I would use that.

I would block every ______ Universe channel IMMEDIATELY. SpongeBob Universe, SML Universe, Gumball Universe, all the same AI dogshit

Yes! I want to block all AI slap shit channelse

I use BlockTube, which does that.

It would be ideal on source, but Blocktube works on client.

Those don't reccomend/not interested buttons barely function half the time anyways and the same shit pops back up

I don't get why it's not alr a feature

I agree, I get so annoyed that I pay for premium and still can’t block

But if you block the channel, then they can't recommend propaganda videos from child murders.

You can, with "FilterTube" extension. If its installed you can click the 3 buttons and really block a channel, and you can also completely remove youtube shorts and even block words.

I was shocked when I tried to block a channel. It's absolutely ridiculous that we can't. The closest thing I found was the "Report" button, and even then it still didn't block them.

don't recommend channel works so well for the two youtubers i accidentally used it on and now cant undo, but doesnt work on channels i actually don't want to see... love it

Yea so that all anti woke grifters can shut up

Buddy, I tried to block an AI hair ad and it had a block option, but the block option was unclickable 😔

Agreed. Ditto for advertisers. There are specific advertisers that only do 2 to 3 hour long ads and that's insane.

Agree! I’ve pushed the dots to not show me that Eugenia anorexic chick, that I’m not interested, block block block…. and everything years ago…. and yet she still comes up in a list randomly every few months when I search unrelated topics like crochet!

Whenever I click the three dots next to a video it pops up with an option that says “don’t recommend channel” it works for me

agreed

Same goes for some subreddits!

We used to be able to. But greedy YouTube removed that feature.

Block anything with Simon Wikipedia reader Whistler. AI slop before the AI slop avalanche was even a thing

My "Don't Recommend" basically works like blocking. I can still see the channels I do it to, but only when I search for something extremely specific to them, or their name directly.

For example, I asked it to not recommend anything from thequartering years ago, and I completely forgot he existed until two days ago when a completely different channel uploaded a video shitting on him lol.

I have a hell of a lot of time on YT (like, 9,000 hours cuz I have a desk job), and I actually can't think of a single time I've asked it to not recommend a channel and they still showed up anyways, outside of me searching their name directly.

I have no idea why it would be any different for you? That's odd.

This, or the ability to block content keywords. I like a lot of music channels but there are a few bands that I don't care to see content about.

Totally agree, its so annoying.

I watch youtube when i go sleep ( as i cannot fall asleep without anything in background )

Only to wake up 2am with some livestream running with fishing or gaming content ( Make a note , i dont watch nothing regarding fishing or gaming when im awake ) , and thats so annoying , like why would youtube take me to some random content that i wouldnt watch if i were awake, and no chance to avoid / block those channels. Had that happening at least 15/31 days in last couple months and always pretty much same channels.

And yes when i wake up due to all that running in background i just close youtube to avoid same thing happening again.

I would block all reaction, drama, and political channels.

Agree. Or a simple button: block all AI generated channels.

And filter out topics. Im going to cop some for this, but never have i ever searched for Warhammer ever. But God damn yt seems to REALLY want to show me all about it.

You can click on where it says don't recommend channel again or whatever and then it asks you to confirm. Does that not work for you? I do it all the time and it seems to work fine for me.

We should also be able to block non-stop targeted ads for gambling if you are recovering from a gambling addiction. Same for alcohol.

youtube search is getting worse

You mean the thing that already exists?

You click the three dots and then "Don't recommend channel"

Absolutely agreed! Some channels just do not fit well in my category and there is just no way to hide them at all. This would fix all of my problems if it ever got implemented in YouTube. And also if we want them to get back to our feed we should be able to change that in the settings.

I wasn't aware that the don't recommend was just a nudge and not a 100% filter, but I haven't used it that often. I wonder if there's some ublock filter that could be made and customized.

Yes, so much yes.

Right? This should’ve been a featured like a decade ago. Don’t know why it isn’t. 

Yes.

I want the block as well... I have dead subscribers that I need to purge and I can't :( . I hope YouTube does housekeeping soon.....

Yes please oh my god, I wish we could block channels

Please I just want to block asmongold from my searches🙏🙏

i also with it would stop recommending me videos i've already watched. and reliably show me what i've watched.

the rec engine has really been going down the tubes in the last year or so

Agreed. I have the same problem. Too many grifters on YouTube.

And key words, "Jimmy Carr"

Yes, so I can block Markiplier and other washed-up 30 somethings

I did use that often. But then YouTube tries to say "we feel being able to block channels isn't very friendly to a community experience, so we got rid of it" a few years back

100% agreed.

Not sure why this wasn't one of the first features implemented tbh. It should be very easy to implement.

Easy Peasy.

! YT Home - Hide videos based on channel URLs
youtube.com##ytd-browse[page-subtype="home"] ytd-rich-item-renderer:has([href="/channel/channel1-ID-here"],[href="@/Channel2NameHere"])
! YT Home - Hide videos based on their titles
youtube.com##ytd-browse[page-subtype="home"] ytd-rich-item-renderer:has(:is(#video-title-link,h3):is([title*="Partial Match"], [title*="Case-Insensitive Partial Match"i], [title~="Space-separated-aka-Whole-word-match"]))
! YT Sidebar - Hide videos based on their titles
youtube.com###related :is(ytd-compact-video-renderer,yt-lockup-view-model):has(:is(#video-title,h3):is([title*="Partial Match"], [title*="Case-Insensitive Partial Match"i], [title~="Space-separated-aka-Whole-word-match"]))
! YT - Sidebar - Hide videos based on channel names (procedural)
www.youtube.com###related :is(ytd-compact-video-renderer,yt-lockup-view-model) .yt-content-metadata-view-model__metadata-row:first-child>span:has-text(/^(Channel Name 1|Channel Name 2)$/):upward(ytd-compact-video-renderer,yt-lockup-view-model)
! Mobile YT - Hide videos based on channel URLs
m.youtube.com##ytm-media-item .media-channel a:not([class]):is([href="/@ChannelURL"], [href="/@AnotherChannelURL"]):upward(ytm-media-item)
! YT Home - No Videos
www.youtube.com##ytd-browse[page-subtype="home"]
! YT Videos - No Sidebar
www.youtube.com##ytd-watch-flexy #secondary
! YT Videos - Sidebar Without Recommendations
www.youtube.com##ytd-watch-flexy #secondary! YT Home - Hide videos based on channel URLs
youtube.com##ytd-browse[page-subtype="home"] ytd-rich-item-renderer:has([href="/channel/channel1-ID-here"],[href="@/Channel2NameHere"])
! YT Home - Hide videos based on their titles
youtube.com##ytd-browse[page-subtype="home"] ytd-rich-item-renderer:has(:is(#video-title-link,h3):is([title*="Partial Match"], [title*="Case-Insensitive Partial Match"i], [title~="Space-separated-aka-Whole-word-match"]))
! YT Sidebar - Hide videos based on their titles
youtube.com###related :is(ytd-compact-video-renderer,yt-lockup-view-model):has(:is(#video-title,h3):is([title*="Partial Match"], [title*="Case-Insensitive Partial Match"i], [title~="Space-separated-aka-Whole-word-match"]))
! YT - Sidebar - Hide videos based on channel names (procedural)
www.youtube.com###related :is(ytd-compact-video-renderer,yt-lockup-view-model) .yt-content-metadata-view-model__metadata-row:first-child>span:has-text(/^(Channel Name 1|Channel Name 2)$/):upward(ytd-compact-video-renderer,yt-lockup-view-model)
! Mobile YT - Hide videos based on channel URLs
m.youtube.com##ytm-media-item .media-channel a:not([class]):is([href="/@ChannelURL"], [href="/@AnotherChannelURL"]):upward(ytm-media-item)
! YT Home - No Videos
www.youtube.com##ytd-browse[page-subtype="home"]
! YT Videos - No Sidebar
www.youtube.com##ytd-watch-flexy #secondary
! YT Videos - Sidebar Without Recommendations
www.youtube.com##ytd-watch-flexy #secondary

Hmmm. I thought there was. I unsubscribed from one and did something else and I never see that channel anywhere anymore. And they had over 2 million subscribers and was the biggest golf YouTuber.

Those buttons don't even work for me. I do it all the time to that one red head girl who lives in Japan and used to be a teacher. The way she speaks makes me want to throw a Gatorade.

The "Don't Recommend Channel" seemingly doesn't work because I often find said channels constantly posted to my feed.

Doesn’t the “Do not recommend this channel” option do this?

It's offered for ads...why not content.

They need to bring it back, back in the day you were allowed to block users on there and I don't know why they took it away. Then replaced it with hide user feature.

It’s all becoming AI slop at this point. I am a big fan of historical documentaries and now my feed is filled with AI remade and rebranded but there all the same.

And even if I click on do not show me these channels they came back in different names.

I used to install an extension just to get rid of the SSSniperwolf videos lol.

I would so love to see that feature. By not providing that option they're pushing viewers off of yt.

There are many cringe content creators. A recent video that comes to mind is from Android Police. I used to be a mod on Fb when fb was fresh in my country. It became obvious from back then that this channel was fishy. Lately most of his videos are from fishing for ideas by stalking subs as well as redditors comments on this platform. And then creating subtly condescending content, at times bordering on abusive, if things went against their marketing objectives, that one would have no idea is happening if they were not involved in the chain of the scam. A couple of other such tech reviewers come to mind and they seem to be a group of them creating promotional content in the guise of reviews.

I'd so love to block them from my recommendations and search results but youtube would rather sacrifice itself than remedy such issues. As a result my watch times have dropped from 5 hours years ago to around 2 at max nowadays.

I absolutely agree. The amount of accounts and YouTube channels I want to block just for toxicity and it's unchecked comments section are scaringly high.

but... there is, at last I have that option

I have the opposite problem: I had accidentally block channels and have no idea how to unblock it.

EDIT: I can't add an image: it's three dots > "clip, save, report, block channel, block video". You can dm me if you don't believe.

EDIT2: I live in EU

This application lets you do that not sure if that feature is premium only.

https://getcoldturkey.com/

Keep in mind that it doesn't stop the videos from being recommended just blocks the channel page+all videos

you'd need to use youtube native stuff for that.

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Why don't you use the don't recommend option?

I found that turning off my history entirely works fairly well. No more video recommendations, at least on the main page.

But I agree, I wish I could block entire channels.