Subj : YouTube is finally letting you hide one of its most annoying feat
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Thu Sep 25 2025 13:00:09

YouTube is finally letting you hide one of its most annoying features  and 
youre going to be thankful for this

Date:
Thu, 25 Sep 2025 11:57:03 +0000

Description:
After constant user complaints, YouTube is letting you get rid of end screen 
pop-ups although the solution is far from perfect.

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is giving users the option to disable video recommendation pop-ups following 
years of complaints Despite this highly-requested change, you'll have to 
enable it every time you watch a new video The platform is also removing the 
hover-to-subscribe button from channel watermarks 

One of YouTubes most complained-about features are the video recommendation 
pop-ups that appear at the end of every video, which users find obstructive 
during the final moments of a piece of content  but a fix is finally on the 
way. 

YouTube has announced that its introducing a new Hide button for users to rid 
their screens of the overlaying pop-ups. It'll be located in the top-right 
corner when an end screen appears, allowing you to finish the video youre 
watching without having recommendations and other links forced upon you. 
Youll also be able to bring them back by tapping the Show button. 

Though this change will solve a big issue for many users, theres a slight 
catch. When you tap the Hide button it will only remove pop-ups for the video 
youre currently watching, meaning youll have to enable it every time you 
watch a new video. It's apparently rolling out worldwide now and is already 
available to some watchers. 

YouTube has introduced this change following user complaints about the 
distracting nature of video recommendation pop-ups. However, the reason why 
its taken YouTube this long to listen could be down to the companys concern 
about affecting creators performance numbers. 

Prior to rolling out the Hide function, YouTube conducted its own experiment 
which showed that giving users the option to hide pop-ups had little effect 
on engagement, finding a less than 1.5% decrease in views from end screen 
clicks  as per YouTubes community announcement . 

Alongside getting rid of end screen video recommendations and links, YouTube 
is also making another minor tweak to its desktop version. YouTube gets rid 
of its hover-to-subscribe button 

A feature that never saw much use is the Subscribe button that appears when 
you hover over a channels watermark in the bottom-right corner of a video, 
and YouTube is removing this function from its desktop version. 

YouTube has made this decision after finding that less than 0.05% of all 
channel subscriptions come from the hover-to-subscribe function, and it also 
made its desktop interface more cluttered. 

The company has reassured creators that theyll still have the option to add 
end screen pop-ups, watermarks, and other branding to their content if they 
want to. The main aim of these changes is simply to ensure that users arent 
forced to see things they dont particularly want to engage with, which makes 
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/computing/software/youtube-is-finally-letting-you-hi
de-one-of-its-most-annoying-features-and-youre-going-to-be-thankful-for-this


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