Learn how to disable and get rid of YouTube annotations and in-video notifications. You can configure the settings to not show annotations and in-video notifications on all videos or only selected videos by following the below steps.
When you’re watching YouTube videos, do you notice there are lots of highlighted areas, messages, and pop-up notifications on the video? These are called annotations and in-video notifications, they were meant for the uploader to promote their content, channel, or almost anything they want.
Luckily, there is an option to disable and get rid of those annoying annotations and in-video notifications and also you can choose whether to disable them on all videos or only on selected videos.
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How to disable YouTube annotations and in-video notifications
You can choose to disable the annotations and notifications on all videos or only on selected videos.
Disable annotations and notifications on all videos
- Log-in to your YouTube account.
- Go to your profile by clicking your profile image and click on the setting gear icon.
- Once on your profile page, go to Playback & performance settings page from the left-hand side menu or you can simply click this link.
- Under Annotations and in-video notifications checkbox, leave it unchecked and click Save button.
Disable annotations and notifications only on selected videos
If you prefer this option, you have to leave the above setting as checked to enable the annotations and in-video notifications.
- When watching a video, and you see that the pop-up notifications are too much, you can disable the options only on that video.
- Click on the setting gear icon on the video and toggle the annotations setting to disable it.
How to disable YouTube in-video info cards on all videos
- Log in to your YouTube account
- Go to your profile by clicking your profile image and click on setting gear icon.
- Once on your profile page, go to Playback & performance settings page from the left-hand side menu or you can simply click this link.
- Under Info cards checkbox, leave it unchecked and click Save button.
That’s it, done. Personally, I’d leave the annotations and in-video notifications setting to enabled as I like to see what are the messages and related contents the video uploader wanted to promote. What do you think?