{"id":607360,"date":"2026-04-16T05:56:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T05:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/607360\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T05:56:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T05:56:13","slug":"youtube-shorts-can-be-mostly-turned-off-with-new-setting-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/607360\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube Shorts can be mostly turned off with new setting [Gallery]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/youtube_shorts_1.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"youtube shorts\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Back in October, YouTube announced a new timer that would let you limit how often you use Shorts and for how long and, now, that\u2019s being expanded to let you effectively turn off Shorts.<\/p>\n<p>YouTube\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2025\/10\/22\/youtubes-new-daily-timer-stops-you-from-wasting-all-your-time-watching-shorts\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October announcement <\/a>revealed a new timer that would let users be prompted after they surpassed a certain amount of time using Shorts. Originally, times ranged from 15 minutes up to 2 hours. <\/p>\n<p>Now, there\u2019s an option for zero minutes.<\/p>\n<p>YouTube confirmed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/streaming\/912898\/youtube-shorts-feed-limit-zero-minutes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Verge<\/a> that the option to set a YouTube Shorts timer of zero minutes is \u201clive for all parents, and is currently being rolled out to everyone.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\tAdvertisement &#8211; scroll for more content<\/p>\n<p>The feature effectively lets you turn off YouTube Shorts, as setting the timer to zero removes Shorts from the YouTube homepage. You\u2019ll still see them in the Subscriptions feed, though, and you can view individual Shorts if you want to. 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