• Added an option to hide Ask YouTube and AI suggestions on desktop (default: enabled) • Added an option to hide GIFs in comments (default: enabled) • Reduced delay when hiding the "Experiencing interruptions?" popup on desktop • Hiding Search with your voice now works in the Ask YouTube search input • Fixed hiding watched videos on mobile • Fixed disabling Autoplay on mobile • Fixed hiding stream VODs on mobile • Fixed blocking channels on mobile • Fixed "Hide channel" menu item on mobile to match recent YouTube UI changes • Fixed hidden channels controls in the options page not being styled as sub-options

• Fixed conflicts with uBlock Origin (etc.) when Block ads is disabled • Fixed redirecting Shorts to the normal player on desktop

• Added an EXPERIMENTAL option to disable the new watch page layout on desktop • Added an option to disable AI-generated video chapters (default: enabled) • Added an option to restore showing views on a separate line in Home and Subscriptions on desktop • Added an option to hide Notifications on desktop • Improved performance of waiting for elements to appear • Tweak CSS is now applied sooner • Fixed disabling video previews on desktop • Fixed disabling themed hover on related video menu buttons on desktop • Fixed Grid items per row's Auto +1/+2/+3 options having incorrect text in Safari due to a Safari Web Extensions bug • Fixed hiding Shorts metadata until hover • Fixed hiding shorts related link from same channel • Fixed hiding Shorts music links • Removed the Always show Shorts progress bar option as YouTube no longer seems to hide it

• Added an option to hide the new views icon on desktop • Added an option to hide thumbnail badges (New, 4K etc.) • Added an option to open channels on the Videos tab by default instead of Home on desktop • Added an option to disable the "Video paused. Continue watching?" popup on desktop • Added an option to hide the new side menu being A/B tested on the watch page on desktop (default: enabled) • Tweaked options page styling and made option group headers sticky • Added a new option group for Channel page options • Fixed hiding low view Related videos with the new play icon UI on desktop • Fixed new variants of pink progress bars which weren't being reverted to red • Fixed restoring list view headings with the new play icon views layout on desktop

• Fixed handling a channel's Videos tab on desktop when it don't have a Home/Featured tab

• Disabling themed hover effects should now work everywhere on desktop - YouTube has now expanded this to most video thumbnails • Fixed grid spacing in channel pages on desktop, which is still using the old grid system

• Added an option to disable using the 0-9 number keys to seek while watching videos on desktop • Added an option to hide the full screen "More actions" menu on desktop • Disabling themed hover effects now also works in Related videos on desktop • Hiding full screen like/dislike buttons now also works on mobile • Fixed desktop grids having extra padding after YouTube tweaked how their grid layout is implemented

• Added an option for full-width channel pages on desktop • Grid items per row now also applies to the Videos and Live tabs in channels on desktop • Fixed grid CSS adjustments accidentally applying to the Shorts tab in channels on desktop

• Fixed more missing theme styles after recent YouTube CSS variable changes

• Added instructions for enabling the Safari extension to the macOS/iOS app • Tidy Guide sidebar now also hides the section which just contains "Report history" on desktop • When hiding video metadata on desktop, also hide controls in the top-right of the player which link to it • Hiding Share buttons now works for all YouTube display languages • Fixed hiding the "Experiencing interruptions?" popup on desktop • Fixed custom menu item styles after YouTube made their CSS variables dynamic

• Fixed hiding watched videos in Home and Subscriptions on desktop • Fixed text being themed on hover in video description snippets on desktop • Fixed making topic page headers square • German translation updated by @uDEV2019 • Removed CSS for reverting themed links in video description snippets on desktop, as YouTube no longer seems to theme these

• Added an option to hide the watch page sidebar on desktop when it's empty • Added an option to disable Stable Volume • Added missing German translations, fixing multiple features in German • Fixed hiding streamed videos on mobile • Fixed adding the "Hide channel" menu item on mobile • Fixed hiding channel banners on mobile • Fixed hiding the Share button in Shorts on mobile • Fixed hiding "Open app" in the Shorts menu on mobile • Fixed "Open app" not being hidden the first time a menu containing it is opened on mobile

• Fixed hiding Members only videos on desktop • Fixed hiding Live videos on desktop • Fixed hiding Movies and TV items in Related videos on desktop

Fixes for more YouTube UI changes breaking features on desktop • Fixed size of thumbnails in restored list view layout • Fixed restored list view channel headers being cut off • Fixed hiding Share menu items • Fixed restoring Related sidebar layout when YouTube tries to use a vertical thumbnail format

YouTube rolled out more UI changes on desktop which broke some features • Added a German translation by @uDEV201 • Fixed disabling themed hover effects • Fixed using square corners for some UI elements • Fixed restoring the list view layout • Fixed showing full video titles • Fixed width of movie result in Search when making thumbnails smaller on desktop • Moved the channel avatar below video metadata when not showing it as a header in the restored list view on desktop

• Fixed hiding streamed videos on desktop • Fixed displaying the channel name as a header when restoring list view on desktop • Fixed hiding low view videos in Related on desktop • Fixed hiding watched videos on mobile • Hide new video metadata module (e.g. Game, People mentioned) on desktop • Removed the "Disable enlarged UI in theater mode" option for desktop, as YouTube seems to have fixed this

• Fixed hiding videos on the Subscriptions page on mobile after a YouTube change

• Fixed an error if YouTube removes a grid loading indicator immediately, before we've moved its placeholder into the grid

• Added a workaround for CSS injected by the "Youtube-shorts block" extension breaking loading more videos when we're fixing grid loading placeholders in Home and Subscriptions on desktop • Re-enabled fixing grid loading placeholders in Home and Subscriptions on desktop by default • Hide overlays which would display under the header container when using full size theater mode and hiding the header on desktop • Fixed new Grid items per row Auto +1/+2/+3 settings not working if the options to hide watched & streamed videos and the option to hide channels are all toggled off • Fixed being able to use Vivaldi's Picture in Picture control when using full size theater mode and hiding the header on desktop • Removed hiding Share/Thanks/Clip buttons by default - these will be split into separate options in a future release

More of Control Panel for YouTube's options are now enabled by default Default options now include: • Making more room for regular videos by hiding stream VODs, Mixes, Members only and Upcoming videos, and low-view videos in Related • Increasing the number of videos visible at once in Home, Subscriptions, and Search • Hiding non-essential UI elements which add clutter, tidying the sidebar on desktop, fixing common UI annoyances, and reverting weird UI changes YouTube makes Any options you've already manually configured will not be affected by this change • Added opening a welcome page on initial install and an updated page (for significant updates only), with instructions on how to open and pin the options popup • Added new Auto +1/+2/+3 options to Grid items per row which shows 1, 2 or 3 more thumbnails than YouTube natively wants to show in grids on desktop, or 1 more thumbnail when YouTube wants to display 1 or 2 • Added an option to display the Home grid as a list • Added an option to animate hiding of videos which were hidden using YouTube's built-in Hide/Not interested/Don't recommend channel functionality on desktop (enabled by default unless your device is configured for reduced motion) • Added an option to hide the "Experiencing interruptions?" popup - if it's not being hidden, we make the popup message more accurate and hide the link about turning off your adblocker instead • Added an option to fix YouTube's grid loading placeholders and spinner in Home and Subscriptions on desktop so they match thumbnail size, flow correctly, only one row's worth of placeholders, and the spinner always appears below the rest of the grid • Disabling themed hover effects now also applies to the Subscriptions page on desktop • Hide video metadata now also hides clutter in the full screen description panel on desktop • Restored the default touch response colours when disabling themed hover effects • Changed the Chinese version of the extension name to be more explicitly "for YouTube" • Enabled Hide Premium upsells by default, but made it do nothing for Premium users • Fixed ads not being blocked on /watch pages which have been left open for a long time • Fixed reverting the Related sidebar to its old width and min-width on desktop • Fixed how list view displays the Shorts shelf, the legacy video renderer for Movies & TV videos, and items which don't have a channel avatar or channel link • Fixed certain desktop menus not being detected the first time they're opened in the current tab, e.g. the video menu in Home which we add Hide channel to • Fixed Automatically pause channel trailers pausing if you try to manually play the trailer after the Featured tab loads • Fixed an error when the Save menu is opened on a /watch page on desktop • Fixed a bunch of potential crashes where we assumed an element will exist • Fixed Hide "More videos" in full screen hiding the new default end screen videos outside of full screen • Fixed Hide video endscreen content hiding "More videos" content in full screen • Removed the always use compact play button option

• Added an option to display the Subscriptions grid view as a list on desktop, for list users stuck in grid view as part of current YouTube A/B tests • Added a sub-option to control whether or not the channel avatar and name is used as a header, to make more space for videos • Removed the Restore "Upload date" search filter option, as it's now been removed from the YouTube API • Changed the option to configure the background style of new player controls on desktop - you can now make them blurred for improved legibility • Fixed the restored Miniplayer button and its tooltip being visible if extension features are disabled after they've been added • Fixed reverting the 2 column layout variant of the Related sidebar on desktop

• Fixed thumbnail width when restoring the Related sidebar layout on desktop

• Added an option to hide low view (under 1000) videos in Related • Added a new "Extra small" size option for Search thumbnails on desktop • Updated the option which restores the normal Related sidebar layout on desktop to also revert the 2 column and wide variants • Fixed the restored Upload date filter in Search on desktop causing a full page reload • Fixed adding another Upload date filter when the current user still has the old Sort by filters in Search on desktop • Renamed the "YouTube experiments" option group to "Recent YouTube changes", as these didn't end up just being A/B tests as expected

• Block ads in the new /get_watch API call

• Fixed hiding initial videos in Home and Subscriptions on desktop after a YouTube rendering change • Fixed using square corners for new channel trailer video element on desktop