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If you use YouTube Music in a web browser, you may want to hear only audio in YouTube without streaming video. While you can only use the audio-only mode in the mobile app version, you can still minimize the video for a more streamlined appearance. This wikiHow guide teaches you how to play audio only on YouTube Music on PC or Mac.
Quick Steps
- Open YouTube Music in a web browser.
- Open the video.
- Click the down-arrow icon in the bottom-right.
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Open YouTube Music in a web browser. YouTube Music doesn't have an audio-only toggle in the web-based version like the mobile app, but you can minimize the video so it's out of sight.
- If you prefer full audio-only mode, you'll need to use the mobile app .
- You can use this method to listen to YouTube audio without video in any web browser on your Windows PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
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Click the video you want to play in audio-only mode. This will open the video and start playing it in video mode.Advertisement
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Click the white down-arrow icon on the bottom right. You can find this button next to the Repeat and Shuffle icons in the lower-right corner of the page. It will minimize the YouTube video to the mini-player in the lower-right corner of the page. Now you will be able to listen to the audio without having to watch the video.
- The arrow icon on the bottom right will turn upwards when you minimize the video.
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Expand the video again to return to video mode. Click the upwards arrowhead icon on the bottom-right. This will expand the video screen again and switch you back to video mode.
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Using YouTube Music Mobile
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1Open the YouTube Music app on your Android, iPhone, or iPad. This is a separate app from the regular YouTube app. If you aren't already signed into your account, do so now.
- If you subscribe to YouTube Music Premium or YouTube Premium , you can use this method to play music content on YouTube in audio-only mode.
- Audio-only mode for podcasts is available to most listeners regardless of subscription status, depending on the content.
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2Tap your profile picture. This will open a menu.
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3Tap Settings . You can find this near the bottom of the menu.
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4Tap Playback & restrictions . On Android, this will look like Data saving instead.
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5Toggle on the "Don't play music videos" switch. This option is near the bottom. This turns off video playback so you can listen to music audio only.
- Now, when you load music videos, you'll be in audio-only mode by default.
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6Toggle on the "Don't play podcast videos" switch. This option is near the bottom. This turns off podcast videos so you'll only hear the audio.
- Audio-only mode will remain enabled until you turn it back off.
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7Switch between audio and video (optional). If you want to change back to video mode from audio-only, do the following:
- Navigate to any music track or podcast video.
- Tap Video to turn on video mode.
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1. Open YouTube Music
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2. Click a video to play it.
3. Click the downwards arrowhead on the bottom-right.
4. Click the " X
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