How to remove YouTube recommendations

Updated November 2026

Recommendations show up in three places: the home feed, the column next to the player, and the wall of suggestions when a video ends. Each has its own fix.

Home feed: turn off watch history

1. Open myactivity.google.com and go to “YouTube History”.
2. Turn the history off. You can also delete what is already saved.
3. Reload YouTube. With no history, the home page stays empty and shows a search box.

The price: “continue watching” and your history list stop working too, on every device signed in to the account.

End of video: turn off autoplay

The autoplay switch is in the player’s control bar. Turning it off stops the next video from starting, but the grid of suggestions at the end still appears.

Sidebar: no built-in switch

YouTube offers no way to hide the related videos next to the player. You can make the player wider (theatre mode or full screen) to push them out of view.

All three at once: an extension

Smart Block is a free Chrome extension with a separate switch for each place:

• Home feed: replaced by a short note; search and subscriptions work as usual.
• Related videos: the column next to the player and the end-of-video suggestions.
• Comments, if they distract you as well.

Your watch history keeps working, because nothing is changed in your account. The extension only hides parts of the page in your browser.

Unhook is another well-known extension for the same job. Both are free.

Also annoyed by Shorts? See how to remove YouTube Shorts on PC.