Kenpachi219 Dec 11, 2024 @ 8:39pm
Any way to turn off "you may like" youtube
Is there any way to turn off the you may like search suggestions on Youtube?

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Electric Cupcake Dec 11, 2024 @ 9:58pm 
Not really.

The algorithm and "user engagement" are the neon god they made. You can block youtube from setting any cookies, and use blocktube to hide more egregious unwanted channels from search results, and even dig into uBlock Origin and uMatrix's advanced expressions to block certain CSS elements like the "people are also watching" box in the search results feeds.
Bad 💀 Motha Dec 11, 2024 @ 10:36pm 
Where are you seeing this at?
Pocahawtness Dec 12, 2024 @ 2:42am 
I share your irritation.

I hate these predictive algorithms, both on Youtube and stores like Amazon. They are annoyingly inaccurate and mostly seem to suggest what you have already watched or bought. Amazon keep annoying me with Dried Mango. I can't for the life of me think why they think I would like to buy some of that. They also seem to think I own a company (which I don't) and play a guitar (which I don't) and go diving (which I don't) and wear giant oversized jumpers (which I don't) and want inkjet refills (I don't have an inkjet printer).

I did actually phone Amazon and ask them to stop it, they said that many customers complain of the same thing, but Amazon won't stop it.
Last edited by Pocahawtness; Dec 12, 2024 @ 2:43am
Kenpachi219 Dec 12, 2024 @ 3:04am 
It appears on the Youtube search bar at times , on my phone its sometimes accompanied by a flame emoji on some results that i guess are hot at the current moment, the recommended search results don't always come up just randomly when clicking the search bar, and seem to be unrelated to anything i watch just popular searches. I didn't have this issue until recently, haven't downloaded any extensions or anything sketchy either.
Last edited by Kenpachi219; Dec 12, 2024 @ 3:05am
AmaiAmai Dec 12, 2024 @ 3:14am 
Turn off watch history? On a phone you can just use an alternate client.
ˢᵈˣ FatCat Dec 12, 2024 @ 3:43am 
i once free from the corporate grasph by accidentally wipe my history from google, and entire months no more suggestion or ads like that ...aaaaand its back , they always back,
A&A Dec 12, 2024 @ 4:22am 
"People also watch"
"You may like"
I dislike both and don't care.

Just subscribe to the channels you like and watch videos from the subscription section?
r.linder Dec 12, 2024 @ 5:04am 
Use FreeTube, it's a private YouTube client that does away with a lot of the junk people hate

https://freetubeapp.io

Once you sub to channels your main feed is almost entirely things from those channels
Sigma957 Dec 14, 2024 @ 6:01am 
Adblock it.
Trout Dec 14, 2024 @ 9:27am 
TubeMod lets you hide just about any part of the website you want. it's an extension for chrome and firefox
DevaVictrix Dec 14, 2024 @ 9:37am 
I don’t know how but all I get when I go to YouTube is a black page with a YouTube search at the top… I have private browsing as default, brave browser and whatever features protonvpn add.
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Date Posted: Dec 11, 2024 @ 8:39pm
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