YouTube Preview Volume Control icon

YouTube Preview Volume Control

by Screw ROBLOX

v1.5 Updated Mar 12, 2026 23.45KiB
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Description

Look I don't know if its just me but whenever I hover my mouse on a video on the main page IT IS LOUD so this extension solves it (I hope) Changelogs v1.5 - Current Fixed: No more loud beeps or max volume bursts when previews start (it might still happen but those are edge cases I don't know how to fix) Intercepts volume property directly for instant control Faster scanning (250ms) and mouse hover detection Added 'loadstart' event listener for earlier volume control v1.4 Fixed: YouTube Shorts are now excluded from volume control Extension now ONLY controls thumbnail preview videos (hover previews) Shorts, main player, and all other videos are left at normal volume v1.3 Instant volume updates - no page reload needed Real-time slider changes apply immediately to all preview videos Added storage listener for dynamic setting updates v1.2 Fixed: Extension now reliably catches all preview videos Added aggressive scanning (500ms intervals) for better detection Enhanced YouTube-specific event handling (yt-navigate-finish) Multiple event listeners (play, playing, loadedmetadata, loadeddata, canplay, volumechange) v1.1 Fixed: Only affects preview videos, not main player Improved preview detection algorithm Main player (#movie_player) explicitly excluded from volume control v1.0 - Initial Release Initial release Automatic preview volume reduction to 20% (default) Adjustable volume slider (0-100%) Settings persistence using Chrome storage API Clean popup interface
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Reviews (15 cached)

★☆☆☆☆2026-03-12
TastyHam

Mutes all youtube videos

★★☆☆☆2026-03-13
Chrome Y2K

It works, but not properly. If you hover over a thumbnail, you'll still hear the video for about half a second. It may not seem that much, but it's still very distracting.

★★☆☆☆2026-03-12
Chuck Carlise

This seems like a great solution, but it's starting to override the volume for ALL youtube videos. That's a problem.

★★☆☆☆2026-03-11
Iñaki Arias

It also controls the volume of YT shorts, so not the best solution

★★☆☆☆2026-03-10
Mohenjo Daro

Treats shorts like previews and mutes them

★★☆☆☆2026-03-08
MD Fox

Dunno what stupid update YT had but ridiculous we need to fix it. - this did fix it - however it breaks audio on shorts

★★★☆☆2026-03-11
Kibolux

please fix the issue of it adjusting shorts volume

★★★☆☆2026-03-10
Tim Belay

noticed a problem, it treats shorts as previews, I muted previews and now shorts play without sound even when opened in full upd. it changes all videos volume now

★★★☆☆2026-03-09
Eddy

It works but it mutes the youtube shorts as well if you click on them not only if you hover with the mouse.

★★★☆☆2026-03-08
Tengiz Surguladze

good to have even some control over youtube chaos but it still needs little bit of work cous when you open shorts the sound is controled only by this extenstion and little bit more is when you hold silder and move it volume does not apply you have to release slider to chek if it is the right sound level you needed overaly its better then youtube offered control that means none good work and thanks for help

★★★☆☆2026-03-08
Weslie Kuijer

This is a godsend for muting audio on previews. However, right now it also affects shorts, and that is unwanted behaviour.

★★★☆☆2026-03-08
Jason Yang

it also mute youtube shorts. could u fix it?

★★★☆☆2026-03-07
Mason Schlagel

Fix the shorts going mute and like the other Mason said, 5 stars!

★★★☆☆2026-03-07
Mason Alex

Works great, just please fix the Youtube shorts going mute and it's a 5 from me!

★★★☆☆2026-03-07
Vulporium

Nearly perfect. This extension allows you to set the volume to 0 and have almost the same experience as before the update. However there are two things, if you click a YouTube Short form video, this app takes control of the volume. This requires you to adjust the volume through this extension to be able to hear the video even in the full sized Short player window. The other issue is that videos with sounds at the very start of the video can still be heard. It seem that this extension quickly lowers the volume each time you mouse over a video, and some videos make a loud beep or chirp as the volume is quickly adjusted to whatever you set it to, in my case 0. If these two issues are fixed, I'd rate it 5/5 stars.

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Details

Version 1.5
Updated Mar 12, 2026
Size 23.45KiB
First Seen Mar 30, 2026