# UltraWideo

> Browser extension that removes black bars from any video

- Website: https://uw.wtf/?ref=swipetolaunch&utm_source=swipetolaunch&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=markdown
- Score: 75% approval
- Swipes: 4 total — 3 right, 1 left
- Ranked on the board: not yet, needs 5 swipes
- Listing: Free; votes are counted the same as for every listing
- Categories: Entertainment, Utilities
- Tags: Browser Extension, Keyboard-first
- Pricing: freemium
- Domain Rating: 8/100, a backlink-authority score for uw.wtf, read 2026-10-25
- Submitted: 2026-10-03
- Page: https://swipetolaunch.com/p/ultrawideo

## About

UltraWideo is a Chrome and Firefox extension that zooms, stretches or crops video so it fills your screen without black bars. It works on inline and fullscreen players across YouTube, Netflix, Twitch, Disney+, HBO Max, Amazon Prime, Crunchyroll and most other sites that play video. It's useful for ultrawide monitors, and also for odd setups like playing YouTube on an old 4:3 CRT.

The free version needs no account. It includes display modes (normal, upscale, stretch, custom), manual scale and pan controls, keyboard shortcuts, and swipe, pinch and scroll gestures for touchscreens and trackpads.

Pro adds per-site and per-page settings, a mode manager that trims the mode cycle, and letterbox detection that crops black bars baked into the video, including on protected streams through a Measure tool. It also adds an ambient light glow around the video, adaptive sharpening, and cloud sync of settings between browsers and devices.

## How the score works

The percentage is the raw share of swipes that went right. Rankings weigh that share against the number of swipes (a prior of 25 swipes at 50%), so a high score from a handful of swipes ranks below a slightly lower score from many. Anyone can swipe without an account; each browser or account swipes a product once.