Prevent procrastination by setting a daily time limit for your YouTube usage.

Latest Version

Version
1.4.5
Update
November 30, 2020
Size
82.32KiB
Developer
Category
Users
10,000+
Rating
4.4918 ★
Manifest Version
2
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English
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YouTube Time Extension

Features:
- Countdown timer: visible in the extension icon and popup window
- Configurable daily time limit (found in the options page)
- Ability to customize your time limit for each day of the week
- Additional options for adjusting when the timer resets each day and whether to pause the timer when YouTube is minimized/out of focus
- Temporary override mode in case you need to watch a video after the time limit has expired (with a configurable override limit)

YouTube Time is open source. You can find the source code here:
https://github.com/ChrisSmith2/YouTube-Time

Changelog:
1.4.5
- Stopped the timer from running on music.youtube.com

1.4.4
- Added option to customize the time limit for each day of the week

1.4.3
- Added support for youtubekids.com (can be toggled in the options)
- Bug fixes and code optimization

1.4.2
- Bug fix

1.4.1
- Added option to limit the number of overrides allowed per day
- Made \"Pause timer when YouTube is minimized/out of focus\" option enabled by default

1.4.0
- Added option to change when the timer resets each day
- Added option to pause the timer when YouTube is minimized/out of focus
- Updated icon
- Bug fixes

1.3.0
- Fixed bug preventing time limit from being changed and made override mode more reliable

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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "manifest_version": 2, "name": "YouTube Time", "description": "Prevent procrastination by setting a daily time limit for your YouTube usage.", "version": "1.4.5", "icons": { "128": "images/icon - 128.png" }, "background": { "scripts": ["background.js"] }, "content_scripts": [ { "matches": [ "*://*.youtube.com/*", "*://*.youtubekids.com/*" ], "js": ["saveVideo.js"] } ], "browser_action": { "default_icon": "/images/icon.png", "default_popup": "/pages/popup.html" }, "options_page": "/pages/options.html", "permissions": [ "tabs", "storage" ], "content_security_policy": "script-src 'self' https://www.google-analytics.com; object-src 'self'"}
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User reviews

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Sufi Jain (ID: 000000aa7b90e963) Voted 4 ★ - Updated 07/19/2023 The timer worked well and i liked the settings. My gripes is that, after setting the settings you can't change it, and that the overides don't work

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William Cutler (ID: 000000dded4987ca) Voted 3 ★ - Updated 06/25/2023 It's a good idea but MAN the override system fails so often, it's incredibly annoying. When I click "Override" I want to actually be able to watch my video. Instead, it keeps telling me my time is up. Even though I have 500 overrides left.

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Godwill Valenzuela (ID: 000000cdb0b71831) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 03/03/2023 I need this for the other sites!! (quora,facebook,tiktok ect..)

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Mark (ID: 00000045c9c2791f) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 02/14/2023 Perfect! lets you block Youtube on certain days, or time limit it. And lets you override it when you need it for something purposeful (but you have to be honest with yourself if you want to use that option). A gentle reminder that I don't want to spend time on Youtube on certain days, except for listening to music. Exactly what I needed!

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Steven “with a V for Victory” Kramer, PharmD (ID: 000000b77c316cec) Voted 4 ★ - Updated 01/23/2023 I don't mind watching one or two 10-minute video for fun on YouTube, but the issue for me is when I spend hours watching YouTube shorts. Having this pop up with a reminder message every time I moved to the next short helps me stop sooner. If anyone finds one of these just for YouTube shorts, please let me know! Thanks!