Quick Steps To Turn Off YouTube’s Restricted Mode

YouTube is the most extensive digital video library in the world. As a result, there’s enough violent and mature content on the platform. Teen kids who’re not so smart often try to find mature content on YouTube, as it amplifies their excitement.

As a result, the parents have to take daring measures to stop their underage kids from accessing adult content on YouTube. This blog post enriches the readers with extensive knowledge on YouTube’s restricted mode and the steps to turn it off.

What Is YouTube’s Restricted Mode?

Before learning to turn off restricted mode YouTube, let’s learn what is the restricted mode on YouTube in the first place. This section covers it.

YouTube offers an optional setting to every account that controls viewing any content marked as mature or explicit. This setting is available in the settings section in your YouTube account on the app and website. The purpose is to offer a convenient solution to avoid displaying mature content on the screen or mistakenly accessing it.

When turned on, the setting will remove all the content marked as “mature” or “adult” in your search results. Moreover, no such content will be shown in suggestions, neither will such content open up on your app or website even through a sharable link. It means even if someone shared a link to adult content on YouTube, the restricted mode feature would restrict you from viewing it.

This setting is very useful because adult content is not permitted for viewing purposes by any underage person. As a result, YouTube has to offer such a service to comply with the rules and regulations prescribed in the cyber laws worldwide.

Turning Off Restricted Mode – Step-by-step Guide

YouTube’s restricted mode might be turned on, so perhaps you must want to know how to turn off the restricted mode on YouTube. This section will deal with that.

Turn Off Restricted Mode On iPhone & Android App

Let’s see how to turn off restricted mode on iPhone. Please note that the steps are similar whether you’re using an iPhone or Android app. Therefore, the steps below are also a solution to how to turn off restricted mode on YouTube mobile.

1. Open the YouTube app -> tap on your profile picture on the top-right.

2. Select settings.

3. Go To General Settings (should be the first one in the list).

4. Scroll down and turn on YouTube “Restricted Mode.”

Please note that this is a mere filter and may not generate 100% accurate results. Some mature videos might still be displayed on your device. It happens when the videos have incorrect tags added by the uploader. If you believe that some videos have misleading tags added to them, you can always report them to YouTube’s support team for explicit content.

Moreover, remember that turning the restricted mode on/off will affect the current device and current app only.

Turn Off Restricted Mode On Computer

1. Visit the Youtube official website and log into your account if not already done.

2. On the top-right of the screen, click on your profile picture to open a drop-down list.

3. Select “restricted mode” -> turn on “activate restricted mode”.

YouTube restricted mode feature will now be turned on. The same steps would turn it off. These steps are also a solution for how to turn off age restriction on YouTube, how to disable restricted mode, and how to block YouTube channels featuring adult content.

Turning Off Restricted Mode Using mSpy

Now it’s entirely possible that your kid may toggle the restricted mode repeatedly. If you want to impose a complete ban on their YouTube use, consider using third-party monitoring tools. These tools work while hidden and keep your identity safe from the target.

mSpy is one such recommendation that facilitates a complete ban on YouTube from your kid’s device. The reason for stressing on mSpy is that your kid will never get to know what went wrong with their device and why they’re unable to use YouTube on their device(s).

Don’t worry, as they will never get to know that you’re behind their YouTube app’s failure. The mSpy is a spying and monitoring app that any anti-virus program won’t detect. Neither will your kids find out its presence on their phone.

Therefore, keeping all these factors into one equation means that that mSpy will block mature content on your kid’s phone without the need to turn on/off YouTube’s restricted mode feature.

The Steps to Use mSpy

Here’s how it’s done. The complete procedure is divided into the following steps:

1. Free registration
2. Affordable subscription purchase
3. Logging in and getting started
4. Monitoring and blocking YouTube website and app

Let’s elaborate on these steps now. Please note that the mSpy dashboard works on mobile devices and computers.

Free Registration

1. Visit the official mSpy website and click the “try now” button below.

2. Enter your valid email address and accept the terms of use along with the privacy policy. Click the “try now” or “continue” button.

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3. It’ll ask for an OS. Select the OS of your kid’s phone and proceed.

Affordable Subscription Purchase

4. You’ll be redirected to purchase a subscription. Ideally, there are 3 choices. Since YouTube monitoring and blocking is a long-term task, we recommend going with the quarter or annual plan. The yearly plan is very affordable and will facilitate massive savings on your purchase. Click the “buy now” button.

5. A form will open up. Fill it by giving your payment details. Once filled, please click on the “submit order.” You should now receive an email with lots of valuable information. That email must be retained until your subscription ends.

Logging In & Getting Started

6. Revisit the official mSpy website and click on the “log in” button.

7. It’ll ask for your credentials. Enter them and log into your shiny new mSpy dashboard.

8. Click on the “add new device” on the top of the left menu of your dashboard.

Follow the on-screen guide to connect your kid’s device to your mSpy dashboard.

Once done, you’ll see it in the list.

Monitoring & Blocking YouTube Website & App

9. To check if your kid accessed the YouTube website, please go to the left menu -> internet usage -> browser history. Find if YouTube is listed in the table.

10. Similarly, select “browser bookmark” below the “browser history” and check if your kid bookmarks any mature video link.

If yes, you probably need to block the YouTube website and app. Here’s how to do it:

11. Go to restricted -> block websites. Add YouTube.

12. Now go to restricted -> block applications. Click “block” in front of YouTube.

Turn On Comments On YouTube

Let’s quickly view how to turn on comments on YouTube.

1. Open your YouTube studio page -> settings -> community -> defaults.
2. Set the default settings, and voila!
3. Click Save.

Conclusion

By the end of this article, we reviewed the restricted mode and how to turn off the restricted mode on YouTube. We also covered mSpy and the power that it gives to deal with YouTube’s restricted mode anonymously. If you’re concerned about your kid’s online activities, spending little money on monitoring and parental control tools is worth it.

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