Manage your recommendations and search results

Your activeness on YouTube, Google, and Chrome may influence your YouTube search results, recommendations on the dwelling page, in-app notifications, and suggested videos amidst other places.

There are several ways to influence these recommendations and search results. You tin can remove specific videos from your watch history and searches from your search history. You can likewise pause your lookout man and search history, or starting time fresh past clearing your watch and search history.

Spotter history and search history

  • Remove individual videos from your sentinel history: If y'all notice recommendations on a bailiwick you're not interested in, effort removing a video you previously watched on that topic. It may reduce the chance of similar recommendations in the hereafter.
  • Remove private searches from your search history: If you notice recommendations on a subject you lot're not interested in, try removing a previous search on that topic. It may reduce the chance of similar recommendations in the hereafter.
  • Pause history: Y'all can pause your watch or search history when you don't desire your watches or searches to influence future recommendations and search results. For example, when y'all're researching a subject for a schoolhouse project that yous aren't personally interested in. Recollect to resume your history when you're washed.
  • Clear history: If your unabridged watch and search histories are no longer relevant to your interests, you lot can clear your search and sentry histories. Tip: If you want to use your spotter history to re-watch some videos, endeavor calculation those videos to a playlist or "Watch Later" to notice them once again.

How to improve your YouTube recommendations and search results

Melody your recommendations

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Remove recommended content from homepage

You can remove recommended videos past selecting "Not interested" on your homepage, or from your Abode and Watch Next pages on mobile:

  1. Go to the recommended video y'all'd like to remove.
  2. Press and hold the select button on your remote.
  3. Select Not interested.
  4. Select Tell us why to share why you'd like the video removed. Y'all tin can select I've already watched the video, I don't like the video, or Don't recommend channel to customize your recommendations.

Clear "Not interested" and "Don't recommend channel" feedback

Your "Non Interested" and "Don't recommend aqueduct" feedback may exist used to tune your recommendations. To clear all the "Not interested" and "Don't recommend channel" feedback yous've submitted, please follow the instructions beneath using your computer, Android, or iPhone or iPad.

Recommendations using your Google Activity

YouTube uses data from your Google Account activity to influence your recommendations.
You can view and control your action at myactivity.google.com. Acquire more about controlling activity for your Google Account.

Choose topics in your recommendations

If you're signed in, you'll notice topics on Home and on watch pages to help yous refine your recommendations. These topics are chosen based on your existing, personalized suggestions. The topics are too based on content related to what you collaborate with. These topics are meant to help you find content yous want to watch faster.

If you observe a video that isn't related to the topic yous've chosen on Home, let united states of america know by tapping More and and then Not <topic>.

Note: You may have to update to the latest app version to see these features.

Remove recommended content from homepage

To remove recommended videos from your Home and Watch Next pages on mobile:

  1. Go to the recommended video you'd similar to remove.
  2. Tap More next to the video title.
  3. TapNot interested.
  4. Tap Tell us why to share why you'd like the video removed. You can select I've already watched the video or I don't like the video to customize your recommendations.

You can likewise make sure that videos from specific channels don't show upwards in your recommendations. Select More and and so Don't recommend channel.

Articulate "Non interested" and "Don't recommend channel" feedback

Your "Non Interested" and "Don't recommend channel" feedback may exist used to melody your recommendations. To clear the "Non interested" and "Don't recommend aqueduct" feedback you've submitted:

  1. Go to My Activeness. You might need to sign in to your Google Account.
  2. Notice Other Google activity in the left-hand Menu or nether the My Activeness imprint.
  3. Select "YouTube 'Not interested' feedback", then select Delete.

View our other articles for more than info about watch history, search history, and improving your recommendations.

Recommendations using your Google Activity

YouTube uses information from your Google Business relationship activity to influence your recommendations.

You tin view and control your activity at myactivity.google.com. Learn more most controlling activity for your Google Business relationship.

Manage playlists and liked videos

Your recommendations and search results are likewise based on videos that you've liked and playlists that you've created. Y'all can remove liked videos and edit or delete playlists to influence your recommendations and search results.

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