{"id":7409,"date":"2022-02-17T20:58:30","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T20:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/?p=7409"},"modified":"2023-11-18T11:03:35","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T11:03:35","slug":"do-i-need-tampermonkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/browser-extension\/do-i-need-tampermonkey\/","title":{"rendered":"Do I need Tampermonkey to get an awesome YouTube in 1 file?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-rank-math-toc-block\" id=\"rank-math-toc\"><h2>Table of Contents<\/h2><nav><div><div><a href=\"#introduction\">Introduction<\/a><div><div><a href=\"#is-having-tamper-monkey-installed-on-my-browser-a-good-idea\">Is having TamperMonkey installed on my browser a good idea?<\/a><\/div><div><a href=\"#you-tube-auto-hd\">YouTube AutoHD<\/a><\/div><div><a href=\"#mouse-volume-scroll\">Mouse Volume Scroll<\/a><\/div><div><a href=\"#night-mode\">Night Mode<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div><a href=\"#conclusion\">Conclusion<\/a><\/div><div><a href=\"#faq-about-tampermonkey\">FAQ about Tampermonkey<\/a><div><div><a href=\"#faq-question-1700305336879\">What is Tampermonkey used for?<\/a><\/div><div><a href=\"#faq-question-1700305347155\">Can I find the YouTube best userscripts without Tampermonkey?<\/a><\/div><div><a href=\"#faq-question-1700305350810\">greasemonkey vs tampermonkey<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"introduction\">Introduction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tampermonkey.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tampermonkey<\/a> is a free browser extension (not Safari because that is a paid app) and the most popular userscript manager. It is available for all modern web browsers such as Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Safari, Opera, and Firefox. With the help of this browser extension, it gives you much more convenience in managing your userscripts. It provides features like easy script installation, automatic update checks, a simple overview of what scripts are running at a tab, and a built-in editor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"539\" src=\"https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/tampermonkey-youtube-extension-1024x539.png\" alt=\"Tampermonkey website to use Tampermonkey scripts\" class=\"wp-image-7412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/tampermonkey-youtube-extension-1024x539.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/tampermonkey-youtube-extension-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/tampermonkey-youtube-extension-768x404.png 768w, https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/tampermonkey-youtube-extension-1536x808.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/tampermonkey-youtube-extension-2048x1077.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/tampermonkey-youtube-extension-150x79.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tampermonkey website to use install scripts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\" id=\"is-having-tamper-monkey-installed-on-my-browser-a-good-idea\">Is having TamperMonkey installed on my browser a good idea?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are not a tech-savvy person and do not want to handle so much in your web browser settings. And to keep your web browser secure when web browsing experience. Then you can use the most popular and Open-Source browser extension such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Turn Off the Lights to customize your web<\/a>. Here below are three examples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"you-tube-auto-hd\">YouTube AutoHD<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are of course many users script to YouTube AutoHD options. However, many are very old or even do not work anymore in the modern web browser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"616\" src=\"https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/youtube-autohd-extension-4k-1024x616.png\" alt=\"YouTube AutoHD automatically force to 4K video resolution with you use the Turn Off the Lights browser extension\" class=\"wp-image-7418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/youtube-autohd-extension-4k-1024x616.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/youtube-autohd-extension-4k-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/youtube-autohd-extension-4k-768x462.png 768w, https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/youtube-autohd-extension-4k-1536x924.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/youtube-autohd-extension-4k-2048x1232.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/youtube-autohd-extension-4k-150x90.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">YouTube AutoHD automatically force to 4K video resolution with you use the Turn Off the Lights browser extension<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turn Off the Lights browser extension does have an option to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/browser-extension\/how-to-make-youtube-always-play-hd\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"4736\">control the video quality on the YouTube website and the embedded players<\/a>. To enable this option go to the Options page, and in the Basics tab scroll to the bottom of the web page to enable the YouTube AutoHD checkbox. Next, you can choose to the following video qualities: <em>144p<\/em>, <em>240p<\/em>, <em>360p<\/em>, <em>480p<\/em>, <em>720p<\/em>, <em>1080p<\/em>, <em>4k<\/em>, <em>5k<\/em>, <em>8K<\/em>, and &#8216;<em>highres<\/em>&#8216;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mouse-volume-scroll\">Mouse Volume Scroll<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Adjusting the volume can be done very easily with a scroll on your mouse wheel (up or downwards). And that on all websites. There is no userscript needed, open the Turn Off the Lights browser extension, and select the tab &#8220;Advanced Options&#8221;. Next, scroll down until you see the Mouse Volume Scroll feature. Enabling this checkbox will make the feature work on your chosen website or all sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"night-mode\"><strong>Night Mode<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-paragraph\">And for all the Night owls (to want to make the website black), you can get also a Night Mode website on all your favorite websites. That is with the Night Mode option in the Turn Off the Lights Browser extension. Follow the steps below on how to enable this free solution in your web browser:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-list\">\n<li>Download the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Turn Off the Lights browser extension<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click right on the gray lamp button and select&nbsp;<strong>Options<\/strong>&nbsp;in the menu item<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Turn Off the Lights Options page shows up and select the tab&nbsp;<strong>Night Mode<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enable here the Night<strong>\u00a0switch<\/strong>\u00a0or the\u00a0<strong>long-press<\/strong>\u00a0feature to activate the night mode on the current web page<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, you can customize the website background, text, and hyperlink colors. So you can make it personal to your night theme style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"\ud83d\udd6fHow to enable the Night Mode feature? REMARKABLE OPTION!  \ud83c\udf03\ud83c\udf1a\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mbO37Ac5ny8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">YouTube video tutorial on how to enable the Night Mode feature<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\" id=\"conclusion\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-paragraph\">Hope that will answer one of your questions about the Tampermonkey:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-list\">\n<li>Do I need to use Tampermonkey to get Dark Mode?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Where to downloader alternative for Tampermonkey Chrome?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How to enable the \u6cb9\u7334?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How to enable Tampermonkey YouTube experience useful?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Is there a Tampermonkey YouTube downloader?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-paragraph\">If you find it useful about the use of userscripts, then you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/browser-extension\/do-i-need-tampermonkey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">share the link on Facebook<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/browser-extension\/do-i-need-tampermonkey\/&amp;text=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">share the link on Twitter<\/a>. So your family, friends, or colleagues can know about this handy free tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\" id=\"faq-about-tampermonkey\">FAQ about Tampermonkey<\/h2>\n\n\n<div id=\"rank-math-faq\" class=\"rank-math-block\">\n<div class=\"rank-math-list \">\n<div id=\"faq-question-1700305336879\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">What is Tampermonkey used for?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>The popular userscript manager. It is available for all modern web browsers such as Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Safari, Opera, and Firefox. With the help of this browser extension, it gives you much more convenience in managing your userscripts. It provides features like easy script installation, automatic update checks, a simple overview of what scripts are running at a tab, and a built-in editor.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-1700305347155\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">Can I find the YouTube best userscripts without Tampermonkey?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>Yes, there is no need to use and download the Tampermonkey browser extension. You can use the most popular <a href=\"https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Turn Off the Lights browser extension<\/a> to get the best video and web experience. It includes features such as the YouTubeAutoHD, Mouse Volume Scroll, Night Mode, etc.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-1700305350810\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">greasemonkey vs tampermonkey<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>Greasemonkey is an extension for Mozilla Firefox that allows the user to attach small pieces of JavaScript code to web pages. This allows people to personalize the site and adjust it as they see fit. There are also scripts on the internet to adapt popular pages to individual needs. That original was released on 28 March 2005.<br \/>While Tampermonkey is built for Google Chrome in the year 2010, and later other major web browsers. And it is today still maintained.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction Tampermonkey is a free browser extension (not Safari because that is a paid app) and the most popular userscript manager. 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