---
title: "Hide Youtube Watched Videos – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "4,000 users, rated 3.27 by 110 people. Version 1.7.2, updated 2025-09-21. Requests 5 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ekcdnnkolgkikkhbbjcabcjdibfbafbl"
---

# Hide Youtube Watched Videos

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 4,000
- Rating: 3.27 from 110 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-11-07 14:08 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: No change
- Users gained in 30 days: −1,000 (-20.0%)
- Rank by users: #11,109 of 292,131 live extensions
- Rank in Functionality & UI: #347 of 11,702

## The listing

What the Chrome Web Store shows, as of the last check.

Summary from the listing:

> This extension will hide watched youtube videos from the subscriptions page.

- Extension ID: `ekcdnnkolgkikkhbbjcabcjdibfbafbl`
- Developer: [Matt0x5b](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u0f1e9715b6502543e19975656f5baf2a)
- Enhanced Safe Browsing: Trusted ([what this means](https://extensiontracker.com/enhanced-safe-browsing))
- Category: [Make Chrome Yours › Functionality & UI](https://extensiontracker.com/category/make_chrome_yours/functionality)
- First published: 2018-03-09
- Last updated: 2025-09-21
- Version: `1.7.2`
- Size: 162 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English
- Support page: `https://github.com/matt0x5B/HideYoutubeWatchedVideos-Issues`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/hide-youtube-watched-vide/ekcdnnkolgkikkhbbjcabcjdibfbafbl>
- View its code or download CRX: <https://crxpeek.com/extension/ekcdnnkolgkikkhbbjcabcjdibfbafbl>
- Search Google for the ID: <https://www.google.com/search?q=%22ekcdnnkolgkikkhbbjcabcjdibfbafbl%22&tbs=li:1>

## Users over time

One row per check, newest first, as shown on the Chrome Web Store.

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-11-07 | 4,000 | 3.27 | 110 |
| 2026-10-31 | 4,000 | 3.27 | 110 |
| 2026-10-24 | 5,000 | 3.27 | 110 |
| 2026-10-17 | 5,000 | 3.27 | 110 |
| 2026-10-10 | 5,000 | 3.19 | 110 |
| 2026-10-03 | 5,000 | 3.19 | 110 |
| 2026-09-27 | 5,000 | 3.19 | 110 |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

No changes found since tracking began on 2026-09-27.

## Developer history

Moves to another publisher account and new contact emails, newest first.

No move to another account and no new contact email since tracking began on 2026-09-27.

We know contact emails only by a keyed hash, so they're never shown. Recent changes: [Account and contact changes](https://extensiontracker.com/owners/).

## What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language.

### Sites

- `*://*.youtube.com/`: youtube.com and its subdomains

### Sites where it runs scripts

- `*://*.youtube.com/*`: youtube.com and its subdomains

### Browser features

- `scripting`: Run scripts on sites it can reach
- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser
- `tabs`: Read the addresses and titles of your tabs
- `webNavigation`: Follow your browsing, page by page

## About this data

Collected from the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing. It's checked every week, because it has 1,000 or more users, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 2026-11-07 14:08 UTC; next check around 2026-11-14.

How the data is collected: <https://extensiontracker.com/methodology>.

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Hide Youtube Watched Videos” (ekcdnnkolgkikkhbbjcabcjdibfbafbl). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-07. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ekcdnnkolgkikkhbbjcabcjdibfbafbl. Accessed 2026-11-13.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_ekcdnnkolgkikkhbbjcabcjdibfbafbl,
  title   = {Hide Youtube Watched Videos (ekcdnnkolgkikkhbbjcabcjdibfbafbl)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-07},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ekcdnnkolgkikkhbbjcabcjdibfbafbl},
  urldate = {2026-11-13}
}
```

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