Reviews for YouTube Watch Later Bulk Delete
YouTube Watch Later Bulk Delete by drhoads
Review by CaféHaine
Rated 1 out of 5
by CaféHaine, 2 months agoVersion 1.1 of the addon does not currently work with the youtube website (checkboxes appear, the screen with the progress fills up and goes away, but then the videos are still here)
Edit after addon's author reply: As stated above, yes I did "let it do it's thing". I'm french, so maybe it's broken because the add-on tries to click on buttons based on the english label?
Edit after addon's author reply: As stated above, yes I did "let it do it's thing". I'm french, so maybe it's broken because the add-on tries to click on buttons based on the english label?
Developer response
posted 2 months agoIt seems that only lazy, non-thinking people are having trouble with this app. I use it daily and it works every time. Did you try staying on the page and let it do its thing?
12 reviews
- Rated 2 out of 5by nic, 2 days agoOn paper, it's great. You select the videos you want to delete, wait some time, then BOOM; all the videos you would have otherwise had to painstakingly delete yourself are gone.
However, after running some tests, I've discovered that the extension only works as intended if you stay on the tab the entire time. I was initially under the presumption that I could run it in the background while doing other stuff on my computer, but that's not the case. It will skip/forget to delete videos if you do that, so unless you plan to not be on your computer for a while, expect yourself to be staring at that progress bar.
If you don't, well, don't expect it to even perform well with a load of 10 videos; it will find a way to dampen your expectations of quickly getting that playlist under control.
My review was initially 3 stars until I saw the dev's response to CafeHaine:
Curb your attitude, pal. I wouldn't consider immediately resorting to putting customers under the bus as good PR. Your message to seitek also rubs me the wrong way. The extension has some legitimate issues that I ran experiments on, and they line up with what they may have been experiencing.
P.S. For the record before you go saying "what kind of experiments", I tested the reliability of the deletion system when monitored and unmonitored. Unmonitored, it consistently failed to delete even half of the 10 videos I would give it, whereas monitored, it was rather successful, although I have yet to conduct this test with a 100+ group when monitored.
(I also made an account specifically to criticize this extension.) - Rated 5 out of 5by TitoVodis, 16 days ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Chris, a month agoImportant Note: Youtube has to be in ENGLISH or it will not work!
- Rated 4 out of 5by Bmoot, 2 months agoAs of now, the addon does not work with a French UI.
Switching to an English UI is required, but once done, it works perfectly.
Thank you, drhoads.
(However, there’s no need to call non-native English speakers 'lazy' or 'non-thinking' in other reviews.)" - Rated 5 out of 5by Frondo670, 5 months agoAbsolutely great. My Watch Later list has built up to 1800 down to 500 and now up to 2500 after years of watching and it is frustratingly time consuming to reduce (as you can guess by going from 1800 to 500). I'm used to solving these types of issues myself but it's simply impossible to know an do everything. Loved it!
- Rated 5 out of 5by swanpr, 5 months agoWorked perfectly. It took some time as I had hundreds of videos, but it did the work!
- Rated 5 out of 5by Nutmonster, 6 months agoIt does what it says it will. Straightforward and easy to use. Thank you drhoads.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18936393, 8 months agoWorked great for me! I had over 600 old videos on my watch later list; this got rid of the ones I didn't want quickly. It would have taken forever to remove them one at a time. Thanks for saving me some time!
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18403914, 9 months ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by seitek, 9 months agoIt sadly doesn't work for me. It shows that it is processing, but it isn't actually deleting
Developer response
posted 9 months agoWhy don’t you explain more than, “It sadly doesn’t work for me. It shows that it is processing, but it isn’t actually deleting”?
I would like to help you, but this is nothing I can work with.
Do you have a screenshot? Can you explain the process you followed?
Were you on the Watch Later page? Did you check hundreds of boxes?
Did it say it was deleting any?
Seriously, for all I know, you could be someone who wrote another add-on that does the same thing, and you’re just trying to leave a bad rating.