YouTube has a bottom bar that can be really annoying. It’s always there, even when you’re not watching a video. It’s hard to get rid of it, and it’s always in the same spot. Here are some tips to remove the bottom bar:

  1. Open YouTube and sign in.
  2. Click on the three lines in the top left corner of the main screen (the one with your name). This will open a menu with options like “Settings” and “History.”
  3. On the “History” tab, click on “Clear History.” This will erase all of your changes to YouTube from this point forward.
  4. Click on “Settings” in the main screen again and then click on “Appearance.” In this section, you can change how YouTube looks by choosing from several options like “None,” “WebView,” or “Thumbnail.” If you choose “Thumbnail,” YouTube will create a thumbnail for each video that you watch. If you choose “None,” YouTube won’t create anythumbnails for videos.
  5. Click on “Save Changes” in the top right corner of the main screen to save your changes and close YouTube altogether.

Get Rid of it With a User Script (Firefox or Chrome)

If you’re using Firefox and you want to get rid of this bar, you can use a user script along with the Greasemonkey extension. If you’re using Google Chrome, user script support is built right in and all you have to do is head over to this user script and click the Install button.

To uninstall the user script, use the Tools menu and find the Manage Extensions option, or type in chrome://extensions into the location bar.

Once there, find the item called “Subscription Bar” and click the Uninstall button.

Use a Google Chrome Extension

If you’d rather, you can use a Google Chrome extension instead, though you should note that Chrome extensions use more memory than user scripts, since they run as a separate process for each extension.

You can uninstall it the same way as the user script.

Youtube Subscription Bar And Autoplay Remover [Google Chrome Extensions]

Change the URL (for Sharing With Others)

If you’re planning on sending the video to other people and don’t want them to have to see the autoplay bar either, you can simply remove part of the URL before you send it over.

Just highlight everything from &playnext= all the way to the end of the URL, hit the Delete key, and then copy the rest.

What do you think? Does the Autoplay bar annoy you?