How To Remove Restrictions on YouTube

Your Quick Answer:

If the YouTube Restricted Mode doesn’t turn off, try clearing your browsing history, log out and log in on YouTube, restart the device or uninstall and reinstall the app.

To remove restrictions on YouTube from your PC, open YouTube on chrome, tap your profile picture, tap Restricted Mode and turn it off.

To remove it from your phone, log in to your YouTube account, click on your profile picture, and tap Settings.

On the settings page, click General and turn off the Restricted Mode.

As an administrator, you can turn off and disable the Restricted Mode feature on YouTube.

YouTube Restricted Mode Won’t Turn Off – How To Fix:

Try these methods below:

1. Clear Browser Cache

To fix the Restricted Mode Won’t Turn Off issue on PC, clear your browser cache from your YouTube browser history. Go to the “Cookies and other site data” settings and “Cached images and files”, check the boxes, and clear all the data and cache files.

Clear Browser Cache

To delete the YouTube cache from the app, open your phone’s Settings, go to the App info part, enter the “Storage & cache” section, and hit the “Clear cache” option to clear all the cache files of the YouTube app.

2. Log Out & Login on to YouTube

If your Restricted Mode feature is not working on YouTube, you can try the logout and log-in technique to see if it is working again or not.

Log Out & Login on to YouTube

First, click on your Profile icon from the top right and click on the Sign-out option to log out from your YouTube account. Again, log in with your Gmail account and check whether the Restricted Mode feature is working.

3. Restart the Device

If you are facing the Restricted Mode not working issue, you can check whether restarting is working. Hold your power button for a few seconds and restart the device if you are on the phone.

Restart the Device on phone

If you are on a PC, close the YouTube tab and other tabs, press the “Alt + F4” shortcut, and restart your device.

Restart the Device

4. Uninstall & Re-install YouTube App

If you have tried the other methods and are still waiting to get fruitful results, you should start from the beginning. If the Restricted Mode feature is not showing on YouTube, it would be better to uninstall and reinstall the app from your phone. So open your phone Settings, open YouTube from the Apps section, and click “Uninstall” to uninstall it.

Uninstall on youtube

You can also uninstall the app from the “Uninstall” pop-up menu, which appears at the top when you tap and hold on to the app. Now to reinstall the app open your Google Play Store or App Store, search for YouTube, and install it.

You can not directly delete the YouTube app from your phone so try to clear all the data from it because it works the same as deleting the app.

How To Remove Restrictions on YouTube:

Here are the steps below:

⭐️ On PC:

Step 1: Open your Chrome browser and open YouTube

To remove restrictions on YouTube from your PC, open your Chrome browser and search for YouTube there. Open the YouTube page on your browser and log in to your account using your Gmail account.

Step 2: Click on the Profile picture

After logging in to your account, you will be landed on the YouTube Homepage. There click on your YouTube profile picture from the top right corner. After clicking on the option, a pop-up will appear containing some options.

Click on the Profile picture on youtube

Step 3: Click Restricted Mode

You will get a lot of options in the pop-up menu like: “Your channel”, “YouTube Studio”, and “Your data in YouTube,” and also you can change your appearance and language settings here. You will get an option for Restricted Mode; click on it.

Click Restricted Mode on youtube

Step 4: Turn the toggle option off

If the Restricted Mode toggle option is turned on, click on it and turn it off. After turning it off, you can see mature videos, which only applies to this browser.

 Restricted Mode toggle option is turned on
click on it and turn it off

⭐️ On Mobile:

Step 1: Open your YouTube app and Log in to your account

To turn off the Restricted Mode on the YouTube app, first, open the app and log in to your account using your Gmail account. You can log in to multiple YouTube accounts simultaneously, and you have to choose the account you need. After logging in to your account, you can see the Homepage and some videos based on relevance.

Step 2: Click on your Profile icon and tap Settings

Now, click on your Profile icon from the top right corner, and a pop-up will appear, there choose the option Settings.

Click on the Profile picture on phone

If you have logged in with multiple accounts, ensure that you choose the right one to perform your task. If any other account is chosen, tap on your name and change the account.

Profile icon and tap Settings

Step 3: Tap General

After clicking on the Settings option, a new screen will appear, and you can see a lot of options there like “General”, “Data saving”, “Autoplay”, “Video quality preference”, “Try new features”, “Purchases and memberships” etc. Click on the “General” option from here.

Tap General on phone

Step 4: Turn off Restricted Mode

After clicking the “General” option, a new screen will appear, containing many options for changing the appearance, playback speed, uploads, location, etc. You can also turn off the Restricted Mode here, click on the toggle option and turn it off. After turning off the Restricted Mode, you can also see mature videos.

Turn off Restricted Mode

Frequently Asked Questions:

1. How to turn off Restricted mode on YouTube network administrator?

To turn off Restricted mode on YouTube network administrator first turn off the WiFi from the notification panel. Now, open the YouTube app, click on your YouTube avatar icon from the top right, and tap Settings. Now tap General, turn off the Restricted Mode, and turn on the WiFi again. This way, you can turn off Restricted mode on YouTube network administrator.

2. How do I disable restricted mode on YouTube as an administrator?

To disable restricted mode on YouTube as an administrator, sign in to your Google Admin Console account, click on the Menu icon, tap Apps, and then Additional Google Services, tap YouTube. Go to the Content Settings section, tap Setup, and disable the Restricted Mode feature.

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