Youtube Cc Expander Chrome extension icon

Youtube Cc Expander

📦 v1.0.0
💾 17.96KiB
📅 2026-03-04
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Overview

✨ Key Features

✅ Expand Beyond 2 Lines: Break the native limit and display up to 8 lines of captions at once.
✅ Dynamic History Retention: Our smart algorithm keeps previous caption lines visible to ensure the display area is always filled to your desired line count.
✅ Customizable Line Count: Easily adjust the display from 2 to 8 lines through a simple, intuitive popup menu.
✅ Seamless Integration: Works perfectly with YouTube's player, supporting full-screen mode and page navigation.
✅ Instant Toggle: Enable or disable the expanded view anytime with a single click.

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🚀 Why Use YouTube CC Expander?

* Language Learning: See the previous sentence while reading the current one to better understand grammar and context.
* Educational Content: Keep more text on screen while watching tutorials or lectures to follow along more easily.
* Accessibility: Larger text blocks can make it easier for many users to follow fast-paced dialogue.

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📖 How to Use

1. Install the extension.
2. Open any YouTube video and turn on captions (CC).
3. Click the YouTube CC Expander icon in your browser toolbar.
4. Adjust your preferred line count (default is 3).
5. Enjoy a much better subtitle experience!

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🔒 Privacy & Security

We value your privacy. YouTube CC Expander does NOT collect, store, or transmit any of your personal data.
* No browsing history tracking.
* All caption processing happens locally on your device.
* Settings are synced via your Google account using Chrome’s secure storage API.

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💡 Pro Tips:
* You can toggle the extension "ON/OFF" instantly if you want to switch back to the native YouTube view.
* The extension automatically detects caption changes, so you don't need to refresh the page!

Tags

Productivity/tools social-media video productivity/tools

Privacy Practices

Not being sold to third parties, outside of the approved use cases
Not being used or transferred for purposes that are unrelated to the item's core functionality
Not being used or transferred to determine creditworthiness or for lending purposes

🔐 Security Analysis

This extension hasn't been security-scanned yet.

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