Manage your recommendations and search results

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

In that location are several ways to influence these recommendations and search results. You can remove specific videos from your watch history and searches from your search history. Y'all can also pause your watch and search history, or start fresh by clearing your watch and search history.

Picket history and search history

  • Remove individual videos from your scout history: If you notice recommendations on a subject you lot're non interested in, try removing a video you previously watched on that topic. It may reduce the chance of similar recommendations in the hereafter.
  • Remove individual searches from your search history: If you lot discover recommendations on a field of study you're non interested in, effort removing a previous search on that topic. It may reduce the chance of similar recommendations in the future.
  • Pause history: You lot tin can pause your watch or search history when you don't want your watches or searches to influence future recommendations and search results. For instance, when you lot're researching a subject for a school project that you aren't personally interested in. Remember to resume your history when you're done.
  • Articulate history: If your unabridged picket and search histories are no longer relevant to your interests, y'all can clear your search and watch histories. Tip: If you want to use your watch history to re-lookout man some videos, attempt calculation those videos to a playlist or "Picket Later" to detect them again.

How to better your YouTube recommendations and search results

Tune your recommendations

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Remove recommended content from homepage

You lot tin remove recommended videos by selecting "Non interested" on your homepage, or from your Home and Watch Adjacent pages on mobile:

  1. Get to the recommended video you'd like to remove.
  2. Printing and concord the select button on your remote.
  3. Select Non interested.
  4. Select Tell us why to share why you'd like the video removed. You tin can select I've already watched the video, I don't like the video, or Don't recommend aqueduct to customize your recommendations.

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

Your "Not Interested" and "Don't recommend channel" feedback may be used to tune your recommendations. To articulate all the "Not interested" and "Don't recommend channel" feedback yous've submitted, please follow the instructions below 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 lot can view and control your activity at myactivity.google.com. Larn more nigh controlling action for your Google Account.

Choose topics in your recommendations

If you're signed in, y'all'll notice topics on Abode and on spotter pages to help you lot refine your recommendations. These topics are based on your existing, personalized suggestions. The topics are also based on content related to what you interact with. These topics are meant to help you observe content you desire to watch faster.

If you find a video that isn't related to the topic you've chosen on Home, let us know past borer More than  and so Not <topic> .

Remove recommended content from homepage

If you tin can't follow these instructions, y'all're likely using the old version of YouTube. If you're using a newer browser, update to the current version of YouTube.

The following recommended content can be removed from the homepage on your computer:

  • Videos
  • Channels
  • Sections
  • Playlists

To remove a recommended video from your homepage:

  1. Indicate to the recommended video or the 10 for a section y'all'd like to remove.
  2. Select More than next to the title of the video or playlist.
  3. Select Non interested to remove the video from your feed.
  4. Select Tell us why to share why you'd like the video removed. You tin can select I've already watched the video or I don't similar the video to customize your recommendations.

You lot can also brand sure that videos from specific channels don't testify up in your recommendations. Select the Bill of fare, and then Don't recommend channel.

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

Your "Not Interested" and "Don't recommend channel" feedback may be used to tune your recommendations. To articulate all the "Not interested" and "Don't recommend aqueduct" feedback you've submitted:

  1. Go to My Activity. You lot might need to sign in to your Google Account.
  2. Discover Other Google actionin the left-manus Menu or under the My Activity imprint.
  3. Select "YouTube 'Not interested' feedback," then select Delete.

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

Recommendations using your Google Activity

YouTube uses data from your Google Account activity to influence your recommendations.

You can view and control your activity at myactivity.google.com. Learn more about decision-making activeness for your Google Business relationship.

Manage playlists and liked videos

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

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