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How to turn off YouTube Shorts

YouTube’s Help Center describes no setting that removes Shorts altogether. The closest is a Shorts feed limit of zero: in the YouTube app, tap You, then Settings, then Time management, then Shorts feed limit, and choose zero. When you reach the limit, YouTube shows a reminder you can dismiss. To see fewer Shorts on your Home feed, tap More on a grid of Shorts and choose Show fewer Shorts.

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Set your Shorts feed limit to zero

  1. Sign in to the YouTube app.
  2. Tap the You tab, then Settings.
  3. Tap Time management, then Shorts feed limit.
  4. Choose a limit. The list includes zero.

When you reach your limit in the Shorts feed, a message reminds you, and you can dismiss it or ignore the limit.

Source: YouTube Help

See fewer Shorts on your Home feed

  1. In the YouTube app, go to your Home feed.
  2. Scroll to a grid of Shorts.
  3. Tap More at the top of the grid, then Show fewer Shorts.

To undo it, go to My Activity, select Other activity, and under Show fewer Shorts, select Delete.

Source: YouTube Help

Limit Shorts for a teen

In January 2026, YouTube announced a control that lets parents of supervised teen accounts set how much time their teen can spend scrolling Shorts, and said parents would soon be able to set that timer to zero.

Source: YouTube Official Blog

What these settings don’t do

  • A Shorts feed limit reminds you rather than locks you out: you can dismiss the reminder and keep watching.
  • Show fewer Shorts lowers how many Shorts YouTube recommends on pages such as Home and Watch Next; it doesn’t remove them.

Source: YouTube Help, YouTube Help

Common questions

Can you turn off YouTube Shorts completely?

Not with a setting YouTube describes. The closest is a Shorts feed limit of zero, under You, Settings, Time management. When you reach the limit, a reminder appears that you can dismiss.

How do you see fewer Shorts on YouTube?

On your Home feed, scroll to a grid of Shorts, tap More at the top of it, then Show fewer Shorts.

How do you undo Show fewer Shorts?

Go to My Activity, select Other activity, and under Show fewer Shorts, select Delete.

Can parents block YouTube Shorts for a teen?

YouTube announced a Shorts timer for parents of supervised teen accounts in January 2026, and said parents would soon be able to set it to zero.

Sources

  1. Set a Shorts feed limitYouTube Help, read October 2, 2026
  2. Manage your recommendations & search resultsYouTube Help, read October 2, 2026
  3. New ways to support teens and families on YouTubeYouTube Official Blog, read October 2, 2026