Quick summary
You can block YouTube Shorts on iPhone by disabling Playback in feeds inside YouTube Settings and repeatedly marking Shorts as Not interested to train the recommendation algorithm.
Steps
- Open the YouTube app on your iPhone.
- Tap your profile picture, then select Settings in the top-right corner.
- Go to General in the Settings menu.
- Scroll down and select Playback in feeds.
- Set Playback in feeds to Off.
- Find a Shorts video, tap the three-dot menu, then select Not interested.
- Repeat this for other Shorts videos in your feed so YouTube reduces Shorts recommendations over time.
- Refresh the homepage and verify that fewer Shorts appear in your recommendations.
