There are some YouTube channels that you don't ever want to encounter. Perhaps they produce low-quality, clickbait content, or the creator's views don't align with yours. Whatsoever the case, you shouldn't permit channels that you don't want to see populate your YouTube feed.

We're going to show yous how to block YouTube channels on any device.

How to Block a YouTube Channel

Strictly speaking, equally a viewer, you can't "cake" a YouTube channel in the common internet sense of the word. Yous tin simply terminate information technology appearing in your recommendations and on your feed. Yet, this doesn't stop yous from seeing the channel elsewhere, like in search results or on external sites.

When you block a YouTube channel, information technology's applied at an account level to improve your YouTube recommendations. This means you tin block a channel on your desktop, for example, and information technology will be blocked on your mobile automatically.

To block a YouTube aqueduct:

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  1. On the YouTube homepage, find a video from a channel that y'all desire to block.
  2. If you're on desktop, hover over the video.
  3. Select the 3 vertical dots.
  4. Select Don't recommend channel.
  5. If you made a mistake, select Undo.

How to Unblock a YouTube Channel

Unfortunately, unless you select Undo immediately after blocking a channel, you can't individually unblock. Information technology's all or nothing.

Every bit such, to completely unblock all channels:

  1. Navigate to your Google My Activity page.
  2. On the left carte, click Other Google activity.
  3. Beneath YouTube 'Not interested' feedback, click Delete.
  4. Click Delete again to confirm.

Keep Your Focus on YouTube Channels You Enjoy

YouTube's recommendation algorithm gets a lot correct, merely it also gets it wrong too. Sometimes you tin lookout one video from a channel and yous're plastered with countless recommendations for it. But what if yous didn't like it? Cutting the racket out, block the channel, and meliorate your YouTube experience tenfold.

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