How to block videos on YouTube, for your kids or yourself

Only parents can truly block a YouTube video: in the YouTube Kids app, you can block single videos or whole channels, and on a child’s supervised YouTube account you can block channels. On your own account there’s no block, just Not interested and Don’t recommend channel, which keep videos off your Home page but not out of search. Here’s how each one works.

Updated November 3, 2026

Block a video in YouTube Kids

You need to be signed in to the YouTube Kids app with your parent account.

  1. On the home screen, tap More (the three dots) next to the video.
  2. Tap Block this video.
  3. Enter the numbers shown on the screen, or your custom passcode.

To block the whole channel instead, open the video, tap More at the top of it, tap Block, choose Block entire channel, and confirm with the numbers or your passcode.

To undo blocks in the app, go to Settings, enter the numbers or your passcode, tap your child’s profile, enter your account password, and tap Unblock videos. That unblocks everything at once.

Block a channel on a supervised YouTube account

If your child uses YouTube itself with a supervised Google Account, you can block channels from your own linked parent account:

  1. In the YouTube app, open the channel’s page and tap More (the three dots).
  2. Tap Block channel for kids. It only shows up when you’re signed in with your linked parent account.
  3. Tap Continue, then Block next to your child’s name, then Done.

On a computer, it’s on the channel’s page too: open its About section, click Report user, and choose Block channel for kids. If your child uses the same Google Account for YouTube and YouTube Kids, a channel blocked on one is blocked on both.

Google is clear about the limit: blocking a channel blocks that channel’s uploads only. Reuploads on other channels, and lookalike channels, still get through.

On your own account

YouTube doesn’t let adults block videos on their own account. The closest options:

  • Not interested. Click the three dots next to a video on your Home page or in Up next, and choose Not interested. You’ll see fewer like it.
  • Don’t recommend channel. In the same menu. It keeps the channel off your Home page and Up next, but not out of search. See how to block a YouTube channel.
  • Remove it from your watch history. If one video you watched keeps pulling in more like it, deleting it from your history stops it shaping your recommendations.
  • Restricted Mode. It hides videos YouTube judges potentially mature, though it also hides all comments and misses plenty.

None of these is a block. They steer recommendations, and a video can still reach you through search, a link or a reupload.

Block videos by keyword or topic

What most people want isn’t one video gone, but a kind of video: anything about a show they haven’t finished, true crime, the news. YouTube has no setting for that, but on a computer, a browser extension can hide videos as they load, either by matching words you list or by judging what each video is about. See how to block keywords on YouTube for both kinds.

If you want YouTube gone altogether, that’s a different job: see how to block YouTube on a computer.

Block the kind of video, not one at a time

Remedy is a Chrome extension that removes the videos you don’t want as YouTube loads them. Describe them in your own words, like “no true crime”, “no spoilers for the finale” or “nothing from this channel”, or switch on categories like Violent or Rage-bait. It checks each video’s title and channel and removes matches from your Home page, search results, the sidebar, Shorts and comments.

It’s for your own browsing on a computer, in Chrome. It isn’t parental controls: anyone at the computer can switch it off, and it doesn’t work in the YouTube app.

Add Remedy to ChromeYour first day is free, no account needed. Plans from $4.92 a month. On a computer, in Chrome.

Questions

Can you block a specific video on YouTube?

Only for a child. Parents can block single videos in the YouTube Kids app. On a regular account, Not interested is the closest you can get, and the video can still turn up in search.

Does Not interested block a video?

No. It tells YouTube to recommend that kind of video less. The video itself can still appear in search results or through a link.

If I block a channel for my child, is it gone everywhere?

Only that channel’s own uploads are blocked. Reuploads of its videos on other channels, and similar channels, aren’t affected.