One of the annoying distractions while watching YouTube videos is the constant interruption by advertisements—it breaks the flow and ruins the viewing experience. A simple trick I found is to watch videos in "Embed Mode". Most videos play seamlessly this way—even if you don’t have an ad blocker installed. It works on mobile too!

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Manual Approach

1. Click the Share button below the YouTube video.
2. From the sharing options, click Embed.
   • This will open the video in embed mode.

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Automated Approach

1. Create a Bookmark

   • Open your browser's bookmarks bar.
   • Right-click on the bookmarks bar and select Add This Page to Favorites.

2. Add the JavaScript Code

   • In the Name field, enter a descriptive name like YouTube Embed Mode.

   • In the URL field, paste the following JavaScript code:

     javascript:(function(){if(location.href.includes("youtube.com/watch?v=")){let id=location.href.split("v=")[1].split("&")[0];window.open(`https://www.youtube.com/embed/${id}`,"_blank");}})();

     • This will replace watch?v= with embed/ ¹ in the address bar, and let YouTube load the video in full-screen embed mode in a new tab.

3. Save the Bookmark

   • Save the bookmark. It should now appear on your bookmarks bar.

4. Use the Bookmarklet

   • Navigate to a YouTube video page (e.g., https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exampleID).
   • Click on the YouTube Embed bookmark you've just created.
   • The script will extract the video ID and open the corresponding embeddable URL (e.g., https://www.youtube.com/embed/exampleID) in a new tab.

Footnotes

1. For example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcQQVbioeZk → https://www.youtube.com/embed/NcQQVbioeZk ↩