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What’s New Version 3.4.6
Vinegar Changelog:
- Fixed an issue where captions could be unexpectedly enabled.
- Added an "Always show subtitles" option in the extension settings.
- Fixed clicking the Shorts tab not disabling Vinegar.
- Fixed the Shorts feed page not loading.
- Fixed embed player controls being unclickable.
- Fixed embed video title not hiding during playback.
Vinegar Classic Changelog:
- Fixed an issue where captions could be unexpectedly enabled.
- Added an "Always show subtitles" option in the extension settings.
- Fixed clicking the Shorts tab not disabling Vinegar.
- Fixed the Shorts feed page not loading.
- Fixed embed player controls being unclickable.
- Fixed embed video title not hiding during playback.
Description
Vinegar is a Safari extension that replaces the YouTube player with a minimal HTML video tag.
It removes ads, restores picture-in-picture, and allows videos to play in the background when set to audio-only quality.
Note: The phrase 'can read and alter webpages' in the permissions section is just an unfortunate choice of words. Vinegar needs access to the webpage to find the YouTube player and replace it. It's not doing anything creepy!
(Also, do check out Vinegar's companion app, Baking Soda. It's essentially a less powerful version of Vinegar, but it works on all websites except YouTube.)
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Safari extension
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Version history 25 versions
Build 887101524v3.4.62026-06-17 21:14:12
Vinegar Changelog:
- Fixed an issue where captions could be unexpectedly enabled.
- Added an "Always show subtitles" option in the extension settings.
- Fixed clicking the Shorts tab not disabling Vinegar.
- Fixed the Shorts feed page not loading.
- Fixed embed player controls being unclickable.
- Fixed embed video title not hiding during playback.
Vinegar Classic Changelog:
- Fixed an issue where captions could be unexpectedly enabled.
- Added an "Always show subtitles" option in the extension settings.
- Fixed clicking the Shorts tab not disabling Vinegar.
- Fixed the Shorts feed page not loading.
- Fixed embed player controls being unclickable.
- Fixed embed video title not hiding during playback.
Build 883883832v3.4.52026-03-29 21:34:32
Vinegar Changelog:
- Fixed an issue where the player would not load on iPad.
Vinegar Classic Changelog:
- No changes.
Build 883863349v3.4.42026-03-28 19:18:52
Vinegar Changelog:
- Fixed PiP becoming unresponsive after navigating to a different video.
Vinegar Classic Changelog:
- No changes.
Build 883433047v3.4.32026-03-16 23:08:30
Vinegar Changelog:
- Fixed toolbar not appearing when loading a Short in the regular video player.
- Fixed PiP button breaking after the first video.
Vinegar Classic Changelog:
- Fixed a bug where the extension could fail to initialize on some pages.
Build 883347062v3.4.22026-03-14 19:25:05
Vinegar Changelog:
- AirPlay streaming now works more reliably (though AI auto‑dub can't be disabled during AirPlay).
Vinegar Classic Changelog:
- No changes.
Build 883262925v3.4.12026-03-11 17:59:46
Vinegar Changelog:
- Fixed an issue where pinching a video to fullscreen would prevent the page from scrolling afterward.
Vinegar Classic Changelog:
- Fixed an issue where pinching a video to fullscreen would prevent the page from scrolling afterward.
Build 882133363v3.4.02026-02-05 17:15:22
Vinegar Changelog:
- Subtitles now work again after YouTube made changes that broke them.
- Vinegar will now re‑enable itself correctly after leaving a YouTube Shorts page.
Vinegar Classic Changelog:
- Vinegar Classic will now re‑enable itself correctly after leaving a YouTube Shorts page.
Build 878464440v3.3.102025-09-29 09:54:48
Vinegar Changelog:
- (iOS-only) Toolbar buttons now remain active when the playlist pane with videos is open.
Vinegar Classic Changelog:
- (iOS-only) Toolbar buttons now remain active when the playlist pane with videos is open.
Build 876754941v3.3.92025-07-29 07:17:12
Vinegar Changelog:
- (iOS-only) Fixed a bug where videos became unplayable if you navigated from a video to its channel page and then selected another video.
Build 876689858v3.3.82025-07-26 11:49:48
Vinegar Changelog:
- Videos should be playable in the background by resuming them from the homepage player.
- Fixed an issue on newer devices where playback started before the URL updated and prevented the toolbar from appearing.
- (iPad-only) Fixed a bug that prevented the "hold spacebar for 2x speed" feature from returning to normal speed.
Build 876658578v3.3.62025-07-24 14:37:38
Vinegar Changelog:
- (iOS-only) Fixed missing toolbar on older devices when opening videos via DuckDuckGo's !yt shortcut.
Vinegar Classic Changelog:
- Attempted to fix an issue on older operating systems where every video enters Fallback mode.
Build 876626868v3.3.52025-07-23 17:24:54
Vinegar Changelog:
- (iOS-only) Prevent homepage thumbnails from turning into videos.
- (iPad-only) Hide the toolbar when it's set to hidden.
- Attempt to fix occasional missing video controls.
- Add a "Show Debug Info" button in the extension's popup.
- Keep subtitles enabled for subsequent videos once turned on.
Vinegar Classic Changelog:
- Add a "Show Debug Info" button in the extension's popup.
- Keep subtitles enabled for subsequent videos once turned on.
Build 876593298v3.3.42025-07-22 21:44:09
Vinegar Changelog:
- Fixed playback of embedded Reddit videos.
- (iOS-only) Ensure video titles aren't covered before playback starts.
- (iOS-only) Properly show and hide the toolbar when coming from search results.
Vinegar Classic Changelog:
- Enter Fallback Mode on any video player error.
- Rewrote Fallback Mode's error message.
- (iOS-only) Prevent homepage thumbnails from playing sound.
- (iOS-only) Ensure video titles aren't covered before playback starts.
- (iOS-only) Properly show and hide the toolbar when coming from search results.
Build 876521823v3.3.32025-07-21 08:05:28
- Renamed extensions:
- Vinegar is now Vinegar Classic.
- Extract is now Vinegar.
- (Classic-only) Ensure AI dubs are ignored even when entering fallback mode.
- (Classic-only) Restore the video title and thumbnail on the homescreen player when playing in audio-only mode.
Build 876413644v3.3.22025-07-16 07:29:52
- (iOS-only)(Vinegar-only) Stop YouTube from recreating the replaced player when "Ignore AI Dubs" is on or video quality isn't Auto.
Previous Changelog:
- (Vinegar-only) Fixed the "Ignore AI Dubs" feature after YouTube renamed the dubbed indicator.
- (Vinegar-only) Attempts to remove the fake buffering before video playback. Results may vary.
Build 876349187v3.3.12025-07-15 08:55:39
- (Vinegar-only) Fixed the "Ignore AI Dubs" feature after YouTube renamed the dubbed indicator.
- (Vinegar-only) Attempts to remove the fake buffering before video playback. Results may vary.
Build 875972766v3.2.62025-06-30 13:48:23
- (Vinegar-only) Reduced how often Fallback Mode triggers.
Build 875940663v3.2.42025-06-28 08:12:28
- (Extract-only) Subtitle fetch failures no longer cause layout issues.
Build 875902765v3.2.32025-06-26 12:16:18
- Made Fallback Mode more reliable because it was kicking in often for some users.
- If Vinegar keeps switching to Fallback Mode, try using Extract instead.
- Improved subtitle reliability in Extract.
Build 875792260v3.2.22025-06-23 11:37:57
- Rewrote the error message in Fallback mode to make it clearer.
- Removed more overlay elements from mobile embeds.
Build 875750093v3.2.12025-06-21 06:59:32
Vinegar:
- When you use AirPlay and a video finishes, the next video should start automatically. This works if the "Autoplay Next Video" setting is on and the webpage remains open.
Extract:
- When you turn off the "Show Toolbar" option, the video player should no longer cover the title.
Build 875586184v3.2.02025-06-15 09:00:22
- (iOS-only) Added experimental AirPlay support to Vinegar using the "Ignore AI Dubs" toggle.
- Note: Extract never had AirPlay support due to its different video format.
- (iPad-only) Updated Fallback mode behavior.
Build 875329411v3.1.82025-06-05 07:49:28
- Fixed extra spacing in embedded video titles.
Build 874619120v3.1.72025-05-08 21:38:10
- Fixed an issue with embedded video players.
Build 872745826v3.1.52025-02-24 18:43:02
- When clicking a /shorts link, reload the webpage to ensure Vinegar does not take effect.
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Change log 29 changes · US
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releaseNotes updated
Vinegar Changelog:
- Fixed an issue where captions could be unexpectedly enabled.
- Added an "Always show subtitles" option in the extension settings.
- Fixed c
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description updated
Vinegar is a Safari extension that replaces the YouTube player with a minimal HTML video tag.
It removes ads, restores picture-in-picture, and allows videos to
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subtitle updated
Better video player
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name updated
Vinegar - Tube Cleaner
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Version 3.4.6 released
Vinegar Changelog:
- Fixed an issue where captions could be unexpectedly enabled.
- Added an "Always show subtitles" option in the extension settings.
- Fixed clicking the Shorts tab not disabling Vinegar.
- Fixed the Shorts feed page not l
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Version 3.4.5 released
Vinegar Changelog:
- Fixed an issue where the player would not load on iPad.
Vinegar Classic Changelog:
- No changes.
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Version 3.4.4 released
Vinegar Changelog:
- Fixed PiP becoming unresponsive after navigating to a different video.
Vinegar Classic Changelog:
- No changes.
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Version 3.4.3 released
Vinegar Changelog:
- Fixed toolbar not appearing when loading a Short in the regular video player.
- Fixed PiP button breaking after the first video.
Vinegar Classic Changelog:
- Fixed a bug where the extension could fail to initialize on
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Version 3.4.2 released
Vinegar Changelog:
- AirPlay streaming now works more reliably (though AI auto‑dub can't be disabled during AirPlay).
Vinegar Classic Changelog:
- No changes.
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Version 3.4.1 released
Vinegar Changelog:
- Fixed an issue where pinching a video to fullscreen would prevent the page from scrolling afterward.
Vinegar Classic Changelog:
- Fixed an issue where pinching a video to fullscreen would prevent the page from scrollin
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Version 3.4.0 released
Vinegar Changelog:
- Subtitles now work again after YouTube made changes that broke them.
- Vinegar will now re‑enable itself correctly after leaving a YouTube Shorts page.
Vinegar Classic Changelog:
- Vinegar Classic will now re‑enable it
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Version 3.3.10 released
Vinegar Changelog:
- (iOS-only) Toolbar buttons now remain active when the playlist pane with videos is open.
Vinegar Classic Changelog:
- (iOS-only) Toolbar buttons now remain active when the playlist pane with videos is open.
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Version 3.3.9 released
Vinegar Changelog:
- (iOS-only) Fixed a bug where videos became unplayable if you navigated from a video to its channel page and then selected another video.
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Version 3.3.8 released
Vinegar Changelog:
- Videos should be playable in the background by resuming them from the homepage player.
- Fixed an issue on newer devices where playback started before the URL updated and prevented the toolbar from appearing.
- (iPad-on
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Version 3.3.6 released
Vinegar Changelog:
- (iOS-only) Fixed missing toolbar on older devices when opening videos via DuckDuckGo's !yt shortcut.
Vinegar Classic Changelog:
- Attempted to fix an issue on older operating systems where every video enters Fallback
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Version 3.3.5 released
Vinegar Changelog:
- (iOS-only) Prevent homepage thumbnails from turning into videos.
- (iPad-only) Hide the toolbar when it's set to hidden.
- Attempt to fix occasional missing video controls.
- Add a "Show Debug Info" button in the extens
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Version 3.3.4 released
Vinegar Changelog:
- Fixed playback of embedded Reddit videos.
- (iOS-only) Ensure video titles aren't covered before playback starts.
- (iOS-only) Properly show and hide the toolbar when coming from search results.
Vinegar Classic Change
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Version 3.3.3 released
- Renamed extensions:
- Vinegar is now Vinegar Classic.
- Extract is now Vinegar.
- (Classic-only) Ensure AI dubs are ignored even when entering fallback mode.
- (Classic-only) Restore the video title and thumbnail on the homescreen pl
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Version 3.3.2 released
- (iOS-only)(Vinegar-only) Stop YouTube from recreating the replaced player when "Ignore AI Dubs" is on or video quality isn't Auto.
Previous Changelog:
- (Vinegar-only) Fixed the "Ignore AI Dubs" feature after YouTube renamed the dubbed i
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Version 3.3.1 released
- (Vinegar-only) Fixed the "Ignore AI Dubs" feature after YouTube renamed the dubbed indicator.
- (Vinegar-only) Attempts to remove the fake buffering before video playback. Results may vary.
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Version 3.2.6 released
- (Vinegar-only) Reduced how often Fallback Mode triggers.
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Version 3.2.4 released
- (Extract-only) Subtitle fetch failures no longer cause layout issues.
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Version 3.2.3 released
- Made Fallback Mode more reliable because it was kicking in often for some users.
- If Vinegar keeps switching to Fallback Mode, try using Extract instead.
- Improved subtitle reliability in Extract.
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Version 3.2.2 released
- Rewrote the error message in Fallback mode to make it clearer.
- Removed more overlay elements from mobile embeds.
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Version 3.2.1 released
Vinegar:
- When you use AirPlay and a video finishes, the next video should start automatically. This works if the "Autoplay Next Video" setting is on and the webpage remains open.
Extract:
- When you turn off the "Show Toolbar" option, th
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Version 3.2.0 released
- (iOS-only) Added experimental AirPlay support to Vinegar using the "Ignore AI Dubs" toggle.
- Note: Extract never had AirPlay support due to its different video format.
- (iPad-only) Updated Fallback mode behavior.
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Version 3.1.8 released
- Fixed extra spacing in embedded video titles.
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Version 3.1.7 released
- Fixed an issue with embedded video players.
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Version 3.1.5 released
- When clicking a /shorts link, reload the webpage to ensure Vinegar does not take effect.