Vinegar - Tube Cleaner
Better video player
USD 1.99
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.)
more Vinegar Changelog:
- Fixed an issue where the player would not load on iPad.
Vinegar Classic Changelog:
- No changes.
3.4.5 29 Mar
Vinegar Changelog:
- Fixed PiP becoming unresponsive after navigating to a different video.
Vinegar Classic Changelog:
- No changes.
3.4.4 28 Mar
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.
3.4.3 16 Mar
Vinegar Changelog:
- AirPlay streaming now works more reliably (though AI auto‑dub can't be disabled during AirPlay).
Vinegar Classic Changelog:
- No changes.
3.4.2 14 Mar
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.
3.4.1 11 Mar
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.
3.4.0 5 Feb
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.
3.3.10 29/09/2025
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.
3.3.9 29/07/2025
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.
3.3.8 26/07/2025
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.
3.3.6 24/07/2025
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.
3.3.5 23/07/2025
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.
3.3.4 22/07/2025
- 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.
3.3.3 21/07/2025
- (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.
3.3.2 16/07/2025
- (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.
3.3.1 15/07/2025
- (Vinegar-only) Reduced how often Fallback Mode triggers.
3.2.6 30/06/2025
- (Extract-only) Subtitle fetch failures no longer cause layout issues.
3.2.4 28/06/2025
- 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.
3.2.3 26/06/2025
- Rewrote the error message in Fallback mode to make it clearer.
- Removed more overlay elements from mobile embeds.
3.2.2 23/06/2025
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.
3.2.1 21/06/2025
- (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.
3.2.0 15/06/2025
- Fixed extra spacing in embedded video titles.
3.1.8 05/06/2025
- Fixed an issue with embedded video players.
3.1.7 08/05/2025
- When clicking a /shorts link, reload the webpage to ensure Vinegar does not take effect.
3.1.5 24/02/2025
- (iPhone-only) Made Extract work better without an adblocker.
3.1.4 31/01/2025
Vinegar Changelog:
- Fixed an issue where the player would not load on iPad.
Vinegar Classic Changelog:
- No changes.
more Version 3.4.5 29 Mar
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