OldYTPlayer | YouTube Old Player UI + Minimal Tweaks
Extension Actions
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Restores YouTube's pre-2025 player UI and optional tweaks (dislikes, SponsorBlock, etc.). Includes popup controls.
Take control of YouTube and bring back the classic player.
OldYTPlayer restores YouTube’s pre-2025 video player and adds a handful of optional, privacy-friendly tweaks. If you prefer the familiar layout with fewer distractions—but still want modern conveniences like community dislikes and SponsorBlock, this extension is for you.
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What does OldYTPlayer do?
Restore the Old Player
• Reverts the YouTube player to its pre-2025 look
• Hides the new fullscreen “grid” and quick controls
• Keeps the classic style consistent
Optional Tweaks
• Return YouTube Dislike integration
• SponsorBlock segment skipping
• Classic like/dislike icons and more
Easy Controls
• Popup master enable/disable
• “Only Revert Player” quick action
• Hide/Unhide the OldYTPlayer settings entry
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Key Features
Player and UI
• Revert Old YouTube Player (pre-2025 UI)
• Hide fullscreen “More videos” grid and quick-action overlays
• Classic like/dislike buttons
Tweaks and Cleanup
• Remove AI Summary and “Ask AI”
• Hide Shorts across home/search/sidebar/related
• Hide sponsored panels, overlays, merch and promos
• Hide Share/Thanks/Clip buttons
Integrations
• Skip sponsored segments with SponsorBlock
• Show community dislike counts via Return YouTube Dislike
...and much more, all togge-able!
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OldYoutubePlayer is a third-party extension and is not affiliated with YouTube.
YouTube is a trademark of Google LLC. Use of this trademark is subject to Google Permissions.
Latest reviews
- Douglas Gaspar
- Not only it works perfectly, the other YouTube extensions I use are also fully compatible AND my Stylus custom style is also fully compatible. Amazing.
- Alexander House
- Any chance it gets updated to work outside of youtube? (Embedded stuff).
- 1 0
- youtube just patched it so plugins cant revert player ui. fix that pls
- A S
- Does not work as of March 21 2026
- Cayden Man08
- Honestly it's not bad and it's pretty neat, though I would suggest an option to remove the Youtube circle progress bar that shows, would be cool edition for it.
- DaddyBK
- I have been using the extension for about 5 months now without complaint but recently there is this bug that causes every video to have no comment section available. It just shows the "Comments are turned off" text but once I disable it and reload the page the comments come back and once I turn it back on the comments dont show again. Hoping for a quick fix on this
- Kellsier Lyxci
- Thank God
- Realsasa
- I'm in love <3 , Thank you for who ever made this extension!
- Anh
- Can you guys port this to Firefox? (Not userscript)
- Wolfcrafter_HD
- It's not a complete revert of the 2025 ui update, but it is still so SO MUCH BETTER. I encourage you guys to make a full youtube pre 2025 ui extension. What the Hell is YouTube thinking
- Ярослав Струк
- Finaly fixed the ugly new look of youtube. Tough it freezed youtube tabs at first, I just had to disable all futures of the extention, only keeping the revert player one. Certanly recomend, but would be awesome if only the core future would be enabled by default.
- Hamoh Rakshhha
- necessary to revert the ugly liquid glass looking new youtube UI. thank you working on google chrome btw
- nice try google
- Just makes the Youtube tab not respond
- Owen Copeland
- it works but some videos don't play
- ranixcz
- this is must have if you hate floating icons like windows is pushing
- jarel madreil
- literally bricks the YouTube tab on edge, only reason its not 1 star is because it at least made the changes i would of wanted, would of been better if the tab actually worked.
- Іван М.
- Not bad.
- Christopher
- thank you bro your the goat 🐐
- X Base
- Please make a firefox version as well.
- J
- i really like the program lol, user interface is meh but it does what it needs to! Good job man ❤
- ฺ
- Thank you so much. I hate the new player, its so laggy, plus the ability to disable glow and different colors in previews and in the descriptions is such a lifesaver. Thank you dude.
- ntt transport
- GOOD! THIS EXTENSTION COMPLETELY ERADICATES THE NEW, DISGUSTING YOUTUBE PLAYER BAR!!