

Open the app, select the three menu dots in the top right, select General and scroll down to toggle Restricted Mode on or off. The option is also present on YouTube apps.
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Just reverse these last two tasks to allow full access again. YouTube Restricted Mode will now be locked down on that browser so unless your child knows, or can guess your password, they should be protected from mature content.

YouTube Restricted Mode will only work on that browser as it sets a cookie.

A slider will appear underneath with your options. YouTube assesses the content by title, metadata, feedback, age rating and other filters to try to protect your children. YouTube is an amazing resource for education, general interest and just entertainment so it is good news indeed that you can go a long way to protect your kids from things they shouldn’t see. More importantly than removing irrelevant videos from your YouTube home page is protecting your kids from inappropriate content. There is also a browser addon called Video Blocker which you can learn more about here. That is the most effective way to block videos without using third party tools. If you want to get rid of the entire channel, select the gray ‘X’ at the end of the row.Select the three tiny dots under one of the videos and select not interested.Navigate to the YouTube home page to see your suggestions.Once you clear your history and pause it, using the ‘not interested’ option seems to be much more effective. Select Pause watch history and confirm.Select Clear all watch history and confirm.However, it will also cause YouTube to randomize your suggestions. If you are constantly shown the same suggestions again and again even when you tell it you’re not interested, this should stop it. This stops the YouTube suggestions algorithm using your habits to offer suggestions. The first is to clear and pause your viewing history.
