You can now schedule YouTube to turn off automatically: All steps explained
If you are one of those people who usually take their mobile phones to bed to sleep, then you must have asked yourself one day: Is it possible to make YouTube stop working by itself when I watch a video on my phone? Until recently, the answer to this question was complicated, as it was necessary to use applications like NewPipe to make it possible.
Fortunately, Google has listened to user complaints and has activated a tool that allows you to program the automatic closing of the YouTube application on both mobile devices and computers.
This time we will show you step by step how to use this new function, which will allow you to program a timer so that any video on YouTube will automatically stop playing after a certain period of time.
Before we show you the tutorial, it is important that you update the YouTube app to the latest version on your mobile phone. Since this is a new feature, it is only available on phones that have the updated YouTube app.
-The first thing you have to do is open YouTube from your phone (via the app).
- You will need to play any video.
- So, you will have to click on the little gear wheel located in the top right corner of the screen.
- A small menu will appear at the bottom of the screen, where you will have to click on “Additional settings”.
- Then you should access the section called “Shutdown Timer”.
- You will have to choose the time when you want to turn off YouTube.
- Within seconds, YouTube will tell you that the video will stop playing at the time you chose.
It is worth noting that just like the new YouTube design that has arrived on both mobile phones and computers, the auto-pause function is also available on iOS and PC (via Google Chrome).
Last but not least, it is necessary to clarify that this function is being gradually rolled out worldwide. If you cannot use it yet, you will have to wait until Google launches it in the region where you are.