YouTube Control Hub

Hide distractions, tune playback, manage subscriptions, and summarize videos. Private and fast.

YouTube Control Hub is a quiet companion for YouTube. It hides what you did not ask to see, keeps the player the way you left it, and stores your settings on this device. There is no account and no analytics. Anything that can reach the network stays off until you turn it on. Open the toolbar icon for speed and the switches you use every day. Open the colored menu for the rest. Each feature has its own page. Distractions What leaves the screen. Hide the Home feed and replace it with a quiet page Hide Shorts shelves, the Shorts button, and Shorts cards Open a Short as a normal video Hide Mixes and radio playlists Hide upcoming premieres, live streams, and members-only posts Hide Playables Hide a video after you pass a watch percent you choose Hide comments, related videos, end screens, and merch Hide Premium upsells, and YouTube’s Ask button and AI summary Tighten the sidebar and the header Choose videos per row, and a compact, default, or large thumbnail Show full titles and full channel names Player Speed, picture, and sound. Playback from 0.25× to 16× Keep that speed when YouTube resets it Preferred quality, from Auto to 4K, when the video has it Volume above 100%, plus bass, mid, and treble, on this tab only Cinema, picture in picture, a pop-out player, and a screenshot Prefer the original audio track A crimson, minimal, or glowing progress bar Loop the video, stop the next-up autoplay, and show a speed badge Player buttons for picture in picture, loop, and speed Play the open playlist from the bottom Subscriptions Leave a channel without losing the list. Select channels and unsubscribe in bulk Export a CSV backup before you do Favorites are never included in a bulk unsubscribe Hide a channel without unsubscribing Folders that stay in this browser Undo Hide this channel from the right-click menu Blocking Rules that never leave the browser. A master switch for every rule Match a title by word or by regular expression Match a channel, a duration, a view count, or a caption language A local list of low-effort phrases, checked against the title only Segments Skip the part you did not come for. Press Alt+Shift+M at the start, and again at the end Your marks stay on this device, and they always skip SponsorBlock is optional and off by default Turned on, it sends only the video ID Skip or mute those network segments Sponsor, self-promotion, interaction reminder, intro, outro, preview, filler, and music off-topic Summaries and notes The point of the video, written where you are. A summary button under the player, and one in the popup A local summary from the transcript. No key, no account Or Gemini, OpenAI, or Claude, with a key stored in this browser An export leaves the key out unless you choose to include it Notes kept with a timestamp On the video Dislike estimates, off until you allow them. Only a video ID is sent The tags YouTube already attached to the video Appearance Midnight, OLED, Graphite, or Paper, for the extension itself A light touch on YouTube: OLED black, dim, or a crimson progress bar Your own CSS on YouTube. Custom JavaScript is not accepted, on purpose Shortcuts Ignored while you are typing. Hold Alt+Shift. . and , speed up and down C cinema P picture in picture L loop O pop-out player X screenshot S summarize N note M mark a segment, press twice H hide or show Shorts