Red Crow

Red Crow
for Safari

Hide Shorts completely, skip sponsors, and take control of playback with more than 150 settings. A native Safari extension for macOS, iOS, and iPadOS.

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iOS 18.0+ · macOS 15.0+
A look inside

See it on your screen

Red Crow settings panel open over YouTube, showing playback options
Every setting, in a panel that opens right on the page.
A YouTube search page with Shorts, ads and clutter removed
Hide Shorts, ads and clutter for a calmer feed.
The Red Crow keyboard shortcut cheat sheet over a video
Keyboard shortcuts for everything, and you can rebind them.
Red Crow video filter controls on iPhone
The same extension on iPhone and iPad.
Features

Everything you need for a better YouTube

Speed Control

Set a default playback speed, create per-channel speed profiles, and remember your preferred speed across sessions.

Player Toolbar

19 toolbar buttons: screenshot, loop, Picture-in-Picture, cinema mode, pop-out player, rotate, flip, and more.

SponsorBlock

Automatically skip sponsors, intros, outros, self-promotion, and filler segments. Powered by the community SponsorBlock API.

Hide Shorts

Remove Shorts from the sidebar, the Shorts tab, home shelves and search, or open them in the normal player instead. Comments, end cards, ads and other clutter too.

Return of Dislikes

Restore dislike counts and the like/dislike ratio bar. See the full picture before watching any video.

DeArrow

Replace clickbait titles and thumbnails with community-submitted alternatives. See what the video is actually about.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Customizable keyboard shortcuts for every feature. Control speed, seek, screenshot, toggle cinema mode, and more without touching the mouse.

Video Filters

Adjust brightness, contrast, saturation, blur, warmth, sepia, and more in real time. Fine-tune every video to your liking.

Usage Timer

Set time limits with customizable alerts to manage your screen time. Stay in control of how long you spend on YouTube.

How it works

Up and running in seconds

1

Install from the App Store

Download Red Crow from the App Store. Available on Mac, iPhone, and iPad.

2

Enable in Safari

Open Safari Settings, go to Extensions, and enable Red Crow. Grant permission for youtube.com.

3

Visit YouTube

Open YouTube in Safari and enjoy an enhanced experience. Configure settings from the extension popup.

Why Red Crow

Built for Safari users

40+ customizable settings

Every feature is configurable. Enable only what you need, adjust thresholds, pick your preferred behavior. Your YouTube, your rules.

Privacy first

No accounts, no tracking, no data collection. Your settings stay on your device. Red Crow never phones home.

Native Safari extension

Not a Chrome extension ported to Safari. Red Crow is built specifically for Safari with native performance and zero background processes.

Requires macOS 15.0 (Sequoia) or later, or iOS/iPadOS 18.0 or later. Works with Safari 18+.

Changelog

What has changed

Release history
v1.5
  • Channel blocking, keyword blocking, watched dimming and the duration filter now work in the related videos sidebar and playlist queues
  • Hide Mixes works again in search results
  • Expand Player and Wide Player now resize the player properly
  • Hiding the Share button works again, and hiding Shorts now works in every language
  • New: hide upcoming videos and premieres
  • Live streams get the full set of features
  • SponsorBlock lookups no longer reveal which video you are watching
v1.4
  • Cleaner speed controls with proper left and right arrows in the player toolbar
  • Player toolbar layout refinements
  • Bug fixes and stability improvements
v1.3
  • New red cardinal app icon across iOS and macOS
  • Welcome window is now resizable and fits any screen
  • Now localized in 36 languages