The site has disabled homepage recommendations for users with their watch history paused.

YouTube really wants everyone to tell them what they're watching. Up until now, if you used YouTube but didn't want the company to retain knowledge of what videos you were watching on the platform, ...

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 ...

YouTube can feel overwhelming when ads, repetitive suggestions, and Shorts hijack your viewing. But with the right settings, you can train the algorithm to work for you. From pruning unwanted videos ...