Quick summary
When YouTube watch history is turned off, your recommendations and activity stop being tracked. This demo shows you how to restore watch history in a few steps through your Google account settings.
Steps
- Sign in to youtube.com and click your profile picture in the top right corner.
- Select Your data in YouTube from the dropdown menu.
- Under the YouTube Watch History section, click Off to open the history controls.
- Click Turn on for all subsettings to restore watch history tracking, then confirm the prompt.
- Return to youtube.com and play any video.
- Go to History and confirm your watch activity is now being recorded.
