If you don't want video recommendations on Home, you can delete and turn off your watch history . Tune your recommendations One of the ways that you can influence your recommendations is by tuning them to be more relevant to you and your interests. When you give us feedback, like when a video on your Home feed isn't interesting to you, it helps us improve your YouTube experience in the future. Mark content as 'Not interested' You can mark when you're 'Not interested' in a video on certain pages, such as your Home and watch next pages. Go to the recommended video that you're not interested in. Press and hold the select button on your remote. Select Not interested . Select Tell us why to share why you're not interested in the video. You can select I've already watched the video , I don't like the video or Don't recommend channel to customise your recommendations. Clear the 'Top channels that you watch' shelf on your search page In the left menu, select Settings . Under 'HISTORY AND DATA' settings, Clear search history . On the confirmation page, select Clear search history . 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 that you've submitted, please follow the instructions above using your computer, Android, iPhone or iPad. Manage recommendations from your Google activity YouTube may also use data from your Google Account activity to influence your recommendations, search results, in-app notifications and suggested videos in other places. You can view and control your activity at myactivity.google.com . Learn more about controlling activity for your Google Account . Mark content as 'Not interested' There are several ways to influence your YouTube recommendations and search results, including letting us know when certain content might not be of interest to you, such as a video or a channel. Click More next to the title of the video, playlist or section on Home. Click Not interested . If it's a video, click Tell us why to share why you're not interested. You can select I've already watched the video or I don't like the video to further customise your recommendations. Adjust channel recommendations On certain pages, such as your Home and watch next pages, find a video from a channel that you don't want recommended to you. Click More next to the video title. Select Don't recommend channel . Clear 'Not interested' and 'Don't recommend channel' feedback

If you don't want your 'Not interested' and 'Don't recommend channel' feedback to influence your recommendations, you can clear it. Go to My Activity . You might need to sign in to your Google Account. Find Other Google activity in the left-hand menu or under the My Activity banner. Select YouTube 'Not interested' feedback , then select Delete. See fewer Shorts On certain pages, such as your Home and watch next pages, you may also be recommended Shorts to watch. You can choose to see fewer of these. On the YouTube app, go to your Home feed. Scroll to a grid of Shorts. At the top of the grid, tap More . Tap Show fewer Shorts . Clear 'Show fewer Shorts' response If you opted to be shown fewer Shorts, you can clear this decision in My Activity. Go to My Activity . Find and select Other activity in the left-hand menu or under the My Activity banner. Under 'Show fewer Shorts', select Delete . Turn off your history You can turn off your watch or search history when you don't want your watches or searches to influence future recommendations, search results and other YouTube experiences that rely on your history – for example, when you're researching a subject for a school project that you aren't personally interested in. Remember to resume your history when you've finished. Manage recommendations from your Google activity YouTube may also use data from your Google Account activity to influence your recommendations, search results, in-app notifications and suggested videos in other places. You can view and control your activity at myactivity.google.com . Learn more about controlling activity for your Google Account . Manage liked videos Your recommendations and search results are also based on videos that you've liked. You can like, dislike and remove liked videos to influence your recommendations and search results. Explore recommended topics If you only want to see recommended content about a specific subject, explore topics on the Home and watch pages. Topics are based on your existing, personalised suggestions and on content related to what you interact with. These topics are meant to help you find content that you want to watch faster. For example, a topic called 'Learning' may have educational videos. If you find a video that isn't related to the topic that you've chosen on Home, let us know by tapping More beside the video Not <topic> . Was this helpful? Need more help? Try these next steps: