Hide YouTube Thumbnails. As the name suggests, this simple extension hides thumbnails when you’re browsing YouTube on the web. You can get it on Chrome or Firefox. Music Mode for YouTube. This extension also allows you to hide YouTube videos and only play the sound. It also has options for hiding thumbnails, user icons, and other images on the YouTube website. You can install this extension on Chrome or Firefox. Clickbait Remover for YouTube. This extension doesn’t completely hide thumbnails, but it replaces custom thumbnails with actual stills from the video for a less misleading experience. It is available for Chrome and Firefox. Unhook. This extension removes a variety of distractions from your YouTube screen, including thumbnails that pop up at the end of videos and the recommended videos sidebar. You can get Unhook for Chrome, Firefox, or Microsoft Edge.
If you’re on your computer, click your Profile Picture in the top right corner of the YouTube screen. Select {“smallUrl”:“https://www. wikihow. com/images/6/68/Android7settings. png”,“bigUrl”:"/images/thumb/6/68/Android7settings. png/30px-Android7settings. png",“smallWidth”:460,“smallHeight”:460,“bigWidth”:30,“bigHeight”:30,“licensing”:"<div class="mw-parser-output">
I edited this screenshot of an Android icon. \n</p>
License: <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://en.
wikipedia.
org/wiki/Fair_use">Fair Use</a>
\n</p></div>"} Settings, then Playback and performance.
Toggle the Inline playback toggle switch to the {“smallUrl”:“https://www.
wikihow.
com/images/d/d5/Android7switchoff.
png”,“bigUrl”:"/images/thumb/d/d5/Android7switchoff.
png/35px-Android7switchoff.
png",“smallWidth”:460,“smallHeight”:394,“bigWidth”:35,“bigHeight”:30,“licensing”:"<div class="mw-parser-output">
I edited this screenshot of an Android icon. \n</p>
License: <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://en.
wikipedia.
org/wiki/Fair_use">Fair Use</a>
\n</p></div>"} Off position.
[1] X Research source In the iOS YouTube app, tap your Profile Picture, select {“smallUrl”:“https://www.
wikihow.
com/images/6/68/Android7settings.
png”,“bigUrl”:"/images/thumb/6/68/Android7settings.
png/30px-Android7settings.
png",“smallWidth”:460,“smallHeight”:460,“bigWidth”:30,“bigHeight”:30,“licensing”:"<div class="mw-parser-output">
I edited this screenshot of an Android icon. \n</p>
License: <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://en.
wikipedia.
org/wiki/Fair_use">Fair Use</a>
\n</p></div>"} Settings, then General, then tap Playback in feeds.
Choose from Always on, Wi-Fi only, or Off.
[2] X Research source In the Android YouTube app, tap your Profile Picture, then select {“smallUrl”:“https://www.
wikihow.
com/images/6/68/Android7settings.
png”,“bigUrl”:"/images/thumb/6/68/Android7settings.
png/30px-Android7settings.
png",“smallWidth”:460,“smallHeight”:460,“bigWidth”:30,“bigHeight”:30,“licensing”:"<div class="mw-parser-output">
I edited this screenshot of an Android icon. \n</p>
License: <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://en.
wikipedia.
org/wiki/Fair_use">Fair Use</a>
\n</p></div>"} Settings, then General.
Next, select Inline player.
You can choose whether the inline player is Always on, on with Wi-Fi only, or Off.
[3] X Research source If you switch off Inline Playback, you can still watch a 3-second preview of most YouTube videos by hovering over the thumbnail on your computer or scrolling past the video on your phone or tablet.
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Click the AdBlock icon in your browser’s toolbar. Click the {“smallUrl”:“https://www. wikihow. com/images/6/68/Android7settings. png”,“bigUrl”:"/images/thumb/6/68/Android7settings. png/30px-Android7settings. png",“smallWidth”:460,“smallHeight”:460,“bigWidth”:30,“bigHeight”:30,“licensing”:"<div class="mw-parser-output">
I edited this screenshot of an Android icon. \n</p>
License: <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://en.
wikipedia.
org/wiki/Fair_use">Fair Use</a>
\n</p></div>"} icon to open the Options menu, then select the Customize tab.
Click Edit.
Paste in this filter: youtube.
com##.
ytp-ce-element Click Save and reload the video.
You can also try one of the following alternative filters: youtube.
com##.
ytp-ce-covering-overlay youtube.
com##.
ytp-ce-element-shadow youtube.
com##.
ytp-ce-covering-image youtube.
com##.
ytp-ce-expanding-image youtube.
com##.
ytp-ce-element.
ytp-ce-video.
ytp-ce-element-show youtube.
com##.
ytp-ce-element.
ytp-ce-channel.
ytp-ce-channel-this If none of those filters work, reset and update your browser and try again.
To open the console in most browsers, press F12. On a Mac, use ⌘ Command+⌥ Option+J with Chrome or ⌘ Command+⌥ Option+C with Safari. [6] X Research source A window with developer tools will open at the bottom of your browser window. Click the Console tab, if it isn’t open already. Copy and paste the code below into the text field at the bottom of the screen. For security reasons, your browser may ask you to enable pasting first: for(element of document. getElementsByClassName(‘ytp-ce-element’)) { element. style. display = ’none’; }
To open the console in most browsers, press F12. On a Mac, use ⌘ Command+⌥ Option+J with Chrome or ⌘ Command+⌥ Option+C with Safari. [6] X Research source A window with developer tools will open at the bottom of your browser window. Click the Console tab, if it isn’t open already. Copy and paste the code below into the text field at the bottom of the screen. For security reasons, your browser may ask you to enable pasting first: for(element of document. getElementsByClassName(‘ytp-ce-element’)) { element. style. display = ’none’; }
