Music Mode for YouTube™
Extension Actions
- Extension status: Featured
Hides the video and thumbnails on YouTube. Blocks the video keeping only the audio on YouTube Music.
Reduce distractions and hide NSFW content on YouTube and YouTube Music with Music Mode for YouTube™, perfect for uninterrupted music listening.
A browser extension that hides the video and thumbnails on YouTube, YouTube Music and embedded YouTube videos on third-party sites. On YouTube Music, the video is completely blocked. It is the only extension that not only disables the video but also blocks it on YouTube Music, reducing CPU and GPU usage and saving bandwidth.
FEATURES (ALL OPTIONAL):
1. Hides the video on YouTube and blocks the video, playing only the audio on YouTube Music
2. Hides the video thumbnails
3. Hides the images of channel/user avatars
4. Hides various other images
5. Disables the "Video paused. Continue watching?" message
6. Skips the ads
Separate options for YouTube, YouTube Music and YouTube videos embedded on other sites. You can enable/disable the extension for all tabs or for specific tabs.
Extra options:
1. Quick access buttons: two extra buttons on YouTube in order to hide the thumbnails and hide the video quickly without using the popup window
Notes:
i. If you have enabled the features 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 the images are not only hidden but also blocked saving more bandwidth
ii. The message "Video paused. Continue watching?" is disabled only when you block the video
iii. If you want to hide Shorts use the new No Shorts Mode for YouTube™ extension: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/no-shorts-mode-for-youtub/ilkcgpioigbhepilmhljihldmpgldpme
Frequently Asked Questions: https://thunderarea.github.io/musicmodeforyoutube/faq/
Available for mobiles using the Kiwi or Firefox browsers that support extensions.
Available for Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en/firefox/addon/music-mode-for-youtube/
The source code of the extension is now available on GitHub: https://github.com/Thunderarea/music-mode-for-youtube
The extension does not collect any kind of data. The user options are stored locally in the user's browser.
Date of release: 02/10/2019
Buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/thunderarea
Donate to support the development of the extension: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=V2EHRNX8RBTX2
Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=67620554
Latest reviews
- Jacopo
- Excellent extension with a lot of customizations!
- Noah black
- Incredible extension, it completly cuts ads from youtube music, and just makes it way better in general.
- Ercan Hacıbəyov
- ok
- Archi Shaw
- been 2 years since I installed this, finally they asked for a review, here's the review - I'm loving it!! Suggestion / Request: Can you bring this for mobile browsers? Microsoft Edge on mobile now supports extensions, would love to see it there.
- ARose Pangie
- i LOVE this extension. it gives me control over music, which i love. a few bugs tho.
- Singularity
- Even after I set its access as "when I click it", it still affected my youtube page that couldn't show any image on the whole page.
- Rufmel Santos
- It's Great. sometimes you gotta wait a few days after a new youtube update rolls out for the extension to kick in and it's a worth it extension
- Ryder Johnson
- I love it but I don't know how to play it
- RITESH Saini
- Nice extension It works perfectly I haven't noticed any issue yet
- Mateus
- Background play is not working anymore
- Adam Harley
- good for work
- Igor (Kromas)
- a good addon, helps to save some traffic and see less advertisement
- 久鬼ワカメ
- background play is disabled... i don't know what happen...
- Petr Vaněk
- Exactly what i was looking for, highly customizable
- Justin Shepard
- WORKS GREAT!
- PRATHAM HALLI
- dude literally the best extension for chrome, for students professionals . the best extension i have ever come across.
- aZn Eric
- Love the extension! No ads. Music continues to play! Love it!
- Vinh Phạm
- Amazing extension. However, I experienced playing the wrong song or player unable to play on music.youtube.com occasionally when using the extension.
- godlike LV
- best
- Sophie Nguyen
- i love this extension it keeps me from getting distracted on youtube muisc
- Lucas Galdiano
- works perfectly!
- Gafna Fi Nailir Raja
- mayan
- Naman Joshi
- best distraction free
- Akbar R
- THANKSSSSSSSSS
- NootOfRoses
- Honestly biggest issue is I'd just prefer the thumbnail of the video there rather than "Music Mode for YT" but other than that it's perfect!
- Eric Bleau - Media
- This tool is great. Youtube is my favorite source for music and this makes the site faster and the UI clean.
- Milton Stiilpen Jr
- aeeee it works
- callanyonefrompc
- Looks good. Thank you.
- Aariya Coleman
- It works!
- Rusuya Darugawa
- I enjoy it a lot, thanks
- Linh Nguyen Dinh
- Best
- Ta Ta
- Works as intended. Thank you.
- Dreeaea
- super extension nice job
- vpnsetup
- super simple, exactly what I was looking for to hide cover art. thanks!
- Harshit Gupta
- Did what it said and also works very well.
- EMinRE
- I used the plugin today and really liked it. The interface is beautiful, extremely simple, and functional. I use the plugin for YouTube Music. It saves data, but I'm not sure if it prevents videos from pausing, at least not yet. I hope I don't have to downgrade my rating for the app (it also prevents YouTube Music from pausing without any issues), because there doesn't seem to be another plugin that can provide me with two critical solutions for YouTube Music at once. For that, I have extra respect and thanks for the developer. I hope this review reaches him.
- Mirco Altdorf
- Unfortunately, it consumes exactly the same amount of Bandwidth (and with that energy) that it would otherwise if the video was normally playing. The video is playing in the background, it's just an overlay.
- Sportytrainguy
- Awesome! But unfortunately, youtube will not play my playlist if the ad block mode is on, which is a shame.
- abdhul basith
- very useful extension 100% recommended
- Md Rony Best Channel
- like your ingoy my chos your company
- CODEMASTER
- Very good and block ads and you can use for no ad free youtube :) and no more wasting money.Thank you for making and keep it free.
- Professor Layton
- The extension is great, but having to reconfigure it every time it randomly decides to reset its settings is tiring.
- Karan Abraham
- Works a charm! Can easily toggle between video and audio.
- aditya vats
- very useful
- Chanul Kulasekara
- It's the GOAT. The GOAT
- king Arthur
- it does not block the video it just use an image to cover the video so its still use a lot bandwidth and battery.
- Redwan Shawkat
- Definitely something I will go for...The only issue I am getting into is, it is messing with Brave's adblocker configuration for YouTube. Using brave browser for quite some time for its adblocking privileges but this extension couldn't seem to cope up with it.. Fix this and I'll give you 5! Update: It looks like you have fixed it...So I am changing my rating as told! Update: It is having issues again on YouTube... YouTube Music was running from the start though.. Update: I read it now. Its all ok now. It suddenly working fine now. Thanks for your support!
- I Want
- this is all i needed. Thank you so much
- BeatAByte
- It works perfectly on Youtube Music as it should! No GPU waste for listening to music <3
- Peace Hunter
- The best extension I found on internet. If you would like to listen to your favorite music, but don't want to be distracted from different videos on YouTube, this is the extension for you!!! Love and thanks!