Transparent HBO Overlays

Manifest V3 Free

View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 15 Oct 2026

Makes the overlays for the HBO Max web player transparent. The default gradient covers too much of the video. After removing the…

Users

+4 in 30 days

Rating

5.0 / 5

unchanged in 30 days

Ratings

0 in 30 days

Store rank

#131K

#109K among extensions

Version

1.2

updated 2 Jul 2026

Users

monthly, 3 months

Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 29 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

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Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 2 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

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About Transparent HBO Overlays

Makes the overlays for the HBO Max web player transparent. The default gradient covers too much of the video. After removing the background manually a few times, I figured I'd make an extension for it instead. The HBO Max web player blacks out any attempt to produce a worthwhile screenshot for copyright purposes, but the default gradient normally obfuscates subtitles which you can see more clearly here.