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How to Turn Off and Clear YouTube Notifications

YouTube is not considered a social media platform, but it is a video sharing platform that allows users to comment and create dialogues among the content that is posted. If you are looking to turn off and clear the notifications that come from YouTube, how can this be done?

To turn off and clear YouTube notifications, disable notifications by going through your ‘Settings’ within YouTube from a web browser, go through ‘Your Preferences’ within YouTube and tailor what comments you want to allow on your channel, and disable ‘Desk Notifications.’

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Having YouTube notifications enabled is a great way for users to monitor the interaction that their personal profile and content incurs, but it is also a way to keep connected with new and trending content that is posted across the platform. However, if you start to feel that these notifications are a discretion or that they are coming too frequently, continue reading below to see what can be done to turn off and clear those notifications from YouTube.

How to Turn Off and Clear YouTube Notifications

There are a variety of different reasons that YouTube will notify you, which include post notifications from profiles you follow, comment notifications from your own posts or other posts you have flagged, email notifications that are linked through your email account, or live notifications from accounts that are posting a live feed. If you want to turn off and clear these YouTube notifications, what can be done to effectively tackle this challenge?

To turn off and clear YouTube notifications, disable notifications by going through your ‘Settings’ within YouTube from a web browser, go through ‘Your Preferences’ within YouTube and tailor what comments you want to allow on your channel, and disable ‘Desk Notifications.’

Why is YouTube Sending Me Notifications?

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In this day and age, if you are joining or creating a profile for just about any platform, you are going to be sent notifications until you choose to decline the notifications that are being pushed. For some, this can be helpful to keep up to date with what is happening among the platforms they are using, but for others, you might be wondering why you are being sent so many different updates. For those confused as to why YouTube is sending so many notifications, read on.

YouTube sends notifications for a number of different reasons that include notifications from profiles that you follow, email notifications from linked email accounts, comment notifications from posts that you follow or from your own private or public posts, and live notifications.

How to Turn Off and Clear YouTube Post Notifications

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There are a variety of different reasons as to why YouTube would send you notifications and among these reasons is for post notifications. Post notifications let you know when new content is posted from those channels or accounts that you have either favorited or followed, which allows you to have a first look at the content without having to scramble to find new updates.

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To turn off and clear YouTube post notifications, sign in to YouTube from your browser and go to ‘Settings.’ From here you will go to ‘Desktop Notifications’ and then click on the option to turn the notifications ‘Off, which should disable the post notifications.

How to Turn Off and Clear YouTube Comment Notifications

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When you post content on YouTube from your account, other users and viewers will have the option to comment on that content beneath the posted video. This is a great way to help build a connection between those who are subscribing, but if you find that the comment section is becoming a distraction or is creating tension between various users consistently, it might be time to turn off this feature for a break in your own interaction.

To turn off and clear YouTube comment notifications, sign in to your YouTube account, and on the left hand side of the home screen click ‘Notifications.’ when you see this, go to ‘Your Preferences’ and you can select what interaction you will be notified about on your channel.

How to Turn Off and Clear YouTube Email Notifications

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There are a number of different ways that YouTube can notify you for various different reasons, but one of the most formal ways is through an email notification that is sent directly to the email account you have connected with your YouTube account. If you come to a point where these notifications are filling your inbox at a rate that is more rapid than you would like, or simply don’t want those notifications sent to your email, how can they be stopped?

To turn off and clear YouTube email notifications, on a web browser sign in to YouTube and click on ‘Settings.’ From here you will go to ‘Notifications’ and then will select ‘Email Notifications’ which can be turned off indefinitely until you choose to turn that notification option back on.

How to Turn Off and Clear YouTube Live Notifications

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YouTube Live is a feature that allows those with channels to post on their channel in real time so that users can join them, essentially like an internet meet up. If you have subscribed to a channel, you will then be notified when that channel goes live, especially if that channel has been tagged as one of your favorites. To turn off and clear YouTube live notifications when you no longer want them, read on to see how this can be done effectively.

To turn off and clear YouTube live notifications, sign in to YouTube from your browser and go to ‘Settings.’ You will then go to ‘Desktop Notifications’ and click on the option to turn the notifications ‘Off,’ which should disable the post notifications.

To turn off and clear YouTube notifications, go through the ‘Settings’ of YouTube and disable various notifications from here, disable ‘Desk Notifications,’ and go through ‘Your Comments’ within settings to tailor comment notifications for your YouTube channel or account.

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