---
title: "[FOSS] Disable Ambient Mode in YouTube – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "777 users, rated 3.62 by 8 people. Version 2.2.0, updated 2026-01-27. Requests 3 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/hjlahcfmmomkkmdinollnkkapggllckk"
---

# \[FOSS\] Disable Ambient Mode in YouTube

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 777
- Rating: 3.62 from 8 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-09-27 02:30 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: – (needs a week of history)
- Users gained in 30 days: – (needs a month of history)
- Rank by users: #27,648 of 264,703 live extensions
- Rank in Functionality & UI: #1,055 of 10,900

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> Automatically turn off YouTube's ambient mode. Prevent unnecessary resource consumption.

- Extension ID: `hjlahcfmmomkkmdinollnkkapggllckk`
- Developer: [44yu5h](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u97624e13d4c4e4da24548bffb242ad39)
- Category: [Make Chrome Yours › Functionality & UI](https://extensiontracker.com/category/make_chrome_yours/functionality)
- First published: 2025-02-16
- Last updated: 2026-01-27
- Version: `2.2.0`
- Size: 56.69 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English
- Support page: `https://github.com/44yu5h/youtube-disable-ambient-ext`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/foss-disable-ambient-mode/hjlahcfmmomkkmdinollnkkapggllckk>
- View the code or download the CRX, in CRX Viewer: <https://robwu.nl/crxviewer/?crx=https%3A%2F%2Fchromewebstore.google.com%2Fdetail%2Fhjlahcfmmomkkmdinollnkkapggllckk>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-09-27 | 777 | 3.62 | 8 |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

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

## What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language.

### Sites

- `https://m.youtube.com/*`: m.youtube.com
- `https://www.youtube.com/*`: www.youtube.com

### Sites where it runs scripts

- `https://www.youtube.com/*`: www.youtube.com

### Browser features

- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser

## More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account.

| Extension | Users | Rating | Ratings | Category |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [Swipe Navigation Gesture (back & forth)](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/cakieojfddljnniobmeiaejblbfgdjhf) | 1,000 | 4.83 | 12 | Functionality & UI |
| [Henka: Vibe Code with Visual Context](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/mjgdejdhjkkkgpaljpcladoebpfpbbnc) | 9 | 5.00 | 1 | Developer Tools |

All 3 extensions by [44yu5h](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u97624e13d4c4e4da24548bffb242ad39).

## About this data

Collected from the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing. It's checked every month, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 2026-09-27 02:30 UTC; next check around 2026-10-25.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “\[FOSS\] Disable Ambient Mode in YouTube” (hjlahcfmmomkkmdinollnkkapggllckk). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/hjlahcfmmomkkmdinollnkkapggllckk. Accessed 2026-09-28.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_hjlahcfmmomkkmdinollnkkapggllckk,
  title   = {[FOSS] Disable Ambient Mode in YouTube (hjlahcfmmomkkmdinollnkkapggllckk)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/hjlahcfmmomkkmdinollnkkapggllckk},
  urldate = {2026-09-28}
}
```

---

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