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Maintain your YouTube space with these tips on blocking other users
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Are you trying to block someone on YouTube? Unfortunately, standard YouTube doesn't have the ability to actually block anyone—this feature is only available in YouTube Kids or shared teen experiences. However, there are a few workarounds so you don't have to see a particular channel or to make it so they can't comment on your videos. Keep reading to learn more.
Ways to Block a YouTube Channel
While there is no official way to block a YouTube channel, there are a few workarounds: try marking the channel for removal from your recommendations, blocking on YouTube Kids, hiding the user from your channel, or using a third-party blocking plugin.
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Section 1 of 4:
Removing Channel Recommendations
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Go to the YouTube homepage. Unfortunately, there's no way to directly block a YouTube channel. The only way you can stop seeing another channel is to tell YouTube you don't want to see that channel's content anymore.
- You can do this on both desktop and mobile.
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Press the three-dot icon next to a video in your recommended feed. You can only do this to videos in your recommended feed. You cannot do this in search or from a creator's page.Advertisement
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Select Don't recommend channel . The channel will no longer show up in your recommendations. However, this doesn't stop you from seeing the channel if you go to their page, or you may see that user comments on other videos as well.
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Section 2 of 4:
YouTube Kids & Supervised Experiences
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Go to the page of the YouTube user you want to block. This can only be done if you use YouTube Kids or have created a Shared Experience for your pre-teen. This can be done from your linked parent account or directly on your child's device.
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Click ...more after the user's bio. On mobile, instead click the user's bio.
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Click Report user . On mobile, click the three-dot icon in the upper-right corner.
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Select Block channel for children . Click through the next few screens confirming that you want to block that user.
- If you want to unblock the channel at some point, simply go back to the user's page and return to the location of the Block button, which has now switched to an Unblock button. [1] X Research source
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Section 3 of 4:
Hiding Users from Your Channel
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Go to a YouTube user's page. While this isn't actually blocking a user, you can hide a user from your page so they can't comment on your videos or make clips of your livestreams.
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Click ...more after the user's bio. On mobile, instead click the user's bio.
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Click Report user . On mobile, click the three-dot icon in the upper-right corner.
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Select Hide user from my channel . This user's comments on your video won't show anymore. If you want to see who you've hidden or show their comments, go to YouTube Studio > Settings > Community . [2] X Research source Hidden users will be displayed under the "Automated Filters" section.
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