No. YouTube has no adult setting that hides a channel's videos. Google's "Block channels" option covers only that person's live chat messages, comments and mentions, and "Don't recommend channel" only tunes your feed. The one block that removes a channel's videos is "Block channel for kids", and only a linked parent account can use it.
| Don't recommend channel | Block | Block channel for kids | |
|---|---|---|---|
| What it affects | Your recommendations | The person's "messages on live chat, in comments, or … mentions" | Content uploaded to that specific channel, for the child |
| Who can use it | Any viewer | Any viewer or creator | Linked parent account of a supervised kid account |
| How to undo | My Activity, delete "Not interested" feedback | myaccount.google.com/blocklist | Unblock in the same menu, or unblock all in Family Center |
Don't recommend channel
On a computer, find a video, Short or post from the channel on Home or Watch Next, click More beside the title, and choose Don't recommend channel. On a TV or console, press and hold select on the video, choose Not interested, then Tell us why, then Don't recommend channel.
Google describes this as feedback that "may be used to tune your recommendations," not a hard rule. To clear it, go to My Activity, open Other Google activity, select YouTube "Not interested" feedback, and delete it.
Block
In live chat, click the person's message or its menu, click Block, and confirm. The blocked channel stops seeing your chat messages, comments and mentions too. Blocking someone on YouTube also blocks that account in other Google products.
To undo it, go to myaccount.google.com/blocklist and click next to the person. If you run a channel, you'll still see a blocked person's comments on it in YouTube Studio. To keep their comments off your channel, hide them instead.
Block channel for kids
You need the parent account linked to the supervised account. On a computer:
- Open the channel page and go to its About tab.
- Click Report user, then Block channel for kids. The option only appears for the linked parent account.
- If a pop-up appears, click Continue, then Block next to the child. The button flips to Unblock.
- Click Done.
In the YouTube app: open the channel, tap More, then Block channel for kids, and follow the same pop-up and Block steps.
Limits: it "only blocks content uploaded to that specific channel" and doesn't block re-uploads on other channels or similar channels. If your child uses the same Google Account for YouTube and YouTube Kids, the block carries over to YouTube Kids.
To clear every blocked channel at once, open Family Center in YouTube settings, select your kid, and click Unblock videos under General settings.
Sources
- Google — Block channels on YouTube (checked Nov 8, 2026)
- Google — Manage your recommendations & search results (checked Nov 8, 2026)
- Google — Block channels for supervised kid accounts (checked Nov 8, 2026)