If you use the YouTube app to browse and watch videos, you may not be aware that by default YouTube may be filtering out certain search results based on what filter settings you have set up under your YouTube account.
You can easily change them straight from your iPhone and iPad. It's a good thing to know how to do especially if you have younger children you don't want coming across explicit content by mistake. Here's how:
- Launch the YouTube app from the Home screen of your iPhone or iPad.
- Tap on the menu button in the upper left hand corner.
- Now tap on Settings from the menu under your user profile information. You don't have to be signed in to change search filtering options but if you are, that's okay too.
- Here you'll see a list of things you can adjust on your YouTube account. Tap on Safe Search Filtering.
- Here you can switch between strict, moderate, and no filtering. Make your selection by tapping on it and then tap the Done button in the upper right hand corner.
That's all there is to it. The YouTube app will now abide by the search filtering settings you've chosen until you decide to change them again.
Reader comments
How to customize safe search filtering results in YouTube for iOS
I love your How to tutorials. I was wondering what app(s) do you use to take the photos then annotate with the arrows?
Thanks
Awesome! That's a very good way to keep children from watching things there not supposed too :P