How To Reset YouTube Recommendations
This article will help you to learn How To Reset YouTube Recommendations in 7 easy steps.
YouTube is famous for its algorithms, which randomly suggest weird videos to the home page occasionally. However, users also get videos that are related to their interests. While some people don’t want them, others might like getting recommendations according to their search or watching history on YouTube. To fix this you can delete your YouTube search history or watch history and reset the recommendation.
How To Alter YouTube Recommendations
Reset YouTube Recommendations in 7 Easy Steps
Step-1 Open YouTube app: Opening the YouTube application on your device is the first step of the process.
- You just have to head to the ‘App Gallery’ on your device where all your apps reside.
- Then, you have to find the ‘YouTube app. All of you must already be knowing how the icon of this app looks. Or, you can also refer to the picture attached below for reference.
- Then, just click on the icon to open it.
Step-2 Click on the profile icon: YouTube Main screen appears on your iPhone screen.
- At the top right corner of the screen, YouTube has an icon next to the search icon known as 'Profile-icon.'
- Then just Click on it.
Step-3 Click on Your Data on YouTube: After you click on the profile icon, a list of options under the profile menu opens on the screen.
Search for the 'Your data in YouTube' option from the list of options and Tap on it.
Step-4 Click On YouTube Watch History: Scroll down to see 'YouTube Watch History' under the heading YouTube Controls and click on it.
You can look for your YouTube search history from this page.
Step-5 click on manage history: 'YouTube Watch History' will have all the videos you have watched in the list. Click on Manage history to move further with the process of deleting them.
Step-6 click on the delete option: Next you will see the option of deleting your watch history on the right of the screen. Tap on it.
To reset recommendations you can also tap on the very first option on the screen opened ' Saving your YouTube History' as it saves the videos you watch to provide you with recommendations.
Step-7 Click on 'Delete all time': To delete your watch history of all time tap on the option 'Delete all time' .
You can also enter the duration manually by tapping on 'Delete custom range' and entering the date, month and year manually. And finally, all your watch history will be deleted and you will stop getting unwanted recommendations.
FAQ
How To Manage Search History on YouTube on iPhone?
You can also delete your YouTube search history to stop getting recommendations on YouTube. Just follow the steps:
- Open the YouTube app on your iPhone.
- Tap on the profile icon at the top-right corner of the screen.
- Then, Select the Settings option under the profile menu.
- Next, Scroll down and click on the Clear search history button.
- Finally, tap the Clear Search History button to confirm.
How To Manage Watch History on YouTube on iPhone?
You can easily delete your YouTube watch history in a few simple steps.
- Launch the YouTube application on your iPhone.
- Then tap on Library from the bottom right corner and Find the watch History.
- Next, then Tap on more options next to Video and select Remove From Watch History.
- To clear all the watched videos Tap on more options at the top left corner of the screen. Located and Tap on the Clear Watch History under the History and Privacy section.
- Select Clean all YouTube Video watch history for all time.
How To Reset YouTube Recommendation on Android?
- Open the YouTube app.
- Tap on the profile icon near the top right corner.
- Click the overflow menu in the top right corner and move to Settings and then to Notifications.
- Toggle the switch next to Recommended videos to stop getting YouTube Videos recommendations on Android.
Now you will be free of all the random video recommendations based on the other videos you've watched.
How To Clean YouTube Watch History From MAC?
- In the History tab on your MAC, go to 'Watch and search history.
- Your YouTube watch history and search history will be displayed in a single timeline.
- Scroll through the timeline and delete specific entries, or click on the bin icon to delete everything at once.
- You can also tap on Delete next to 'Filter by date and then choose the duration of which you want to delete the history.
How To Pause YouTube Watch History on iPhone?
- Open the YouTube app from your Home Screen.
- Then Tap on the profile picture icon in the top right-hand corner.
- Click on Settings at the bottom under the profile menu.
- Then Tap on History & privacy.
- Turn on the Pause watch history toggle switches. Confirm your choices when prompted.