YouTubeHideChatByDefaultUserscript

Hides YouTube chat by default

You can also download this from GreasyFork - https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/392034-youtube-hide-chat-by-default

Known issues

• Chat will still show for a split second before hiding
• When navigating to another live-stream from a currently playing one, the newly loaded live stream may not have its chat hidden by default (if the page soft-navigating) (as of 0.7.1)

Changelog

0.8.0

• Added channel blocklist functionality

0.7.1

• Fix bugs with new YouTube layout. Hasn't been tested with our languages other than English.

0.6.0

• Fix bugs on new YouTube Layout

0.5.0

• Should fix some random bugs with the script, and should properly hide chat initially when soft-navigating

0.3.0

• Fixed for new YouTube button tag
• Added support for a ton of extra languages besides English! Please submit a PR to add more languages.