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Youtube Ad Skip Key

by Nathee Jaywaree · Workflow & Planning
FeaturedManifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 15 Oct 2026

Skip Youtube ads with a shortcut key/ button

Users
4,000
0 in 30 days
Rating
3.7 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
33
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#15K
#13K among extensions
Version
2.2
updated 16 Nov 2024

Users

monthly, 3 years
3002,1504,000Aug 2023Jun 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 4,000 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 years
21833Aug 2023Jun 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 33 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 Youtube Ad Skip Key

*** New version now only place focus on the skip button when pressing the shortcut key (Default to Z). You have to manually press *"Enter"* again to skip ads. This is to adapt to changes from YouTube. *** * Other buttons such as YouTube Premium button can still be skipped with one click Youtube Ad Skip Key is an extension that provides you a shortcut key/ button to skip youtube ads. It does not block ads. This extension simulates the process of clicking "Skip Ads", clicking the "x" button of those ads at the bottom of the Youtube player and clicking the "No Thanks" or "Skip Trial" of Youtube Premium ads. This is for people who still want to support creators by watching ads, and sometimes don't want to skip ads right when the timer ends because some ads are interesting. It also closes those ads at the bottom and Youtube Premium ads that sometimes pop up. The default shortcut key is 'Z'. This extension only supports typing keys such as "A-Z", "0-9", "-=[]\;'./", numpad keys, spacebar and enter key. *The keys are based from QWERTY keyboard layout. However, it is based on the location not the value of the key itself. For example, users can press key from other languages that is supposed to be in the same location as QWERTY 'Z' key, so they don't need to change keyboard language back to English to skip ads. *You must change tabs to the ad-playing youtube tab to be able to close the ad. *You should avoid assigning shortcut to keys that are already assigned by Youtube such as A, C, D, F, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, S, T, W, "0-9", <, >, /, [, ], -, =, Numpad+, Numpad-, Numpad0-9 and Spacebar *If you are also using Youtube Music, you should also avoid these keys: E, G, H, Q, R, ; *It does not support combination of ALT, CTRL, SHIFT + supported keys.

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days0+0.0%00.00
30 days0+0.0%00.00
6 months0+0.0%+3+0.13
1 year+1,000+33.3%+4+0.18

Version history

14 versions recorded
2.216 Nov 2024
2.114 Oct 2024
2.04 Sep 2024
1.930 Apr 2024
1.829 Apr 2024
1.722 Apr 2024
1.626 Feb 2024
1.429 Aug 2023

Details

Category
Workflow & Planning
First seen
19 Mar 2022
Size
18 KB
Languages
en-US
Pricing
Free
Privacy policy
github.com
Extension ID
hgijpdhbgbfknajdponodgdehhafcbbp

Permissions and risk

Minimal riskimpact 1, likelihood 0
Permissions
storage

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