You can choose to turn on your watch history to get recommended videos, or stick with a simpler home page. CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of ...

Recommended videos keep users engaged on YouTube, but starting today, YouTube will stop showing recommended videos in some places, such as the homepage, if your watch history is turned off entirely.

Google promises that if you turn off your watch history, your YouTube page will become simpler and cleaner. Google promises that if you turn off your watch history, your YouTube page will become ...

YouTube is disabling all of its recommendation tools if you don’t have watch history turned on — including its home feed. YouTube is disabling all of its recommendation tools if you don’t have watch ...

YouTube now requires signed-in users to turn on their watch history if they want recommendations. The change has already started rolling out and will reach all users in the next few months. Your ...

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