YT Restore — Queue & Watch Later icon

YT Restore — Queue & Watch Later

by Captain Code · Tools
Manifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 18 Oct 2026

Restores Add to Queue and Watch Later buttons that YouTube removed.

Users
169
+48 in 30 days
Rating
3.2 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
6
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#69K
#58K among extensions
Version
1.1.1
updated 29 Jun 2026

Users

monthly, 6 months
084169Apr 2026Aug 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 18 Oct 2026: 169 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 6 months
036Apr 2026Aug 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 18 Oct 2026: 6 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

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About YT Restore — Queue & Watch Later

YouTube quietly removed the Add to Queue and Watch Later hover buttons from video thumbnails. YT Restore brings them back — exactly where you'd expect them. **What it adds:** - A Queue button and a Watch Later button appear on every video thumbnail when you hover over it, positioned at the top-right corner - Works on the YouTube home feed, search results, sidebar recommendations, and channel pages - Shorts get a Queue button only (Watch Later is not supported by YouTube for Shorts) **New in v1.1.1** - Now you can switch off overlays when the native ones are still present in some places. Sometimes, the native overlays are available on the home screen or on a channel page, but not available on the watch page. This allows you to only see the extensions overlays where they are needed, while still retaining the ability to add shorts to your queue. - Swap the order of the overlay buttons to match YouTube's own layout more closely. - A button to rebuild the overlays from scratch and clear any internal storage without reloading the page. This is (hopefully) to help a user who reported an issue with overlay buttons appearing in places they shouldn't. I have not been able to replicate the issue yet so this is kind of a stop-gap until I'm able to. **How it works:** The buttons use YouTube's own native actions — the same ones triggered when you use the three-dot context menu. There's no custom API, no workarounds, and no risk of your queue or Watch Later list behaving differently than it would normally. **Please note** You will need to reload your YouTube tabs if you had them open when you installed this extension in order for it to work.

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days−6−3.4%00.00
30 days+48+39.7%00.00
6 months+129+322.5%+6+3.17

Version history

2 versions recorded
1.1.129 Jun 2026
1.0.07 Apr 2026

Details

Category
Tools
First seen
7 Apr 2026
Size
22 KB
Languages
en-GB
Pricing
Free
Privacy policy
captaincodeuk.github.io
Extension ID
chnenkpdgjebffanaggkhopgimpchdej

Permissions and risk

Moderate riskimpact 3, likelihood 2
Permissions
storagetabs
Site access
https://www.youtube.com/*

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