With this extension, every video that loads with the new Shorts player will get immediately switched for the standard YouTube video player.
- Familiar video player UI
- Standard speed and quality controls
- No overlay buttons or clutter
- No endless doomscrolling feed
- Uhhh I just hate YouTube Shorts
This mode detects when a new YouTube Shorts link is opened, and the URL is switched to use the standard video player before the page ever loads.
This is the fastest and simplest method. However, it doesn't work when a Short is loaded in the active tab (only when opened in a new tab or on page refresh).
This mode runs a small background process (while on YouTube) that checks for URL changes. When a change is detected, if the URL matches that of a YouTube Short, the URL is switched to use the standard video player.
This method is slower, requiring the page to fully load before the UI is switched. However, it works on active-tab clicks without requiring a page refresh.
Install just as you would any other development extension.
- Download and extract the latest release: YTShortsUISwitch.zip
- In your browser, open the "Manage extensions" page (chrome://extensions/, edge://extensions/, etc.)
- Turn on "Developer Mode"
- Click "Load Unpacked", and open the extracted extension folder
- Done!
Install from the firefox store:
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Manual install:
- Download and extract the latest release: YTShortsUISwitch.xpi
- In your browser, open the "Manage extensions" page (about:addons)
- Click the gear icon, and "Install Add-on From File..."
- Select the downloaded YTShortsUISwitch.xpi file, and confirm the add-on installation
- Done!
It should start working right away, just make sure to toggle the preferred redirect mode from the extension UI.
Yes! The extension operates only when YouTube is open, and looks at nothing more than the YouTube URL and video ID.
- No data is collected
- Everything was built to be as simple and lightweight as possible
- The code is very basic - feel free to review it if you'd like!