Best alternatives to YouTube Only What You Search (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to YouTube Only What You Search, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.
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Search on YouTube
Search for anything on YouTube by selecting the text and right clicking.
≈5K users5.0★ from 13 ratingsNot updated for 5+ years1 permissions- About 5.0× more users than YouTube Only What You Search
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (1 vs 0)
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Search Fixer for YouTube
Remove all distracting YouTube search suggestions, redirect shorts and much more!
≈30K users4.5★ from 89 ratingsUpdated 2 months ago2 permissions- About 30× more users than YouTube Only What You Search
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (2 vs 0)
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Better YouTube Search
Fix YouTube search results by showing all search results and stop Recommended videos from appearing in your search results.
≈8K users3.5★ from 51 ratingsNot updated for 3+ years2 permissions- About 8.0× more users than YouTube Only What You Search
- Asks for more permissions (2 vs 0)
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Quick Search for YouTube™
Quick search selected text on YouTube or quick launch www.youtube.com
≈2K users5.0★ from 19 ratingsUpdated 17 months ago2 permissions- About 2.0× more users than YouTube Only What You Search
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (2 vs 0)
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YCS - YouTube Comment Search
Search comments, replies, chat replay, video transcript for the current video on YouTube by contents, authors, time.
≈40K users3.3★ from 561 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years3 permissions- About 40× more users than YouTube Only What You Search
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (3 vs 0)
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YouTube Audio Only
Listen to YouTube, providing sound without video, displaying a black screen for minimal distractions, with YouTube audio only.
≈8K users3.9★ from 27 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years2 permissions- About 8.0× more users than YouTube Only What You Search
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (2 vs 0)
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YouTube Comment Kit — Comment Search
Search, Sort & Filter YouTube comments or Your Comment History. Enjoy Timed Comments synced with playback, plus many more features!
≈2K users4.8★ from 45 ratingsUpdated 5 days ago3 permissions- About 2.0× more users than YouTube Only What You Search
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (3 vs 0)
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Comments Search for YouTube
Search youtube comments by keywords.
≈4K users3.7★ from 53 ratingsUpdated 3 weeks ago4 permissions- About 4.0× more users than YouTube Only What You Search
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 0)
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Contextual Search for YouTube
Allows the user search YouTube for a term by highlighting text and selecting 'Search YouTube for...' from the right click menu.
≈1K users4.8★ from 14 ratingsNot updated for 4+ years1 permissions- A similar number of users to YouTube Only What You Search
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (1 vs 0)
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YCS - YouTube Comment Search (Continued)
Search comments, replies, chat replay, video transcript for the current video on YouTube by contents, authors, time.
≈10K users4.5★ from 120 ratingsUpdated 4 days ago3 permissions- About 10× more users than YouTube Only What You Search
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (3 vs 0)
YouTube Only What You Search alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to YouTube Only What You Search?
By users, the most popular alternative is YCS - YouTube Comment Search with ≈40K users and a 3.3-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Search on YouTube.
Which YouTube Only What You Search alternative has the best rating?
Search Fixer for YouTube has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.5 out of 5 from 89 ratings.
How many alternatives to YouTube Only What You Search are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to YouTube Only What You Search on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
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