{"id":239,"date":"2021-12-15T15:43:13","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T12:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/files2.tojikon.net\/files-cloud\/2018\/07\/10\/how-to-use-youtube-incognito-mode-on-android\/https:\/\/files2.tojikon.net\/files-cloud\/2018\/07\/10\/how-to-use-youtube-incognito-mode-on-android\/"},"modified":"2021-12-15T15:43:13","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T12:43:13","slug":"how-to-use-youtube-incognito-mode-on-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tojikon.net\/en\/239-how-to-use-youtube-incognito-mode-on-android\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Use YouTube Incognito Mode On Android"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Incognito mode is something you find in browsers. It\u2019s used when you want to keep your browsing private. It helps when you don\u2019t want your search results to be impacted by whatever it is you\u2019re searching for. All browsers, even mobile ones, have an incognito mode but on mobile, most apps that you use have an in-app browsers and you don\u2019t normally have the option to switch over to incognito mode inside these in-app browsers. YouTube doesn\u2019t come with an in-appbrowser but it now has an Incognito mode of its own. The YouTube incognito mode lets you use the app as though you were signed out of it.<\/p>\n

YouTube incognito mode is, at present, an Android only feature. You need to update the app in order to use the feature.<\/p>\n

Open YouTube and tap your profile thumbnail at the top right. This will take you to the Account screen. Here, you will see a \u2018Turn on Incognito\u2019 option. Tap it.<\/p>\n

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You will see an on-screen alert tell you that you\u2019ve gone incognito. You can now browse YouTube and the videos you watch and the channels you browse will not have an impact on your watch history. Your subscription tab, your library, and your inbox tab will all be empty.<\/p>\n

Going incognito will reset your regional settings too and the Trending tab will show you whatever is trending in your part of the world. You can change this setting as it isn\u2019t strictly tied to a user account.<\/p>\n

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If you exit the app, and open it again, it will automatically exit incognito mode. If you want to manually exit YouTube incognito mode, click the incognito thumbnail at the top right, and from the menu that opens, select the \u2018Turn off incognito\u2019 option.<\/p>\n

The point of incognito mode is to be able to watch videos without them having an impact on the suggested content you see on YouTube. Signing out of YouTube doesn\u2019t give you access to age or region restricted videos so there\u2019s little benefit to be had there. It\u2019s easier to use than signing out and then signing back in again.<\/p>\n

YouTube\u2019s content suggestion isn\u2019t the best. The second you watch a video that is unrelated to the content you normally watch your timeline will be littered with similar suggestions as though you\u2019ve seen hours worth of that type of content. This isn\u2019t particular to a special type of content category; if you watch a few kids\u2019 videos on YouTube, your timeline will soon be a mess of cartoons, puppets, and dancing triangles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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