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* [Managing harmful content
  How does YouTube manage harmful content?
* [Standing up to hate
  How does YouTube protect the community from hate and harassment?
* [Fighting misinformation
  How does YouTube combat misinformation?
* [Curbing extremist content
  How does YouTube prevent radicalization?
* [Supporting political integrity
  How does YouTube support civic engagement and election integrity?
* [Partnering with Researchers
  How does YouTube partner with researchers?
* [Preventing bias
  What does YouTube do to prevent bias?
* [Our Youth Principles
  How are Youth Principles core to Youtube’s product and policy work for children and teenagers?
* [Fostering youth safety
  How does YouTube help keep kids and teens protected on the platform?
* [Protecting user data
  How does YouTube maintain user privacy?
* [Safeguarding copyright
  How does YouTube protect copyrighted content?
* [Sharing revenue
  How does YouTube make money?
* [Promoting digital wellbeing
  How does YouTube support users’ digital wellbeing?
* [Responsible AI
  How does YouTube responsibly approach Generative AI?
Product features
* [YouTube Search
  How our search tool can help you find content you'll love
* [Recommended videos
  How we recommend content we think you'll want to watch
* [News and information
  How we provide context for your search results and videos
* [Health information
  How we provide context for health queries
* [Monetization for Creators
  How Creators earn money on YouTube
* [YouTube Live
  How you can reach your community in real time with Live and Premieres
User settings
* [Privacy controls
  How we protect your information and what you can do to control your privacy
* [Ad Settings
  How our advertising works and how to customize your ad experience
* [Parental controls
  How you can create a family friendly experience
* [Autoplay
  How Autoplay works and how to turn it off
Rules and policies
* [Policies overview
  How our rules and policies help keep our platform safe
* [Community Guidelines
  How we define what we do and don’t allow on YouTube
* [Copyright
  How we help Creators responsibly manage their content
* [Monetization policies
  How Creators can monetize their content as part of the YouTube Partner Program
* [Legal removals
  How we approach content that violates local law
Progress and impact
* [Progress on managing harmful content
  How we're enforcing our policies on harmful content by the numbers
* [Our impact
  How creative entrepreneurs are transforming their lives and communities
Resources
* [Brand resources
  Access brand resources such as our YouTube logo, color palettes, and permissions form
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# Ad Settings
YouTube aims to show you relevant and useful ads based on your activity, but you’re always in control. With Ad Settings, we make it easy for you to control what data we use to personalize ads to you. This includes information you’ve added to your Google Account, what we’ve guessed about your interests as a result of your activity, and interactions with other advertisers that partner with us to show ads.
For example, we may think you’re a soccer fan because you watched highlights from a recent match on YouTube, or looked up “soccer fields near me” on Google Search. And if you’ve spent time on a partner advertiser’s site, we may suggest ads based on that visit.
When ad personalization is on, you can choose any info – age and gender, an inferred interest, or a previous interaction with an advertiser –to learn more about why it’s being used, turn it off, or deactivate personalized ads altogether. You’ll still see ads, but they’ll most likely be less relevant.
**Ad Settings:** Learn more about and control what information is being used for ad personalization
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# Parental controls
Every family has a different approach to using technology, exploring online, and setting digital ground rules. That’s why we offer options and controls for parents and caregivers to help them decide which YouTube experience is best for their family.
## YouTube Kids
YouTube Kids is a dedicated app built from the ground up with kids in mind. It was launched in 2015 to give kids a safer and simpler place to explore their interests through online video. This separate app is a filtered version of YouTube and has a much smaller set of channels and videos available than the YouTube app and website. This is because we work to identify content that is age-appropriate, adheres to our quality principles, and is diverse enough to meet the varied interests of kids globally.
Millions of viewers use YouTube Kids every week, and we strive to offer ways for all types of parents to create an experience that works best for the individual needs of their child and family. Parents can choose from three age-based content levels (Preschool, Younger, Older) or decide to hand-pick only the videos, channels, and collections of content they want their child to watch.
**Parental controls:** Control and restrict what kids can watch on YouTube Kids
## Supervised experience on YouTube
In 2021, we launched a new choice for parents who have decided their tweens or teens are ready to explore YouTube with a supervised account. Parents link their child’s Google Account to their own before granting them access to YouTube, and then choose from content settings that generally align with content ratings for pre-teens and older.
The experience looks much like YouTube’s flagship app and website, but with adjustments to the content a child can find and watch, features they can use, default account settings, and ad protections. The experience also works with , offering additional parental controls to help guide children as they learn, play, and explore online.
**Supervised experience on YouTube:** Parents can choose from content settings that generally align with content ratings for pre-teens and older
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# Autoplay
The Autoplay feature on YouTube enables a “lean back” experience and keeps videos playing without you having to select a new video when the video you’re watching finishes.
You can choose to turn off the Autoplay feature at any time using the toggle option available on the watch page.
**Autoplay:** You can choose to turn off the Autoplay feature at any time.
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