Privacy Enhanced Mode for Embedded YouTube

Enables Privacy Enhanced Mode (“YouTube no-cookie”) for all YouTube videos embedded on all websites.

Privacy Enhanced Mode for Embedded YouTube

Privacy Enhanced Mode for Embedded YouTube is a Firefox add-on that enables Privacy Enhanced Mode for YouTube videos embedded on websites. It uses fewer cookies, collects less data, and prevents embedded videos from being recorded in your watch history on YouTube.

Add-on stats

Users: 112
1
Rating: 4.67
(3)
Version: 1.2.1 (Last updated: 2021-07-20)
Creation date: 2018-08-28
Weekly download count: 5
Firefox on Android: Yes
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • <all_urls>
  • storage
  • webRequest
  • webRequestBlocking
Size: 25.48K

Other platforms

Not available on Chrome
Not available on Android
Not available on Edge
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Add-on summary

Privacy Enhanced Mode uses fewer cookies, collects less data, and prevents embedded videos from being recorded in your watch history on YouTube. Learn more.

Open the Options page via the Add-ons Manager to see a running tally of how many times the extension has upgraded you to Privacy Enhanced Mode.

This extension has no effect on the main YouTube website. ‘Embedded videos’ refers to videos hosted by YouTube that have been included on another website.

User reviews


Nice extension, unfortunately breaks some sites like Last.fm
by Capsia, 2020-02-12

by antistress, 2018-11-25
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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Privacy Enhanced Mode for Embedded YouTube requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Privacy Enhanced Mode for Embedded YouTube has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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