{"id":868305,"date":"2025-08-27T01:11:57","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T06:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/27\/youtube-recommending-awful-videos-heres-how-to-fix-that\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T01:11:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T06:11:57","slug":"youtube-recommending-awful-videos-heres-how-to-fix-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/27\/youtube-recommending-awful-videos-heres-how-to-fix-that\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube recommending awful videos? Here\u2019s how to fix that"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We\u2019ve recently seen a number of posts online complaining about YouTube\u2019s algorithm, with some users seeing just downright awful video recommendations. In truth, YouTube\u2019s recommendation system may not be the issue, and it\u2019s easy to address if you\u2019re seeing sketchy suggested content.<\/p>\n

Why am I seeing bad recommendations?<\/h2>\n

Like any ad system or recommendation algorithm, YouTube\u2019s approach considers what you already watch and what channels or videos you return to. Any time you\u2019re watching a video and you\u2019re logged on, YouTube is already working on suggested videos to hand you when that video is finished, or even before.<\/p>\n

Usually, you can get around this by logging out or pausing watch history. Doing so will freeze YouTube\u2019s algorithm on the last videos in your history.<\/p>\n

Now, it might be confusing when YouTube\u2019s recommendations start to get a little\u2026 rough. Videos that would generally be considered weird or even a little weird may start popping up.<\/p>\n

YouTube has been keying in on its algorithm over the years, and even implementing machine learning to ensure it\u2019s doing what it\u2019s supposed to. That said, if you\u2019re seeing weird recommendations, it\u2019s likely because YouTube is suggesting content like the content already being watched.<\/p>\n

How to reset recommendations<\/h2>\n

Sometimes, though, recommendations can be thrown off by a family member using your account or other factors. In those cases, you can have the app start fresh on recommended content.<\/p>\n

To do so, you\u2019ll need to clear your history. Here\u2019s how:<\/p>\n

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  1. Tap the You<\/strong> tab.<\/li>\n
  2. Next to History<\/strong>, hit View all<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  3. Tap the three-dot menu button at the top, and hit Clear all watch history<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    YouTube on web<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Click You<\/strong> in the side menu.<\/li>\n
    2. Next to History<\/strong>, hit View all<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
    3. Click Clear all watch history<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      If you\u2019re keen on turning off watch history at the account level to reset YouTube recommendations, you can head to your Google Account dashboard<\/a> and turn off YouTube history entirely. You can also turn off personalized ads, which will automatically be turned off for minors when YouTube rolls out AI age verification<\/a>.<\/p>\n

      It might take a bit, but this generally allows the YouTube app to reset itself regarding recommendations. From there, watching different content will contribute to different results.<\/p>\n

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      We\u2019ve recently seen a number of posts online complaining about YouTube\u2019s algorithm, with some users seeing just downright awful video recommendations. In truth, YouTube\u2019s recommendation system may not be the issue, and it\u2019s easy to address if you\u2019re seeing sketchy suggested content. Why am I seeing bad recommendations? Like any ad system or recommendation algorithm, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":868306,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30126,49,104640],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-868305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-recommending","category-youtube","category-youtube-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=868305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868305\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/868306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=868305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=868305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=868305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}