How to block YouTube channels

YouTube won't let a regular account block a channel. You can tell it you're not interested, and it may show that creator a bit less. To make a channel disappear from every list, you need a browser extension.

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Close-up of the Up next column on a test feed: the channel name React Lab under a video is ringed in red, and a black label below it says Hide this whole channel

Sample feed: press Block channel on any video

The channels and videos are made up. The feed reacts the way YouTube does with the extension installed.

Showing all 3 items. Nothing is hidden yet.

14:02

My brother's car vs. 10,000 ping pong balls

Prank Patrol

3.4M views · 2 days ago

27:41

Locked inside a supermarket until sunrise

Night Shift Nate

8.2M views · 5 days ago

11:55

Giant fake spider vs. my mom

Prank Patrol

5.1M views · 3 weeks ago

What YouTube gives you out of the box

Three menu items get mixed up a lot. None of them removes a channel from everything you see.

Don't recommend channel. It sits in the three-dot menu of a video on Home or in Up next. YouTube takes it as a hint that you don't enjoy the channel and recommends it less. Search is not covered, so the creator's videos can still show up there, in Subscriptions if you follow them, and in other corners. There's also no list of what you've chosen. The only way back is Google My Activity, where you can only delete all of your "Not interested" feedback at once, for every channel and video.
Not interested. This one is about a single video. YouTube drops it and may show you fewer like it. The channel itself stays in your feed.
Hide user from channel. It's meant for people who run a channel. Their comments, live chat messages and Community posts on your channel disappear, and they can't clip your videos. Their own uploads still reach you.

Parents who supervise a child's account have a real "Block channel for kids" option on YouTube, and it carries over to YouTube Kids on the same account. Ordinary accounts don't get it, which is why so many people search for a way to do it.

Block a channel with the extension

1
Install it and check the switch
Install the free extension in Chrome, Edge, Brave or Opera; the install page has the file and a short guide. Open the panel from the red icon and make sure the switch at the top says On.
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The panel right after installing. The switch at the top is on.
2
Point at a video, press Block channel
Go to youtube.com and rest the mouse on any video from the creator you're done with. A Block channel button appears on the card. On a channel page the same button sits next to Subscribe.

The Block channel button shows up when you point at a video. The channels in the picture are made up.
3
Gone, with Undo in case you slipped
Every video from that channel leaves the page and keeps away while you browse. A message at the bottom offers Undo for a few seconds. Later you can unblock anyone from the list in settings.

Right after blocking: the videos are gone and Undo is still there.

Where a blocked channel stops showing up

On YouTube	After you block a channel
Home	Its videos are hidden
Search results	Its videos and the channel card are hidden
Up next, beside the player	Its videos are hidden
Subscriptions	Its videos are hidden
Shorts shelves	Only when YouTube shows the channel on the Short. Hide Shorts removes them all
A link someone sends you	The video still plays. The extension hides cards, not pages
Their comments under other videos	Still visible

Don't recommend channel next to a real block

You want	Don't recommend channel	The extension
The creator off your Home page	Less often, no promise	Not shown at all
The creator out of search	Not covered	Hidden
The creator out of Subscriptions	Not covered	Hidden
A list you can check	None	In settings, with search
Undo one channel	Only by clearing all feedback	Unblock button per channel
Phone and TV apps	Follows your account	Computer only
Google sign-in needed	Yes	No

Limits worth knowing

A direct link still opens the video, because the extension only hides cards in lists.
The list belongs to this browser. With browser sync on it can follow you to your other computers, but never to your phone.
YouTube reshuffles its layout now and then. If the button goes missing, reload the tab, then see the help page.

FAQ

Can you block a YouTube channel?

With YouTube's own settings, only on a supervised kids' account. A regular account gets Don't recommend channel, which only makes the creator rarer in recommendations. An extension can hide the channel everywhere on youtube.com on your computer.

How do I stop a channel from showing up in search?

YouTube has no option for that. Once you block the channel with the extension, its videos and its channel card are left out of search results.

Is Don't recommend channel the same as blocking?

No. It's a signal for the recommendation system, so the channel's videos can still turn up in search and elsewhere.

Does the creator get notified?

No. Cards are hidden on your screen and nothing is sent to YouTube or to the channel.

What about my phone or smart TV?

The extension can't help there: it doesn't run in the YouTube apps, on TVs, in YouTube TV or in YouTube Kids. Don't recommend channel and, for supervised kids' accounts, Block channel for kids are what those devices offer.

How do I unblock a channel?

Open the extension's settings, find the channel in the Blocked channels list (there's a search box) and press Unblock. Its videos return as YouTube loads new cards or when you reload.

Last updated 2026-11-10

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