No YouTube Refresh

by norefreshextension@gmail.com · Entertainment

Manifest V3 Free

View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 15 Oct 2026

An extension that prevents refreshing of video recommendations next to videos on YouTube when pressing the back arrow.

Users

−2 in 30 days

Rating

5.0 / 5

unchanged in 30 days

Ratings

0 in 30 days

Store rank

#128K

#107K among extensions

Version

1.0.0

updated 14 Oct 2025

Users

monthly, 12 months

Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 31 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 12 months

Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 1 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

The Chrome Web Store rounds user counts down to the leading digit, so the user line moves in steps. The ratings count is exact and is the better signal of real adoption.

About No YouTube Refresh

This extension prevents the automatic refreshing of recommendations when navigating between videos on YouTube. For example, if you click on a video and the top recommended video on the side is about Basketball, then if you click on another video and then go back to the first video, the top recommended video might not be Basketball anymore. This is a niche issue that this extension fixes by stopping YouTube from refreshing those sidebar recommendations, so if something caught your eye you can always backtrack to find it.