The short version: YouTube Resume stores your video playback positions locally on your device. Nothing leaves your browser. No accounts, no tracking, no servers. Ever.
YouTube Resume is a Chrome extension that saves your playback position in YouTube videos so you can resume exactly where you left off — even after closing a tab, restarting your browser, or experiencing a crash. It works automatically in the background and requires no configuration.
YouTube Resume stores the following information, and only this information:
dQw4w9WgXcQ)This data is stored locally on your device using Chrome's built-in chrome.storage.local API. It is never transmitted, shared, or accessible to anyone other than you.
Collect personal information of any kind
Transmit data to any external server
Track your browsing activity or watch history
Use cookies or any cross-site tracking
Require or support user accounts
Run analytics or crash reporting
Access or modify your Google account
Make any network requests whatsoever
YouTube Resume requests exactly two permissions from Chrome:
No other permissions are requested. The extension cannot read your browsing history, access other tabs, or interact with any website other than YouTube.
All data is stored locally in your browser using chrome.storage.local. This storage is private to the extension and is not accessible to websites, other extensions, or any external party.
The extension stores progress for a maximum of 200 videos. When this limit is reached, the oldest entries are automatically removed to make room for new ones. You can manually delete all stored data at any time using the "Clear saved progress" button in the extension popup.
Uninstalling the extension removes all locally stored data.
YouTube Resume does not integrate with or communicate with any third-party services. The extension operates entirely within your browser.
This extension does not knowingly collect any data from anyone, including children under the age of 13. Because no data is collected or transmitted, the extension poses no privacy risk to users of any age.
If this privacy policy is updated, the new version will be published at this URL with a revised effective date. Material changes will also be noted in the Chrome Web Store listing.
Questions about this privacy policy? Reach out via emeraldzhu.com. This policy is permanently hosted at youtuberesume.emeraldzhu.com/privacy.