Turn Restricted Mode on or off

Restricted Mode is an optional setting you can utilize on YouTube. This feature tin can assistance screen out potentially mature content y'all or others using your devices may prefer not to view.

Turn Restricted Mode on or off

  1. Sign in to your business relationship.
  2. At the top right, click your profile photo .
  3. At the lesser, click Restricted Mode.
  4. In the pinnacle-correct box that opens, to turn Restricted Mode on or off, click Actuate Restricted Mode.

Problems turning off Restricted Style

Computers and devices in libraries, universities, and other public institutions may accept Restricted Mode turned on by the arrangement ambassador. If yous've entered your username and password, and Restricted Mode remains on, try contacting your system ambassador for more help.

Note: Some mobile network providers offering content filters. These filters restrict the type of web content you lot can access when your device is connected to their mobile network.

  • Check if YouTube content restrictions are turned on for your network by going here.
    • If your DNS restrictions are fix to "moderate" or "strict," information technology'due south likely that you have content filtering turned on. Endeavor contacting your mobile network provider to notice out how to manage or turn off this setting.

Control Restricted Mode for your family

If you're a parent using the Family Link app, you tin can plough on Restricted Mode for your child's account. This can be done in the app's settings. Once Restricted Way has been turned on via Family Link, your child can't change the Restricted Mode settings on whatsoever of the signed-in devices.

More info on Restricted Mode

We apply many signals—such every bit video title, description, metadata, Community Guidelines reviews, and age-restrictions—to place and filter out potentially mature content. Restricted Manner is available in every language, but due to differences in cultural norms and sensitivities, the quality may vary. When Restricted Mode is turned on, y'all volition not be able to view comments on the videos yous scout.

Restricted Mode works on the browser or device level, so you lot must turn it on for each browser y'all apply. If your browser supports multiple profiles, y'all must turn on this mode for each profile.

Assistant Speakers and Smart Displays

  1. Open the Home app on your mobile device.
  2. Tap the Speaker or Smart Display you would like to modify.
  3. Tap Settings.
  4. Tap Notifications & digital wellbeing.
  5. Tap YouTube Settings.
  6. There are ii means you can control Restricted Manner settings for your Smart Display:
    1. You tin plough on or off Restricted Mode for yourself, and
    2. You can turn on or off  Restricted Way for all other users (tin be set by any device director).

Note: Restricted Way is set up at the device level.

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