If you are alone your kids to watch YouTube, you should be very strict as this website does not have any age restriction. If your kid has internet access, he or she can easily open YouTube and watch any video without your permission. Therefore if you want to block some YouTube channel for your kids, you can check out this tutorial. Here are some guides so that you can prevent some YouTube channel for your kids and allow him or her to watch the rest of the channels without any problem. You can do this on Android, iOS, Windows, and any other operating system.

How To Block YouTube Channels

Method #1: Without Any Software

There is an in-built method to block any YouTube channel. No matter whether you are using a Windows computer or Android mobile, you can perform these steps to prevent a YouTube channel from appearing on your screen. The only problem with this method is that you need to sign in to your Gmail account as this tutorial is account-based. In other words, if you log out from your account, all the barriers will be gone.

If you want to do it from a computer, here is what you need to do. At first, sign in to your Gmail account and open the official website of YouTube. After that, you need to open up the YouTube channel that you want to block. Every YouTube channel comes with ab ABOUT section. You need to switch from the current tab to the ABOUT tab.

Here you can find a flag icon on your screen. Click on this icon and select the “Block user” option.

Following that, you need to confirm the change.

If you are using the YouTube mobile app, you need to go through these steps. At first, open up the YouTube app and make sure that you are logged into your Gmail account. Following that, you have to open the YouTube channel that you want to block. Then, tap the three-dotted button visible on the top-right corner of your screen, and select “Block user” option.

After confirming, the YouTube channel will be blocked.

Sometimes you do not want to sign in to your Gmail account and give the computer to your kid. If so, you can try out the following method to block the channel.

Method #2: Video Blocker – Google Chrome Extension

Video Blocker is a Google Chrome extension that will let you block any YouTube channel within moments. You do not need to navigate to a huge list of steps to get the job done. Also, this is very easy to utilize all the options in the Google Chrome browser. At first, you need to install this extension in the Google Chrome browser. After that, you can open up any YouTube channel > right-click on your screen and select “Block videos from this channel” option.

As usual, you won’t find any video from that channel. The best thing about this extension is that you can set a password so that other people cannot remove any channel from the list. Another very handy function of this extension is that you can block videos by keyword.

For your information, you need to use some tricks to prevent users from opening the “Extensions” page in Google Chrome. Otherwise, your kid can uninstall the extension and keep checking out all the channels. Download

Method #3: Use BlockTube – Firefox Add-on

Like Video Blocker, you can install BlockTube in the Firefox browser to block specific YouTube channels. Not only the whole channel, but also you can block any particular video with the help of this add-on. More specifically, you can create filters by video title, channel name, video ID, channel ID, comment content, etc. You can enter your keywords if you choose the channel name, video title, and comment on content options. On the other hand, you need to enter the video ID and channel ID manually if you choose those options. Like the Video Blocker extension for Chrome, you can set a password so that other people cannot change anything without any permission. Another useful feature is that you can export all the options so that you can apply the same settings on multiple computers. Download

Method #4: Channel Blocker – Firefox Add-on

It is another Firefox add-on that helps you block any YouTube channel effortlessly. There is a wide range of options so that you can block anything on the YouTube website. There are mainly two different ways to create a filter. First, you can use the keyword. Second, you can mention the specific video and channel ID. If you choose the first option, you can block video by keyword, comment, etc. On the other hand, if you want to block five or ten channels, you can use the second option. Download

There are other methods to block YouTube channels. However, these are some known and working methods, extensions, add-ons, etc. to block any YouTube channel and video. This is recommended to use the extension based method so that you can block anything and get more flexibility.