If you have a Smart TV or have an HDMI dongle or TV-Box, you probably have the possibility to enjoy YouTube on your TV. In this way, you can play any video on the platformor even send content from it from a mobile device.
However, it is possible that you have encountered the problem that the application recommends videos that are not particularly to your liking. Since everyone in your household has access to the TV and the YouTube app, it’s likely that a family member has trained the algorithm more than necessary. Worry not, as in this article we show you how to fix this problem and hard reset the app.
How to completely reset the YouTube app on Smart TV
Resetting the YouTube app on TVs is very simple. All you have to do is go to the settings menu in the sidebar and swipe until we see the option to ‘Reset app’.
What happens when we reset the app? well basically we remove all app settingsas well as all connected devices, playback history, accounts and more.
Before you reset the app, YouTube shows you a warning message with everything it will remove. Once we have decided, all we have to do is press the ‘Reset application’ button.
Once you have deleted everything, you can reconfigure the mobile devices and profiles through the phone itself, either from the app, the YouTube website, or through the QR code that appears on the TV screen.
If you don’t want to lose any settings, instead of resetting the app, We recommend signing in with multiple accounts in the YouTube app on the TV, and that each family member uses the app through their account. In this way, all the suggestions and recommended videos will be personalized for each profile.