Youtube Resume Chrome extension icon

Youtube Resume

✨ AI-Powered
📦 v1.0.0
💾 20.86KiB
📅 2026-03-13
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Overview

YouTube Resume picks up exactly where you stopped — without you having to do anything.

Every time you watch a YouTube video, the extension quietly saves your position. Close the tab, restart your browser, or lose power mid-lecture — when you come back, the video resumes automatically from where you left off.

No setup. No account. No interaction required.

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HOW IT WORKS

Open a YouTube video you've watched before. That's it. The extension detects your saved position and resumes playback automatically, within a second of the video loading.

A small "↺ Restart" button appears briefly in the player controls if you want to start from the beginning instead. It disappears on its own after a few seconds.

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WHY THIS EXISTS

YouTube's built-in resume feature is tied to your Google account and only works when watch history syncs correctly. It regularly fails during:

· Browser crashes
· Computer restarts
· Accidental tab closes
· Logged-out sessions
· Long-form content like podcasts, lectures, and tutorials

YouTube Resume works independently of your account. It's reliable by design.

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BUILT FOR LONG-FORM CONTENT

If you watch YouTube like a podcast app — lectures, documentaries, conference talks, tutorials, essays — this extension was made for you.

Losing your place in a 90-minute video is a meaningfully frustrating experience. This fixes it permanently.

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PRIVACY — YOUR DATA STAYS ON YOUR DEVICE

YouTube Resume stores your video positions locally in your browser. Nothing is ever sent to a server. There are no accounts, no analytics, and no data collection of any kind.

Permissions requested:
· storage — to save your playback positions locally
· youtube.com access — to interact with the YouTube video player

That's it. No access to your browsing history, no other tabs, no Google account.

Full privacy policy: https://youtuberesume.emeraldzhu.com/privacy

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FEATURES

✓ Automatic resume — no interaction required
✓ Works after crashes, restarts, and tab closes
✓ Restart button appears briefly if you want to start over
✓ Ignores Shorts, live streams, and ads
✓ Stores up to 200 videos locally
✓ Clear all saved data anytime from the popup
✓ Zero configuration

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FROM THE SAME DEVELOPER

Session Switcher — Switch between multiple AI account sessions on ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity without manually signing in and out. Find it on the Chrome Web Store.

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SUPPORT

Found a bug or have a suggestion? Email support@emeraldzhu.com.

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

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