Quick Answer
- Sometimes, while clearing your YouTube feed or when you are in a rush or by a misclick, it’s easy to click ‘not interested’.
- To access the don’t recommend list on your phone, open the YouTube app and tap on your profile in the bottom right corner.
- You will be redirected to the Google account you are logged into on YouTube.
When scrolling on YouTube, you can flag a video as ‘not interested’ or ‘don’t recommend channel’. While it’s a great feature to filter your algorithm, sometimes you might end up flagging videos by mistake. The thing is, YouTube completely stops showing that video and any other videos from that channel you flagged. You will also not see video recommendations on a similar topic. We will be exploring the fix for this across devices.
Undo Don’t Recommend Videos on YouTube
Sometimes, while clearing your YouTube feed or when you are in a rush or by a misclick, it’s easy to click ‘not interested’. Based on this feedback, YouTube modifies your feed algorithm and the recommendations. Although you do get an ‘undo’ option instantly, but if the page gets refreshed, the feedback gets registered. While this is irreversible, you can do some measures to fix this.
On Desktop
1. Go to the YouTube homepage, click your profile in the top-right corner. Then click on the ‘Google Account’ option.
2. You will be redirected to the Google account you are logged into on YouTube. Here, click on the ‘Data & Privacy’ tab.
3. Scroll down, then under History settings, click ‘My Activity’.
4. On the left-hand side, click on the ‘Other Activity’ tab.
5. Search for the ‘View user feedback’ option under ‘YouTube user feedback (previously ‘Not interested’)’. Click that.
6. Now you will see all the videos and channels you have dismissed as ‘not interested’. Just click the cross icon (X) to remove those videos or channels from this list.
On Mobile
1. To access the don’t recommend list on your phone, open the YouTube app and tap on your profile in the bottom right corner.
2. Under your profile name, tap on ‘Google Account’.
3. Once your account opens, tap on ‘Data & privacy’.
4. Under the ‘History settings’, tap on ‘My Activity’ to access the list.
5. Scroll down and find the 3 dots beside ‘Search your activity’. Select the options and navigate to ‘Other activity’.
6. Scroll down and tap ‘view user feedback’ under ‘YouTube user feedback (previously ‘Not interested’)’.
7. You can access the list and remove videos or channels by tapping the ‘X’ icon.
FAQs
Q. Is there any way to access the feedback history through a Smart TV?
No, YouTube restricts the user from accessing the feedback history on TV. YouTube’s Smart TV app does not allow users to access account management and is intended solely for content consumption.
Q. Will clearing history reset YouTube recommendations?
Yes, but only slightly. History and recommendation feedback are two separate signals. So, you would still have to clear your ‘not interested’ feedback.
Wrapping Up
One thing to keep in mind is that these measures can help somewhat reverse this, but not entirely. This feedback is taken very seriously by YouTube, and they ensure those videos or channels are not recommended to users. In addition to using the workarounds above, you should also subscribe to that channel, or unsubscribe and subscribe again. Also, engage more with the videos from that channel across devices. This would signal to the algorithm that you are interested in that video and other content from that channel.
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