YouTube Auto Pause Blocker

CRX ID
kdmekoohmngfmmmmlflddplohklmmmoc
Status
Live on Store
Description from extension meta

Disables the "Video Paused. Continue Watching?" popup on YouTube.

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YouTube Auto Pause Blocker
Description from store

YouTube Auto Pause Blocker uses improved methods to prevent the "Video paused. Continue watching?" popup on YouTube.

This extension ensures uninterrupted viewing by completely blocking the 'Video paused. Continue watching?' confirmation box from appearing, even if the tab is not focused/visible.

Functions on regular YouTube and YouTube music.

Rest assured, this extension works flawlessly in any viewing mode, be it full-screen, miniplayer, or theater mode.

ADS
You may encounter ads for other extensions when using YouTube Auto Pause Blocker. These ads allow us to offer this extension for free.

DISCLAIMER
Please note that "YouTube Auto Pause Blocker" is not made by YouTube™ or affiliated with YouTube™. YouTube™ is a trademark of Google LLC.

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Latest reviews

Jenna Fox 2025-09-13

Doesn't work and opens ads for random garbage

Banz 2025-09-10

Seems to work, but also opens ads (usually when auto-updating).

Lacky Taffy 2025-08-26

doesn't work

Michelle Celeste 2025-08-23

Was great for awhile but stopped working.

Arthur Markiv 2025-08-12

worked before but stopped recently

Idkwhyandhowimhere 2025-08-12

i dont get what people mean by randomly opening tabs and showing ads, mine works fine without any of those

Yui Lee 2025-06-15

Adware. Opens tabs and shows unrelated ads.

Reina 2025-06-07

The actual extension works fine, but the way it opens random tabs to advertise the dev's other extensions is absolutely ridiculous

Albert Hyral 2025-06-07

DO. NOT. INSTALL. This extension hijacks your chrome to open up random website.

Tom allen 2025-06-02

claims to work yet i still have to click on continue playing

Jan Bartula 2025-02-14

Adware, constantly opens their dumb Manganum website

Babbel 2025-02-11

Spam

StarScream47 2025-02-11

Autonomously opens up tabs to show you ads.

Austin Marcoux 2024-11-12

Don't install this spamware. Many extensions open some kind of changelog when they've updated. This absolute garbage instead opens a tab with some other product to advertise to you. In my case, it just opened Chrome Webstore to an extension called 'Magnum: Sidebar with Gmail and Google Calendar'. Edit: I just uninstalled the extension and, again, it opened the same extension in Chrome Webstore.

Baked Potato 2024-11-12

works but also advertises another service to you, would highly not recommend because of the ads

Zach I. 2024-10-30

Trash. Instead of stopping auto pause it instead likes to play 3 seconds of each video in my playlists and then skip through each video. Avoid.

Richard Thompson (MostFunGuy) 2024-09-11

Opens up tabs in your browser to advertise to you. This is spamware

R&M 2024-09-09

Garbage. Hijacks the browser to advertise their website. Do not use.

HermitYT 2024-09-07

Added an annoying ad popup button for Manganum where the fullscreen button should be for Youtube.

Oxymore 2024-08-27

Works, but adds a button where the fullscreen button was. The new button sends to a popup advertisement. When i discovered it was this extension's fault and not a new youtube/browser update i chose to uninstall it and pick another one.

Liam Thompson 2024-08-25

Adds a button in place of the fullscreen toggle that opens an ad page

Vasilii Suricov 2024-08-06

PnP, nice!

Cyua Pyua 2024-06-30

Doesnt work at all. Still there

OlegGorbunov 2024-06-19

your fkn button is awful for perfectionists

Алекс Хелл 2024-06-10

It is unknown why a useless button to go to the "manganum" page is added

Arthur 2024-06-05

Last update is awful by changing the player UI to put an ad link instead of the full screen shortcut, uninstalling it.

Schubins Office 2024-06-04

Forces ads to show every few months is fine, but do NOT start this AFTER your extension no longer works.

John Summerfield 2024-05-30

Showing an ad every three months is not OK. Showing ten in a week is especially not OK. <Plonk>

Jack Cutter 2024-05-29

no longer works

G B (GamingBud) 2024-05-29

Had this installed on a work laptop and just started experiencing a new tab being opened and redirecting without warning. I thought I had installed something that was potentially mining data and immediately feared that I might get fired. Turns out, by process of elimination, it was this extension. It now adds a button to the YouTube video interface and occasionally opens a new tab to market the Manganum extension. I do believe this violates the "Misleading or Unexpected Behavior" policy of the Chrome Web Store. Not cool. Unethical. My browser is not free ad space. Yes, AdBlock does do something similar very infrequently. I disagree with this too, but am willing to allow that because I know what to expect, and crucially, I am willing to trust them.

Petra Psofimis 2024-05-19

This hijacks my browser and directs it to some new age channel

MotorHome Family 2024-05-19

affter 20 hours my web browser goes to sme new age youtube channel, HIJACKS my browder!

Jack Chang (Kugatsu) 2024-04-19

Installed but does not work, might due to Youtube's system update? Looking forward to your updates too

Catharine Chamberlain 2024-02-13

Every time I've watched more than one video on YouTube, it always pauses during that I listen to and that has to stop.

Agent 57 2024-01-24

This used to be a great extension for YouTube, but it now contains adware and doesn't even stop the video from pausing. Uninstalled!

Eli Kroen 2024-01-23

Installed, enabled, but music is still pausing., Am I missing something?

Chris Les 2024-01-19

Funny that everyone mentions the adware being added. It wasn't until I removed the extension that I received the "Manganum" whatever-useless-product ad. Well...you Were good.

unified west 2023-12-16

Became god awful adware. It started opening tabs whenever you start your browser. "We'll only do this once every three months." BS. Do NOT download this extension unless you want to download adware.

Hope Zimmerman 2023-12-15

"We'll only do this at most once every three months." It says as it shows another ad page three days after the first. Talk about trash!

Chris 2023-12-13

After the most recent update, now contains adware and will force open tabs of adverts as well as display pop up messages.

Jaeyo 2023-12-13

I got an adware tab immediately upon opening chrome. Removing the extension causes a pop up ad too cmon

Kobayashi 2023-12-12

It looks like they updated the extension and added adware, do not install. Notice how the other reviews for this are from Dec 12th too

Critwrench 2023-12-12

Automatically opened an ad window, and then opened a second ad window when I reacted by uninstalling it. Completely unacceptable behavior from an extension.

Lighty 2023-12-12

Unsolicited ad window opened without any user interaction.

Matt Burnham (MxMattyB) 2023-12-12

adware alert, unsolicited window opened

Gavin Stewart 2023-12-12

Forced tab open for "manganum" without user interaction. Uninstalled, using another extension without the force-fed malware.

Seth Taylor Proffitt 2023-11-22

needs improvement

Aleksey Nik 2023-11-20

Incredible! No more annoying pop-ups on YouTube. It works seamlessly. A must-have extension for uninterrupted video watching!

Denis Brown 2023-11-19

The application copes with the assigned tasks. I would like to note the presence of a convenient panel for setting the characteristics strictly according to your needs. Let’s say the optimizers did a good job!

Cooper Halvorson 2023-11-13

This extension is an absolute savior, liberating me from the incessant annoyance of the "Video paused. Continue watching?" YouTube pop-up. Finally, uninterrupted streaming bliss! A million thanks to the creators – this extension is a must-have for anyone tired of those disruptive interruptions. It does exactly what it promises, and my YouTube experience has never been smoother. Kudos to the developers for crafting such a simple yet powerful solution. Highly recommended!

Statistics

Installs
30,000
Market
Chrome Web Store
Category
Rating
2.76 (146 votes)
Last update
2025-09-10
Version 25.9.9
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