AdSkip for YouTube by Wesley

✅ Skip YouTube video ads automatically — no more clicking "Skip".

AdSkip for YouTube quietly detects and skips the ads that interrupt your videos, so you can keep watching without lifting a finger.

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WHY THIS ONE?
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• 🪶 Lightweight — does one thing well. No heavy filter lists, no slowdown.
• 🔓 Fully open source — every line is on GitHub. Read it, audit it, fork it.
• 🛡 Zero data collection — verified by Firefox. No account. No tracking. No analytics. Nothing leaves your browser.
• 🎯 Focused — just YouTube video ads. That's the whole job.
• 🌍 Works in your language — English, Traditional Chinese, German, French, Spanish, and Japanese.

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HOW IT WORKS
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The extension watches only youtube.com and automatically skips or hides video ads the moment they appear. A tiny counter shows how many ads it has skipped for you. Toggle it on or off anytime from the toolbar popup.

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HONEST NOTE (please read)
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YouTube changes how it serves ads often, and sometimes a change will temporarily break ad-skipping until this extension is updated. When that happens, I fix it as fast as I can — usually within a few days. This is a free, one-person open-source project, and I'd rather be upfront than over-promise. If skipping stops working, please open a GitHub issue instead of leaving a 1-star review — it helps me fix it faster for everyone. 🙏

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PRIVACY
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This extension collects and transmits NO data whatsoever. Counters and settings live only in your own browser. No servers, no telemetry, no exceptions.

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OPEN SOURCE & SUPPORT
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• Source & issues: github.com/Wesley-C/adskip-for-youtube
• Found a bug? Open an issue.
• Like it? ☕ Buy me a coffee (link in the repo) — always optional.

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Not affiliated with Google or YouTube. "YouTube" is a trademark of Google LLC.

| Tags | youtube, ad skip, ad blocker, video ads, open source, privacy, lightweight |

This extension collects, stores, and transmits NO personal data. The only local data are the skip counters, on/off state, and an optional off-by-default debug log — all stored solely in your browser's storage.local and never sent anywhere. No servers, no telemetry, no analytics.