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 among other places.

There are several means to influence these recommendations and search results. You can remove specific videos from your sentry history and searches from your search history. You can too pause your spotter and search history, or start fresh by immigration your lookout man and search history.

Spotter history and search history

  • Remove individual videos from your lookout man history: If you discover recommendations on a subject area you lot're not interested in, try removing a video you previously watched on that topic. It may reduce the chance of similar recommendations in the future.
  • Remove individual searches from your search history: If yous discover recommendations on a subject you're not interested in, try removing a previous search on that topic. It may reduce the chance of similar recommendations in the future.
  • Pause history: You can pause your watch or search history when you don't want your watches or searches to influence futurity recommendations and search results. For example, when you're researching a subject for a school projection that yous aren't personally interested in. Remember to resume your history when you're washed.
  • Clear history: If your unabridged sentry and search histories are no longer relevant to your interests, you can articulate your search and watch histories. Tip: If you lot want to use your watch history to re-watch some videos, try adding those videos to a playlist or "Watch Later" to notice them again.

How to improve your YouTube recommendations and search results

Melody your recommendations

On your smart Television or game panel

Remove recommended content from homepage

You tin remove recommended videos past selecting "Not interested" on your homepage, or from your Home and Scout Next pages on mobile:

  1. Go to the recommended video y'all'd like to remove.
  2. Printing and hold the select button on your remote.
  3. Select Not interested.
  4. Select Tell united states of america why to share why you lot'd like the video removed. You lot 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 you've submitted, delight follow the instructions below using your computer, Android, or iPhone or iPad.

Recommendations using your Google Activeness

YouTube uses data from your Google Business relationship activity to influence your recommendations.
You lot tin view and command your activeness at myactivity.google.com. Learn more about controlling activity for your Google Business relationship.

Choose topics in your recommendations

If you're signed in, you'll notice topics on Dwelling and on watch pages to help you refine your recommendations. These topics are chosen 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 find content you want to sentry faster.

If you lot find a video that isn't related to the topic y'all've chosen on Home, permit the states know by tapping More and then Not <topic>.

Note: You lot may take to update to the latest app version to encounter these features.

Remove recommended content from homepage

To remove recommended videos from your Habitation and Scout Adjacent pages on mobile:

  1. Get to the recommended video y'all'd like to remove.
  2. Tap More than next to the video championship.
  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 similar the video to customize your recommendations.

You lot can besides brand sure that videos from specific channels don't testify upwardly in your recommendations. Select More than 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 melody your recommendations. To clear the "Not interested" and "Don't recommend channel" feedback you've submitted:

  1. Go to My Activity. Yous might demand to sign in to your Google Business relationship.
  2. Notice Other Google activity in the left-hand Menu or under the My Activity banner.
  3. Select "YouTube 'Not interested' feedback", and so select Delete.

View our other articles for more 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 well-nigh controlling activeness for your Google Account.

Manage playlists and liked videos

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

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