
  • Functionality of auto-muting YouTube ads
  • Performance and reliability across different YouTube sites
  • Safety concerns and source code verification
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Recent rating average: 4.90
All time rating average: 4.65
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Date Author Rating Comment
2025-01-21 Jano
2025-01-16 Firefox user 18785534
2024-10-16 Pete Just installed it. Works like a charm automuting youtube ads. Very handy when I want to let the ads role to support the creator.
2024-10-13 Firefox user 14491838
2024-09-28 Breadwinners Work find on youtube.com, but when trying to use it on music.youtube.com it does not work. This behaviour seems to be intended though.
2024-09-24 Jonadab the Unsightly One Works as advertised, no noticeable performance impact or unwanted side effects.
2024-09-21 Slicons great addon! especially because recently youtube started cracking down on on adBLOCKERS, wonderful alternative to stop loud youtube ads from interrupting music sessions
2024-09-09 Did you know it's impossible to lick you own elbow Great addon works perfectly for me (FF on macOS). Consistently mutes all pre-video and interrupting ads, and unmutes afterwards. Practically no delays bar the occasional single word. YouTube is no longer a infuriatingly invasive corporate experience (long as you don't mind watching the hapless actors soundlessly selling their dignity for a few seconds). Many thanks to the developer 🙏 Also, I'm a coder though not a massive security expert, but have scanned the source code and found nothing that looks suspicious. This seems safe, but given the small user base I'm going to disable auto-updates and manually inspect any updated source code only if/when the addon breaks. You might want to do likewise.
2024-09-02 Firefox user 18562254 Muting works always skipping only sometimes trying your other plugin reviewed there also
2024-07-23 siranm The dev provided source code in commentsL +1.
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