zerodytrash/simple-youtube-age-restriction-bypass

A simple browser extension to bypass YouTube's age verification, disable content warnings and watch age restricted videos without having to sign in!

simple-youtube-age-restriction-bypass's Issues

uBlock Origin conflict on ytInitialPlayerResponse

Hi, there seems to be a conflict with uBlock Origin when trying to re-define the ytInitialPlayerResponse property. Here's what I get with both the script and the extension enabled :

The script works fine without uBlock Origin though, so that's my "bypass" in the meantime.

Thank you

[request] use of proxy in external application

Hi @zerodytrash,

I maintain an invidious kodi plugin and was wondering if I could use your proxy to help users bypass age gating of videos when playing them directly from yt.

That would mean increased traffic on your server (I don't think it would be that noticeable, there aren't that many users of the plugin), that's why I request your authorization before going forth with setting it up.

thanks for your help

Breaks uBlock Origin?

Not sure what causes this but I always get this before the video starts when the script is enabled, even when the video is not age restricted:

Using Firefox 87.0 with Tampermonkey 4.12.6132

[Enhancement/Feature Request] Reinstate descriptions for age-restricted YouTube videos

Self-explanatory. I know that the video sidebar was able to be reinstated, but I'd also like for descriptions themselves to be reinstated too, since they seem to be forcibly removed as well.

It Doesn't work!

I Watched the mmd r18 videos i don't know happends. help!

Script seems to not be working again

Some age restricted videos are being blocked permanently, regardless of being logged in or not.
One such video, previously mentioned in #15 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR8s72aouNE

Blocked even while logged in.

Other videos can still be bypassed, like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppTiXcBYq_A

Curiously, does who cannot be bypassed by this video also seem to not be working with Invidious.

Script unblocks ads

With the script enabled, ads usually blocked are unblocked

Configuration:

• Windows 10
• Firefox 89
• uBlock origin

get_video_endpoint always returns 404

Stopped working for me yesterday, when I opened the dev console, I saw this

Bypass error

Doesn't really work for me. This script couldn't bypass this video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBdBS32Fr68

Errors are printed in the console

userscript.html?name=Simple%20YouTube%20Age%20Restriction%20Bypass.user.js&id=7031570e-180c-4a85-8bb5-3232504087fc:82 Simple-YouTube-Age-Restriction-Bypass-Error: DOMException: Failed to execute 'send' on 'XMLHttpRequest': Failed to load 'https://www.youtube.com/get_video_info?video_id=yBdBS32Fr68&html5=1&eurl&ps=desktop-polymer&el=adunit&cbr=Chrome&cplatform=DESKTOP&break_type=1&autoplay=1&content_v&authuser=0'.
    at XMLHttpRequest.send (<anonymous>:53:10)
    at getUnlockedPlayerResponse (chrome-extension://dhdgffkkebhmkfjojejmpbldmpobfkfo/userscript.html?name=Simple%2520YouTube%2520Age%2520Restriction%2520Bypass.user.js&id=7031570e-180c-4a85-8bb5-3232504087fc:119:21)
    at unlockPlayerResponse (chrome-extension://dhdgffkkebhmkfjojejmpbldmpobfkfo/userscript.html?name=Simple%2520YouTube%2520Age%2520Restriction%2520Bypass.user.js&id=7031570e-180c-4a85-8bb5-3232504087fc:95:37)
    at inspectJsonData (chrome-extension://dhdgffkkebhmkfjojejmpbldmpobfkfo/userscript.html?name=Simple%2520YouTube%2520Age%2520Restriction%2520Bypass.user.js&id=7031570e-180c-4a85-8bb5-3232504087fc:78:30)
    at set (chrome-extension://dhdgffkkebhmkfjojejmpbldmpobfkfo/userscript.html?name=Simple%2520YouTube%2520Age%2520Restriction%2520Bypass.user.js&id=7031570e-180c-4a85-8bb5-3232504087fc:44:37)
    at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBdBS32Fr68:20:12696
inspectJsonData @ userscript.html?name=Simple%20YouTube%20Age%20Restriction%20Bypass.user.js&id=7031570e-180c-4a85-8bb5-3232504087fc:82
VM14:53 Failed to load resource: net::ERR_BLOCKED_BY_CLIENT
XMLHttpRequest.send @ VM14:53
userscript.html?name=Simple%20YouTube%20Age%20Restriction%20Bypass.user.js&id=7031570e-180c-4a85-8bb5-3232504087fc:82 Simple-YouTube-Age-Restriction-Bypass-Error: DOMException: Failed to execute 'send' on 'XMLHttpRequest': Failed to load 'https://www.youtube.com/get_video_info?video_id=yBdBS32Fr68&html5=1&eurl&ps=desktop-polymer&el=adunit&cbr=Chrome&cplatform=DESKTOP&break_type=1&autoplay=1&content_v&authuser=0'.
    at XMLHttpRequest.send (<anonymous>:53:10)
    at getUnlockedPlayerResponse (chrome-extension://dhdgffkkebhmkfjojejmpbldmpobfkfo/userscript.html?name=Simple%2520YouTube%2520Age%2520Restriction%2520Bypass.user.js&id=7031570e-180c-4a85-8bb5-3232504087fc:119:21)
    at unlockPlayerResponse (chrome-extension://dhdgffkkebhmkfjojejmpbldmpobfkfo/userscript.html?name=Simple%2520YouTube%2520Age%2520Restriction%2520Bypass.user.js&id=7031570e-180c-4a85-8bb5-3232504087fc:95:37)
    at inspectJsonData (chrome-extension://dhdgffkkebhmkfjojejmpbldmpobfkfo/userscript.html?name=Simple%2520YouTube%2520Age%2520Restriction%2520Bypass.user.js&id=7031570e-180c-4a85-8bb5-3232504087fc:78:30)
    at set (chrome-extension://dhdgffkkebhmkfjojejmpbldmpobfkfo/userscript.html?name=Simple%2520YouTube%2520Age%2520Restriction%2520Bypass.user.js&id=7031570e-180c-4a85-8bb5-3232504087fc:44:37)
    at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBdBS32Fr68:20:34353
inspectJsonData @ userscript.html?name=Simple%20YouTube%20Age%20Restriction%20Bypass.user.js&id=7031570e-180c-4a85-8bb5-3232504087fc:82
VM14:53 Failed to load resource: net::ERR_BLOCKED_BY_CLIENT
XMLHttpRequest.send @ VM14:53
userscript.html?name=Simple%20YouTube%20Age%20Restriction%20Bypass.user.js&id=7031570e-180c-4a85-8bb5-3232504087fc:82 Simple-YouTube-Age-Restriction-Bypass-Error: DOMException: Failed to execute 'send' on 'XMLHttpRequest': Failed to load 'https://www.youtube.com/get_video_info?video_id=yBdBS32Fr68&html5=1&eurl&ps=desktop-polymer&el=adunit&cbr=Chrome&cplatform=DESKTOP&break_type=1&autoplay=1&content_v&authuser=0'.
    at XMLHttpRequest.send (<anonymous>:53:10)
    at getUnlockedPlayerResponse (chrome-extension://dhdgffkkebhmkfjojejmpbldmpobfkfo/userscript.html?name=Simple%2520YouTube%2520Age%2520Restriction%2520Bypass.user.js&id=7031570e-180c-4a85-8bb5-3232504087fc:119:21)
    at unlockPlayerResponse (chrome-extension://dhdgffkkebhmkfjojejmpbldmpobfkfo/userscript.html?name=Simple%2520YouTube%2520Age%2520Restriction%2520Bypass.user.js&id=7031570e-180c-4a85-8bb5-3232504087fc:95:37)
    at inspectJsonData (chrome-extension://dhdgffkkebhmkfjojejmpbldmpobfkfo/userscript.html?name=Simple%2520YouTube%2520Age%2520Restriction%2520Bypass.user.js&id=7031570e-180c-4a85-8bb5-3232504087fc:78:30)
    at JSON.window.JSON.parse (chrome-extension://dhdgffkkebhmkfjojejmpbldmpobfkfo/userscript.html?name=Simple%2520YouTube%2520Age%2520Restriction%2520Bypass.user.js&id=7031570e-180c-4a85-8bb5-3232504087fc:56:16)
    at oV.bp (https://www.youtube.com/s/player/38c5f870/player_ias.vflset/en_US/base.js:8215:71)
    at XMLHttpRequest.<anonymous> (https://www.youtube.com/s/player/38c5f870/player_ias.vflset/en_US/base.js:8213:25)

Stopped working, please fix!

Stopped working.

The Bypass used to work, today it isnt working?

yesterday it worked fine, but today it doesn't work. even refreshing the page doesn't work. now it just displays the "verify your age" page. let me know if you need more info

btw im using the brave browser but i also tested it on chrome and it also doesn't work

Age_restriction Not Working

Kudos to your Script. It was Working today But Suddenly It Stopped Again

script no longer works?

just minutes ago i watched an age restricted video with the script enabled with Tampermonkey in Firefox. i opened another video in a new tab and tried watching it, now i get the same old verify age prompt. i then tried it on vivaldi which is my main browser, which has been working with no issues for a month or so, and neither video works there either.

Seems like Brave Adblock prevents to play videos.

Thread:
https://twitter.com/sqliCrashedLife/status/1413235281373933569

Doesn't work anymore for me

I'm on OperaGX but I tried on Firefox and Chrome with no extensions installed other than tampermonkey and it doesn't skip age restriction anymore and refreshing the page doesn't help. I don't know if it's a bug or YouTube changed something but it stopped working for me.

Currently not working

Tampermonkey and this script installed and in latest version, logged in with my google account, but when I go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcXNPI-IPPM I still see the age blocker.

Optional chaining wrongly used

The line

Simple-YouTube-Age-Restriction-Bypass/Simple-YouTube-Age-Restriction-Bypass.user.js

Line 500 in 2e1b1fa

if(GM_info?.scriptHandler === "Greasemonkey") {

should rather be:

if(window?.GM_info?.scriptHandler === "Greasemonkey") { 

Otherwise if I inject your code in my own extension (without using Greasemonkey), it gives an error and doesn't work.

Stopped working for me again (bug)

I tried to watch HowToBasic - How To make a Rainbow Cake and it does not work, It asked me to verify, so please fix again, thank you.

(Close this issue if it is a duplicate / the issue is fixed)

Edit: I checked console and there was a error saying:

Cannot read property "playabilityStatus" of null or something along that

Still get age restriction on this Yt video. Works on other video's.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYndqz5i7mk

Feature Request: Invidious

Hi,
I've just discovered your script and it is amazing. Thanks for all your effort!
Do you think it would be possible to make the script work with videos on invidious, too? That would be awesome.
Thanks a lot.

Quality of code concerns

It's weird how you use the null safety calls (aka Optional chaining), but you use var everywhere as well...
Like, unless you want to redefine that variable and it is a global one, var is useless.

99% of the variables can be converted to constants.

It stopped working

It doesn't do its job anymore.

Not working with Membership content

So basically it dosen't work with member only content that is age restricted
Hope this can be fixed

Not working

Hello, ive been using this for a while and it worked great. Now i was trying to open https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ5290-0lw0 and it didnt work, have not yet found any other videos wher it doesnt work, but i havent really search for them.. i have ublock origin (tried disabling it, didnt work), lastpass as my other extensions.

Black screen for a few seconds when using [multiple] adblockers

Hi,

ever since installing your script I've been getting around 5+s of blackscreen with a advertisement title on top. I found that it most likely occurs because of my adblock extensions. Emphasis on it being multiple ones.

Currently these ones are installed:

• https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/adguard-adblocker/bgnkhhnnamicmpeenaelnjfhikgbkllg
• https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/adblock-plus-free-ad-bloc/cfhdojbkjhnklbpkdaibdccddilifddb
• https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/adblock-%E2%80%94-best-ad-blocker/gighmmpiobklfepjocnamgkkbiglidom

From what I can gather the main culprit seems to be the last one in that list.

Script is no longer working

The script does not work anymore :(, will there be a patch?

Video description and the videos on right side not appearing

I tried watching HowToBasic - How To Make a Rainbow Cake
but the description didnt appear; neither did the sidebar of videos

Doesn't work on this video

Taking the video from this youtube-dl issue: ytdl-org/youtube-dl#28578

Video URL is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR8s72aouNE

The script does not work for me on Firefox. Disabling adblockers didn't make a difference.

Still not working (solved)

Hello,

I installed the script in hope of getting rid of the annoying "verify your age" when I should be able to watch "restricted content" like history documentaries. But sadly, it doesn't seem to work for me for I still can't watch videos that are age restricted. I also tried to take an age verification video,here the video, but no success so far.
I downloaded TamperMonkey correctly as my Chrome extension and the scrip is successfully installed. But nothing. Is it only my problem or Youtube found a way to block this? If it's the second case, will the script be updated?

Thanks in advance for everything done so far.

Account Proxy Server

wondering if you could help i am trying to run my own account proxy server, but having some troubles.

could you please give brief overview of how you think this should be working, do we run a script to install the APServer or something else

thanks in advanced
CZ

Alternative: ProxTube (and other YouTube auto-proxy browser extensions)

ProxTube works wonderfully nicely, and does even more, by bypassing regional block and other types of restrictions.

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/proxtube/

When you load a page that's restricted in some form (e.g. age restricted) it automatically detects that, and loads a proxied version seamlessly, inside YouTube itself. No third party pages or other inconveniences. The end result is very similar to this script (when it used to work).

If you do not use Firefox, I'm confident there are similar extensions for your browser of choice (although, if you don't trust giving YouTube your ID, while using Chrome... kinda counterintuitive, is it not?).

Doesnt work when logged in

When im logged into my youtube account it wont play age restricted videos.
it will play them in a private window on the other hand

any way to fix this?

[Enhancement] Implement newly-found youtubei/player based age-gate bypass

yt-dlp/yt-dlp#574 (comment)
Seems like it has the same success rate as get_video_info. While you could just slap it onto the current proxy system, it's probably better to implement it on the userscript itself.

Update link removed

Unfortunately you removed the update URL. Please add back in

// @updateURL       https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zerodytrash/Simple-YouTube-Age-Restriction-Bypass/main/dist/Simple-YouTube-Age-Restriction-Bypass.user.js

Support for mobile version of youtube (m.youtube.com)

Hi I am currently using this script on tampermonkey in firefox nightly of android and this script only works if i turn on the desktop mode inside the browser.

So please add support to the mobile version of youtube(https://m.youtube.com) as well.

[Documentation] Would it be possible to add a short explanation how it works?

Hey there,

Would it be possible to add a short explanation how it works? It does not have to be
long, just mostly a summary, perhaps one or two points to the code.

Background: I am having a hard time with google lately age-gating everything
including the "you are from europe so we use the data privacy laws against
you and censor you", so I'd love to get around this stream of censorship
restrictions. But I don't fully understand how this all works; even youtube-dl
throws similar errors, so anything that helps me understand it, would be
super-helpful. And perhaps others may also benefit from a short explanation
if you ever have the time for this. Thank you for reading, please feel free
to close this issue it at any moment in time!

any reason why i cant use tampermonkey script direct?

Can you help my please why i cant use tampermonkey script directly in my extension? I have all in one what breake youtube, FB and many others sites ..

Thank you

Thank You

Just wanted to say thank you for not giving up on this script

Invalid syntax for older browsers

hi, the syntax "a?.b" is invalid on slightly older browsers (example: "playerResponse?.playabilityStatus?.status !== "OK"")
could you explain what does it do so one could replace it with a longer functional one to get the script to work?

Not working in browsers without ECMAScript 2020 support

I am trying to watch age restricted videos but am still getting forced to verify my ID even though I am using both this script and a VPN set to Canada.

it doesnt work anymore AUTOR FIX THIS

it doesnt work anymore AUTOR FIX THIS

Occasionally it doesn't work

Rarely, it happens that it won't skip age verification; reloading the page however solves it, so it's not a big deal. Not sure why.

I'd also like to thank you for your work. Handing out sensitive data to Google like a copy of ID/credit card for "age verification" is ridicolous and should be illegal.

Request: Post the script to Greasyfork, etc.

Hello! Just a small request. Could you post the script to Greasyfork and other similar sites? It means more people would find this great script. Thanks :)

Not working on age restricted music video

Specifically this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUw15324M1A

I can see there are some 403s in console:

Issues with some of the pages loading at all.

I've noticed that after installing your script about a half of pages on youtube videos not load at all

Does not seem to work on embedded videos?

<iframe width="2143" height="1214" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rAu1h2NE9Uk" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Open this for example in a page, for me on Chrome 94 it is not sucessfull in bypassing the age-restriction for iframes

Does not bypass administrator restrictions

Please bypass this, school Chromebooks block basically everything and it's extremely annoying!

Thanks

it stopped working rn

it stopped working

Prevent it from removing videos on the side?

Videos on the side are removed on restricted videos can they be added back? This script blocks the videos without removing the side but it has a delay, yours doesn't have a delay, if you could add them back without the delay it would be seamless.

Not showing the description

As mencioned in the title, I'm not able to see what the description says, it is just a blank space
If you could fix it, thanks.