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 ...

Among other things, your Google account records which videos you’ve watched on YouTube, which ones you’ve liked, and all the comments you’ve ever left on videos ...

Why Does YouTube Save Watch History? YouTube is essentially a content discovery platform. Therefore, it depends on algorithms to curate and recommend content to its customers (i.e., viewers). YouTube ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. It’s probably going to come as no surprise to you that YouTube ...

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YouTube is one of the largest video streaming websites. About 500 hours of content are uploaded to the streaming giant every minute. Unlike Netflix and other streaming giants, YouTube is run by ...

In today’s times, the word “YouTube” and its logo are familiar to virtually every person over the age of two. The multibillion dollar platform boasts billions of users around the world and is the ...

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 ...