In this video I'll show you how to block a YouTube Channel from appearing in your recommended feed. I'll also show you how to unblock a YouTube channel if you ever want to reverse that decision.
Timestamps:
Introduction: 0:00
Steps to Block a YouTube Channel from Your Recommended Feed: 0:54
Steps to Unblock a YouTube Channel: 1:46
Conclusion: 3:00
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Video Transcript:
YouTube takes the information it knows about you and the videos you watch, and uses that data to identify videos it thinks you'll like and recommends those to you on your YouTube home screen. Thankfully, if YouTube is wildly missing the mark and keeps pushing you videos from a creator you just don't like, you can block videos from that YouTube channel from being recommended to you. The method I'll show you for blocking a YouTube channel from appearing in your YouTube recommended feed works on both a web browser and the YouTube mobile app for iPhone, iPad and Android devices. Additionally, if you want to unblock a YouTube channel you previously blocked I'll show you how to do that as well.
First let's look at how to block a YouTube channel from appearing in your recommended feed.
Step 1. Navigate to your YouTube home page and then navigate to the video from the YouTube channel you want to block from showing up in your YouTube recommended feed. In this example, I want to block seeing videos from the Angry Joe Show in my YouTube feed. And as a reminder, this process is the same whether you're on the YouTube website or the YouTube mobile app for iPhone, iPad and Android devices.
Step 2. Click the vertical ellipses associated with the video to open a menu.
Step 3. Click "Don't Recommend Channel" in this menu. The video is replaced with a message letting you know that YouTube will no longer recommend videos from this channel. Going forward you'll no longer see videos from this channel in your YouTube feed.
Next let's walk through the steps to unblock a channel so you can see them in your YouTube recommended feed again. The only downside with this is that you can't unblock a single YouTube channel and you have to unblock all of the YouTube channels you've ever blocked.
Step 1. Open a web browser and navigate to www.MyActivity.Google.com. You'll land on your Google My Activity home screen.
Step 2. Click "Other Google Activity" in the menu along the left side of the screen. The Activity Controls screen is displayed.
Step 3. Scroll down this screen until you get to the YouTube Not Interested Feedback section, and then click "Delete" in this section. A menu is shown letting you know that continuing will delete your YouTube Not Interested feedback and will result in YouTube suggesting videos you've previously marked as Not Interested. Again, you can't unblock a single YouTube channel and you have to unblock all of the YouTube channels you've ever blocked.
Step 4. Click "Delete" again. Going forward any video creators you chose not to see in your YouTube feed will be available to be presented to you in your feed again.