How to see YouTube dislikes again

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Wondering how to see YouTube dislikes after they were removed by Google earlier this year? Don't worry — a helpful developer has created a simple fashion to restore YouTube dislikes just past post-obit a few simple steps.

At that place are many reasons why being able to see YouTube dislikes is handy for users. Mainly, it lets usa avoid clickbait or low-quality videos. By seeing dislikes, or thumbs down, on YouTube videos, information technology lets us judge their quality right, away without having to watch the whole video ourselves.

This is why many people were upset when Google removed the ability to see dislikes on YouTube videos earlier this year. But thankfully, a workaround has been created by way of a desktop browser extension. Information technology only takes a few clicks to restore dislikes on YouTube videos, so follow our guide to find out how to get thumbs downwards dorsum on YouTube.

How to see YouTube dislikes again on Chrome or Edge

i. Head to the Chrome Spider web Store on your desktop Chrome or Edge browser to discover the Render YouTube Dislike extension.

Image showing the Google Chrome Webstore on the Return YouTube Dislike extension page — (Paradigm credit: Google)

2. Click Add to Chrome, then "Add extension." If you're using Edge, you may need to click "Permit extensions from other stores" at the top of the page first.

Image showing the Google Chrome Webstore on the Return YouTube Dislike extension page with "add extension" and "add to Chrome" buttons highlighted — (Paradigm credit: Google)

Reload (or load) your YouTube page and you'll now see the newly restored dislike count on videos.

3. To remove the extension, simply click the jigsaw icon in the peak right corner past the address bar. Then, click the three dots next to "Return YouTube Dislike" and click "Remove from Chrome..." or "Remove from Border." Click "Remove" in one case more to confirm.

Screenshot showing the extensions toggle on Google Chrome, with "remove from Chrome" highlighted — (Prototype credit: Google)

This handy extension to restore YouTube dislikes is likewise available for Firefox, Opera, and other browsers. Simply visit the developer'due south website to download and install information technology.

Like this guide on how to restore dislikes on YouTube? You may also be interested in our guide to how to download YouTube videos on iOS, Android, Mac and PC. And if you lot're thinking of giving content creation a go, you tin bank check out our pages on how to upload and publish a video on YouTube and how to edit videos on YouTube.

Dale Trick is How-to Editor at Tom'south Guide, helping people become the most out of their technology. He'southward been a tech nerd always since babyhood, when he used the money from his first task as a paperboy to buy a subscription to GamesMaster mag, and has a whole room at dwelling dedicated equally a shrine to the countless gadgets he's purchased over the decades. Dale was previously a presenter, reporter and editor in China, where he also worked as a copywriter for OnePlus at its Shenzhen HQ.