Control Panel for YouTube - TubeControl

Take control of your YouTube experience: hide Shorts, block distractions, customize layout, boost volume, and more.

TubeControl - Control Panel for YT™ Take full control of YouTube: block distractions, hide Shorts & comments, boost volume, speed controls, clean UI, and more. Take complete control of your YT experience. Control Panel for YT (TubeControl) is an all-in-one, privacy-focused extension that removes annoying clutter, blocks addictive distractions, boosts quiet audio, and restores a clean, intentional video browsing experience. Whether you want to eliminate distracting YT Shorts, boost quiet audio up to 200%, save video screenshots with a single click, or turn YT into a serene focus tool by hiding the algorithmic home feed, Control Panel gives you granular control with a sleek, friendly interface. ✨ KEY FEATURES AT A GLANCE: 🛡️ 1. DISTRACTION-FREE BROWSING • Hide Shorts Shelves: Completely remove addictive Shorts carousels from your Home feed, sidebar, subscription page, and search results. • Convert Shorts to Normal Video: Automatically redirect any "/shorts/" URL into the full YT video player with time scrubbing, speed control, and standard controls. • Focus Mode (Hide Home Feed): Replace the endless recommendation rabbit-hole with a calm, clutter-free search prompt so you only watch what you came for. • Hide Related Videos: Remove the sidebar recommendations on video watch pages to stay focused on your current video. • Hide Comments Section: Hide toxic or spoiler-filled comment sections across all videos. • Hide Live Chat: Automatically collapse the live chat stream on livestreams and premieres. • Hide Endscreen Cards & Annotations: Stop suggested video popups and cards from blocking the final seconds of videos. • Hide Merch & Ticket Shelves: Clean up promotional shopping modules beneath video descriptions. ⚡ 2. ENHANCED PLAYBACK & AUDIO • 200% Audio Volume Booster: Overcome quiet laptop speakers and low-gain video uploads with a built-in clean volume booster (from 100% up to 200%). • Quick Playback Speed Presets: Effortlessly jump between speeds (0.75x, 1.0x, 1.25x, 1.5x, 1.75x, 2.0x) with single-click chip buttons. • Auto Theater Mode: Automatically switch videos into wide Theater mode whenever you open a video page. • Force Disable Autoplay: Stop YT from automatically playing unwanted next videos when you finish watching. • Disable Ambient Mode: Turn off GPU-heavy dynamic background lighting glow to save battery and reduce distraction. • Always-Visible Progress Scrubber: Keep the video timeline visible at the bottom of the player even when your mouse isn't hovering. 📸 3. QUICK UTILITY TOOLS • 1-Click Frame Screenshot: Instantly capture high-resolution, uncompressed video frames directly to your computer without YouTube UI overlays or progress bars. • Picture-in-Picture (PiP): Float any video on top of other desktop windows with one click. • Seamless Video Looping: Easily repeat educational lessons, ambient music tracks, or tutorials on continuous loop. 🎨 4. TOP BAR & UI CLEANUP • Hide Notification Badge: Hide the red unread badge count on the notification bell to curb notification anxiety. • Hide Voice Search: Remove the microphone button next to the search bar for a cleaner layout. • Hide Create (+) Button: Remove the upload/broadcast button if you only watch content.