Best alternatives to YouTube Search Bar (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to YouTube Search Bar, 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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YouTube Search Bar alternatives, compared
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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 Search Bar
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (1 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 Search Bar
- Rated 1.5 stars lower
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (2 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 Search Bar
- Rated 0.5 stars lower
- Updated more recently
- 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 Search Bar
- Asks for more permissions (2 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 Search Bar
- Rated 1.3 stars lower
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (4 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 Search Bar
- Rated 1.6 stars lower
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (3 vs 0)
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YouTube Only What You Search
Youtube rendered only with the search results without any suggestions on home or sidebar. Shorts are also not shown in Search Mode.
≈1K users4.2★ from 11 ratingsNot updated for 3+ yearsNo special permissions- A similar number of users to YouTube Search Bar
- Updated less recently
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YouTube Screenshot
you can get youtube screenshot!
≈5K users4.5★ from 10 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years2 permissions- About 5.0× more users than YouTube Search Bar
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (2 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 Search Bar
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (1 vs 0)
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Screenshot YouTube
Take a screenshot of any YouTube video with one click.
≈500K users4.4★ from 488 ratingsUpdated 22 months ago1 permissions- About 500× more users than YouTube Search Bar
- Rated 0.6 stars lower
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (1 vs 0)
YouTube Search Bar alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to YouTube Search Bar?
By users, the most popular alternative is Screenshot YouTube with ≈500K users and a 4.4-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Search on YouTube.
Which YouTube Search Bar 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 Search Bar are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to YouTube Search Bar on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
Users and ratings are the figures shown on the Chrome Web Store, re-checked continuously. Alternatives are matched on name, description, category and topic. Browse best-of lists by niche.