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Recommended videos keep users engaged on YouTube, but starting today, YouTube will stop showing recommended videos in some places, such as the homepage, if your watch history is turned off entirely.

Why Does YouTube Save Watch History? YouTube is essentially a content discovery platform. Therefore, it depends on algorithms to curate and recommend content to its customers (i.e., viewers). YouTube ...

YouTube now requires signed-in users to turn on their watch history if they want recommendations. The change has already started rolling out and will reach all users in the next few months. Your ...

Google promises that if you turn off your watch history, your YouTube page will become simpler and cleaner. Google promises that if you turn off your watch history, your YouTube page will become ...