Remove recommended content from Home

You can remove recommended content that you’re not interested in from your Home. Removing these videos can help improve your recommendations so you see more videos that are relevant to your interests.

Note: This feature is only available if you are signed in to your account.

On your smart TV or game console

Remove recommended content from homepage

You can remove recommended videos by selecting “Not interested” on your homepage, or from your Home and Watch Next pages on mobile:

Press and hold the select button on your remote.
Select Not interested.
Select Tell us why to share why you’d like the video removed. You 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 “Not Interested” and “Don’t recommend channel” feedback may be used to tune your recommendations. To clear all the “Not interested” and “Don’t recommend channel” feedback you've submitted, please follow the instructions below using your computer, Android, or iPhone or iPad.

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 about controlling activity for your Google Account.

The following recommended content can be removed from the homepage on your computer:

Videos
Channels
Sections
Playlists

If you don't want video recommendations on the homepage, you can delete and turn off your watch history.

The following recommended content can be removed from the homepage on your computer:

Videos
Channels
Sections
Playlists

You can also remove recommended videos from the Watch Next page on your computer.

Remove recommended video

Click More next to the title.
Click Not interested to remove the video from your feed.
Select 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 like the video to customize your recommendations.

Remove recommended channel

Click More next to the title.
Select Don't recommend channel .

Clear "Not interested" feedback

Your “Not Interested” feedback may be used to tune your recommendations. To clear all of your “Not interested” feedback:

Go to My Activity. You might need to sign in.
On the left, go to Other Google activity.
Under "YouTube 'Not interested' feedback," click Delete.

Get more info about your watch history, and search history.

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