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The YouTube Shorts feed limit, explained
The Shorts feed limit is a daily timer in the YouTube app, under You → Settings → Time management. You can set anything from zero to two hours. When time runs out you get a reminder, and on your own account you can dismiss it. Set to zero, it removes the Shorts shelf from Home. Set by a parent for a supervised child, it actually stops the Shorts feed until the next morning.
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Two versions, very different strength. Your own limit is a reminder you can wave away. A parent’s limit on a supervised account is a stop. At zero, your own limit takes the Shorts shelf off Home, but it doesn’t remove Shorts from all of YouTube.
How to set it
From YouTube’s help page:
In the YouTube app, tap You, then Settings
Same path on iPhone, iPad and Android.
Tap Time management, then Shorts feed limit
A list of daily limits appears.
Choose a limit
From zero up to two hours a day.
What zero does
The limit first appeared in 2025 with a narrower range. In April 2026 YouTube added zero, and Tubefilter described the result: the Shorts shelf no longer shows on Home, and you get the “time’s up” prompt when you open your first Short in a session, unless you override it.
That last part is the catch. The prompt is a pause, not a lock. YouTube’s help says you’ll be offered the option “to dismiss or ignore your set limit.”
The parent’s version is different
For a supervised child, you set the limit in Family Center: YouTube settings → Family Center → your child → Time management. YouTube’s parental controls page says that when your child reaches it, a message appears and it will “prevent them from scrolling the Shorts feed for the remainder of the day.” It resets every morning. That’s the only version of the limit that works as a real limit.
Side by side
| Your own limit | Set by a parent | |
|---|---|---|
| Where | You → Settings → Time management | Family Center → your child → Time management |
| When time runs out | A reminder you can dismiss | The Shorts feed stops for the day |
| Resets | Daily | Every morning |
| Who can change it | You | The parent |
What it doesn’t touch
- Shorts outside the feed. Reports on the change say Shorts can still appear in Subscriptions and search.
- The computer. YouTube documents the limit for the app only. In a browser, the website offers “Show fewer Shorts”, which is feedback for recommendations rather than a setting.
- The TV. YouTube’s help doesn’t say whether the TV app enforces it.
- Everything else in YouTube. Long videos, autoplay and the Home feed aren’t affected. For overall time, the app has separate “Take a break” and bedtime reminders.
A timer or an off switch?
A timer asks you to stop at the exact moment the feed is best at keeping you. That’s why zero works better than fifteen minutes: there’s no countdown to negotiate with, only a reminder at the door. On a computer you can go one step further and remove Shorts altogether. FeedCut takes them out of Home, search, Subscriptions and channel pages, and opens /shorts/ links in the normal player.
Questions
How long can a YouTube Short be?
If you were looking for the length limit rather than the time limit: since October 2024, YouTube lets creators upload Shorts of up to three minutes.
Does the Shorts feed limit work on a computer?
YouTube documents it only for the app. On a computer, the website offers “Show fewer Shorts”; for a real off switch you need an extension like FeedCut.
Does the limit reset every day?
Yes, it’s a daily limit. For a supervised child, YouTube says it resets every morning.
Can my teen turn off a limit I set?
If you set it for a supervised account in Family Center, it isn’t theirs to change, and the feed stops when it runs out. If your teen manages their own account, the limit is theirs, and so is the dismiss button.
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