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How to block YouTube Shorts for kids
On a phone, YouTube now lets parents limit the Shorts feed for a supervised kid, down to zero minutes, from Family Center. On a computer there’s no such setting, so the block has to live in the browser: FeedCut hides Shorts everywhere on youtube.com, and a PIN stops anyone switching them back on.
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The Shorts shelf sits between ordinary videos. Turn on Hide Shorts and it’s gone from Home and search.
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On a phone or tablet: the Shorts feed limit
For a supervised account, YouTube’s parental controls page puts the setting in Family Center:
Open Family Center
In the YouTube app on your phone: You, then Settings, then Family Center, then your kid.
Open Time management
That’s where the Shorts feed limit and the break and bedtime reminders live.
Set the daily limit
Zero turns the feed off. When the limit is reached, the Shorts feed stops for the rest of the day and resets each morning.
There’s a softer version anyone can set in their own app, under Settings and Time management. The difference matters: a limit your kid sets for themselves is a reminder they can dismiss; one you set from Family Center isn’t.
On a computer: hide Shorts in the browser
YouTube describes the Shorts limit for the app, and the website has no equivalent. Kids who reach for the family laptop find the Shorts shelf right where it always was. To close that gap:
Install FeedCut in the browser your kid uses
Hide Shorts is on from the start: no shelf, no Shorts tab, no Shorts in search or Subscriptions.
Set a PIN
In FeedCut’s settings. Without it, nobody can turn the switch back off.
Allow it in private windows
Chrome and Edge turn extensions off there by default. Allow FeedCut on its details page so a private window isn’t a back door.
Why off works better than a timer
A timer is a negotiation that restarts every afternoon. Ten minutes becomes “just this one”, and the endless feed is designed to make stopping feel abrupt. With the feed off, there’s nothing to negotiate. Long videos, search and subscriptions stay, so YouTube is still useful for homework, music and the channels you’re happy with.
Links are the exception kids will find first. A friend sends a Short, the app opens it, and the swipe begins. On the computer, FeedCut opens /shorts/ links in the normal player instead, so one video stays one video.
Worth doing at the same time
- Block the channels you don’t want, not only the format. A prank channel posts long videos too. See blocking channels for kids.
- Turn off autoplay on a supervised account from Family Center, so one video doesn’t roll into the next.
- Check the other browsers on the computer. FeedCut works only where it’s installed.
Questions
Can my kid dismiss the Shorts limit?
Not if you set it. A limit set by a parent in Family Center stops the Shorts feed for the rest of the day. A limit your kid sets for themselves is only a reminder they can dismiss.
Does YouTube’s Shorts limit work on a computer?
YouTube documents it for the app. On a computer, use a browser extension: FeedCut hides Shorts on youtube.com, and a PIN keeps them hidden.
My kid is over 13. Can I still set a Shorts limit?
Yes, if your teen agrees to link their account to yours, which makes it a supervised teen account. Teen accounts also start with autoplay off and break reminders on.
Will a Shorts link from a friend still work?
With FeedCut it opens as a normal video in the regular player, so your kid can watch what a friend sent without landing in the endless feed.
Take YouTube back to what you came for
Block channels, words and Shorts everywhere on YouTube. Free, no account, nothing leaves your browser.