YouTube LevelUp EN

The Ultimate All-in-One YouTube Enhancement Extension

YouTube LevelUp combines seven essential improvements into a single, lightweight browser extension that makes YouTube work the way it should have from the beginning.

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Why This Extension

• Seven major improvements in one install
• Minimal, efficient, auditable code
• Zero tracking, zero analytics, zero bloat
• Only necessary permissions, no external domains beyond required APIs

What It Does

Shorts Blocker
Hides Shorts tabs, shelves, and videos across all YouTube pages.

Members-Only Content Blocker
Hides members-only videos from feeds and recommendations

Dislike Counter Restoration
Restores real dislike counts using the Return YouTube Dislike API.

Smart Sponsor Skipping
Skips sponsor sections automatically using SponsorBlock.

Auto-Continue Watching
Bypasses “Are you still watching?” prompts while you’re active.

Anti-Translate
Restores original audio and descriptions on dubbed videos.

Background Playback
Keeps videos playing when tab is in background

Security & Privacy

No tracking, no analytics, no persistent identifiers.
Local caching only.
Uses Return YouTube Dislike and SponsorBlock APIs when needed.
Everything is open source and fully inspectable.

Recommendation

For the best YouTube and overall web experience, we highly recommend pairing this extension with uBlock Origin.
It’s lightweight, powerful, and one of the most respected open-source content blockers available.

Shoutout

Massive appreciation to the developers behind SponsorBlock and Return YouTube Dislike.
This project wouldn’t be possible without their fantastic public APIs and continued support of the open-source ecosystem.

License

Copyright 2025 TN3W

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at:

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.