Manage YouTube notifications

YouTube notifications let you know when there are new videos and updates from your favorite channels and other content. Nosotros'll ship you notifications for channels you're subscribed to and may besides send notifications based on your interests. To alter your notifications or turn them off completely, utilise the instructions below.

Note: Notification settings may differ slightly by device.

Divergence betwixt Notifications and Subscriptions Feed

Subscriptions feed, available on both mobile and a computer, will testify all recently uploaded videos from your subscriptions.

Notifications tell you when there are new videos and updates from your subscriptions. We'll transport emails, notifications on mobile, or inbox notifications on your figurer. When y'all subscribe to a channel, you'll automatically get personalized notifications with highlights of action.

To get all notifications from a subscribed aqueduct, tap the Notification bell . The bong volition then modify to a ringing bell to indicate that you've selected all notifications.

You won't get notifications if a aqueduct'south audience is ready equally fabricated for kids. The notification bell will also be set up to no notifications . You won't be able to alter this setting.

What the notification bells mean for aqueduct subscriptions

 Personalized notifications (Default)
 No notifications
 All notifications

If you subscribe to a video or aqueduct with an audition that'due south set every bit made for kids, your bong setting will automatically exist set to no notifications, and will be grayed out.

How to make sure you're getting YouTube notifications on your phone or tablet

Before yous start: Make sure you lot're signed in to the right account. Your YouTube business relationship settings can be found here:

  1. Sign in to YouTube.
  2. At the elevation of your screen, click your profile flick.
  3. Click Settings.
  4. Click Notifications.

Become updates from specific channels

When you subscribe to a channel, you lot'll automatically get notifications with highlights of its activeness and all new videos volition be in your Subscriptions feed. You can change your notification settings to allow you know every time a channel publishes content or turn them off completely.

Get updates from a channel when you subscribe to it:

  1. Go to the channel page or sentinel page.
  2. If you're non subscribed, click Subscribe. When you lot subscribe to a channel, you'll automatically get personalized notifications.
  3. Click the Notification bongto switch betwixt getting "All notifications" and "Personalized notifications."

If y'all unsubscribe and so re-subscribe to a channel, your notification settings will be reset to personalized or no notifications. If you'd like to go a notification for every upload, make sure to turn on all notifications.

Check your notifications

You tin now check and get notifications on your computer.

  1. In any browser, open YouTube.
  2. At the summit of the folio, click the Notification bong  to cheque notifications.
  3. Select the notification you're interested in to view the video or annotate.

Yous can also manage your notifications from your estimator inbox.

  1. Next to the notification, click More .
  2. ClickHibernate this notification,Plow off all from <channel name>, or Turn offall [blazon of notification] updates.

Select the type of notifications you want

You lot can control what kind of notifications you get from YouTube and how yous go them.

  1. Sign in to YouTube.
  2. Go to your notification settings.
  3. Under different sections on the page, select the notifications you want:
    • Subscriptions: Notify you most action from the channels y'all're subscribed to.
    • Recommended videos: Notify you of videos you lot might like based on what you lookout.
    • Activeness on my channel: Notify yous about comments and other activity on your channel or videos.
    • Activity on my comments: Notify you when your comments become likes, pins, or <3s.
    • Replies to my comments: Get updates when someone replies to your comments.
    • Mentions: Notify you lot when others mention your channel.
    • Shared content: Notify yous occasionally when your content is shared on other channels.
  4. Nether "Email notifications," choose what types of email notifications you want to become.

Manage Google Chrome notifications

You lot can choose to get YouTube notifications when using Google Chrome browser. When you turn them on, y'all'll get popular-up notifications in your browser with updates from channels you subscribe to.

  1. Sign in to YouTube.
  2. Go to your notification settings.
  3. Nether "Desktop notifications," click the button adjacent to Chrome to turn notifications on or off.

If y'all don't accept the "Desktop notifications" choice, your Chrome browser notifications may exist blocked. Unblock notifications with the instructions below.

  1. Click the padlock in the search bar of Chrome.
  2. ClickSite Settings.
  3. Get to "Notifications" nether the "Permissions" section.
  4. Click the Down arrow, and selectPermit.

Divergence between Notifications and Subscriptions Feed

Subscriptions feed, available on both mobile and a calculator, will show all recently uploaded videos from your subscriptions.

Notifications tell you lot when there are new videos and updates from your subscriptions. Nosotros'll send emails, notifications on mobile, or inbox notifications on your figurer. When yous subscribe to a channel, you'll automatically become personalized notifications with highlights of activeness.

To get all notifications from a subscribed channel, tap the Notification bell . The bell will then change to a ringing bell to betoken that y'all've selected all notifications.

You won't go notifications if a aqueduct's audition is set as made for kids. The notification bong volition also be gear up to no notifications . You won't be able to change this setting.

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