About this extension

Reduce distractions and hide NSFW content on YouTube 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 in third-party sites. The extension used to block the video and play only the audio, but due to recent YouTube changes, it now only blocks videos on YouTube Music, while on YouTube, videos are just hidden.

FEATURES (ALL OPTIONAL):
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<li>Hides the video on YouTube and blocks the video, playing only the audio on YouTube Music</li>
<li>Hides the video thumbnails</li>
<li>Hides the images of channel/user avatars</li>
<li>Hides various other images</li>
<li>Skips the ads before they play</li>
<li>Allows background play (on YouTube for mobiles)</li>
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Separate options for YouTube, YouTube Music, and YouTube videos embedded in other sites. You can enable/disable the extension for all tabs or for specific tabs.

Extra options:
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<li>Hides the thumbnails and various other images in Google search when you search for a song or a singer</li>
<li>Quick access buttons: two extra buttons on YouTube in order to hide the thumbnails and the video quickly without using the popup window</li>
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Notes:
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<li>If you have enabled the features 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 the images are not only hidden but also blocked saving more bandwidth</li>
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Frequently Asked Questions: <a href="https://thunderarea.github.io/musicmodeforyoutube/faq/" title="FAQ link">https://thunderarea.github.io/musicmodeforyoutube/faq/</a>

The code of the extension is now available on <a href="https://github.com/Thunderarea/music-mode-for-youtube" title="GitHub link">GitHub</a>

The extension does not collect any kind of user data. The user options are stored locally in the user's browser.

Date of release (on Chrome Web Store): 02/10/2019

Developer comments

The extension asks for access to www.youtube.com (YouTube), music.youtube.com (YouTube Music) and m.youtube.com (mobile YouTube) in order to be able to work in these sites.

The access to googlevideo.com is needed in order to be able to block the video.

The access to i.ytimg.com, i1.ytimg.com, i9.ytimg.com, yt3.ggpht.com, lh3.googleusercontent.com, lh4.googleusercontent.com, ssl.gstatic.com is needed in order to be able to block all the YouTube images that come from all these sites.

All the other sites that the extension asks for access are Google search sites in order for the extension to be able to work on the Google search (due to the feature that you can hide the images on Google search).

The extension does not collect any kind of user data. The user options are stored locally in the user's browser.

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