Usually, is the same as the name of the extension itself, just in kebab case (also called hyphen case).Įxample: extension name Skip Ad => folder name skip-adĬan two extensions have the same name, you might ask? The answer is yes. We start by creating a new folder, to hold the extension files. As a result, the ad may appear for a quick moment only. Skip Ad can skip the ad even before the button that closes the ad is shown. Video Ad and Banner Ad can appear at the beginning of the video, or during the playback.īuttons that are used to close the ad, are loaded with the ad, but in case of Video Ad, many times displayed after a delay. ^^^ Banner Ad can be closed with the X button.

^^^ Video Ad can be closed with the Skip Ad button (single ad is shown), or Skip Ads button (multiple ads in the playlist). The kind of ads that will be closed for you, and normally you would have to close manually by yourself, are shown below.

If you already had some YouTube page open before the extension was installed, a simple page refresh will do. If you'd like to hide the icon from the toolbar, right-click the icon and select Hide in Chrome menu.Īfter you open YouTube page, the extension will periodically check whether new ads are present and close them for you. Once the extension is installed, the following icon appears in the extensions list and the toolbar. The extension can be installed from the Web Store, a place where extensions are published. I chose to create Skip Ad as it is something I would like to use personally, and is also simple to create, which makes it suitable to showcase how to create chrome extension.Īfter this article, you should not only have YouTube 'without' ads but also be able to create chrome extension like this one. Skip Ad is a simple chrome extension that will skip YouTube ads for you, at, so you can enjoy the content without interruptions. I am also adding a tutorial this time, on how to create the extension.

Recently I have created chrome extension called My Notes and as it received nice reviews, I have decided to create another one – Skip Ad.

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