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Understand YouTube Age Restrictions on Mobile

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Answer

You cannot remove a video’s age restriction from the YouTube app as a viewer. Verify the signed-in account’s age and region, then ask the uploader to review the video setting when you own the content.

Guide steps4 steps
  1. Confirm what is restricted
  2. Use the correct account
  3. Use an owner-controlled route
  4. Verify the result
  5. If it still does not work

Confirm what is restricted

Check whether YouTube is restricting a specific video, the account's age, or a supervised-account setting.

Use the correct account

Make sure the signed-in account has the correct date of birth and meets YouTube's age requirement for the video.

Use an owner-controlled route

If you uploaded the video, review its audience and restriction settings in YouTube Studio; otherwise, do not try to bypass the restriction.

Open YouTube Help

Verify the result

Open the video while signed into the intended account and verify whether YouTube identifies age, supervision, region, Restricted Mode, or uploader policy as the boundary.

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If it does not work

  • If you own the upload, use YouTube Studio's supported review route. Viewers should correct genuine account information or supervision settings, not bypass the restriction with downloaders or alternate identities.
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