How to Play a Loop Video on YouTube

This is an article that shows you how to watch YouTube videos in repeat mode. You can do this by going to YouTube on your computer. If you want to repeat a video on your iPhone, create a new playlist with just that video. Android users can access YouTube desktop version using Chrome browser to use repeat selection.

Table of Contents

On the computer

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Open YouTube. Visit https://www.youtube.com from your browser to open the YouTube home page.

You don’t need to sign in unless you want to view content intended for users 18 years of age or older.
If you need to sign in, click SIGN IN in the top-right corner of the page, then enter your email address and password.

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Search videos. Type the name of the video or search keyword in the search bar at the top of the YouTube home page, then press ↵ Enter .

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Select video. On the search results page, you’ll click on the video to repeat.

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Right click in the video’s window. This is the operation to open the selection list. Remember to click on the video instead of the ad.

If your computer mouse doesn’t have a right-click button, such as a Mac’s Magic Mouse, you’ll either click the right edge of the mouse or click with two fingers.
If your computer uses a trackpad instead of a mouse, you’ll need to click the trackpad with two fingers or click the bottom right edge of the trackpad to perform a right-click operation.

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Click Loop in the menu that appears. You’ll see a checkmark appear next to the Loop selection before the menu disappears; From now on, the selected video will repeat automatically until you turn off the video or turn off the loop mode.

On iPhone

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Understand how this method works. Neither the iPhone app nor the YouTube page support video playback. Also, there is no reliable free app to help you play video in loop mode. However, you can repeat the video by creating a new playlist containing only that video.

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Open YouTube. Tap the YouTube app with a white triangle on a red background.

If you’re not signed in, you’ll tap the profile icon in the upper-right corner of the screen, select SIGN IN, and then enter your email address and password.

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Search videos. Tap the magnifying glass search icon

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, enter the name of the video or search keyword, and tap Search on the iPhone’s keyboard. This will give you a list of matching YouTube videos.

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Select video. Tap to open the video that you want to repeat.

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Tap Add to below the video’s window. You will see a menu appear on the screen.

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Tap Create new playlist at the top of the menu to open a new page.

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Name the playlist. You’ll enter a name for the playlist in the text input field at the top of the screen.

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Tap ✓ in the upper-right corner of the screen to save the playlist.

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Tap the “Minimize” icon

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. The downward arrow displayed in the upper left corner of the video’s window will allow you to minimize the video.

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Tap Library . It’s the folder icon at the bottom of the screen. You will see a menu after tapping this option.

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Scroll down and select your playlist. Tap the playlist’s name in the “Playlists” section near the bottom of the menu. This is to open the playlist.

If you don’t see your playlist here, tap the Playlists (Recently added) heading and then select AZ from the pop-up menu.

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Touch the Play button. It’s a red round button with a white triangle inside. This will play the only video in your playlist.

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Open the playlist’s selection menu. Tap the downward triangle icon

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displays to the right of the playlist’s name in a gray bar directly below the video’s window.

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Tap the “Loop” icon. This is the triangle icon created by two arrows and displayed in the upper left corner of the selection. The icon will turn white when touched.

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Close the menu. Tap the upward triangle icon to close the menu. From now on, your video will automatically play on repeat.

On Android

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Open Chrome

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. You’ll tap the Google Chrome app with a red, yellow, green, and blue spherical icon.

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Go to YouTube. Tap Chrome’s address bar at the top of the screen, then type youtube.com and press Enter or Go on your keyboard.

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Tap ⋮ in the upper-right corner of the YouTube page. This will open a menu.

Do not confuse this icon with the same icon in the upper right corner of the Chrome browser.

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Tap Desktop (Desktop version) below the menu. This is the operation to open the computer version of YouTube page.

If asked to choose a browser, you’ll tap Chrome, then choose Desktop again.
Maybe Chrome will suggest you watch YouTube with the app instead of the browser. In this case, don’t follow the suggestion, you should turn it off.

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Find videos. Tap the search bar near the top of the YouTube page, type a search keyword or the name of the video, and press Android’s Enter or Go key.

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Select video. Tap the video you want to watch in the list of search results.

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Touch and hold the video’s window. This will open a selection list.

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Tap Loop in the menu. Now the selected video will automatically repeat until you turn off the video or turn off the repeat mode.

How to Play a Loop Video on YouTube

Steps

On the computer

On iPhone

On Android

Advice

Warning

Steps

On the computer

On iPhone

On Android

Advice

Warning

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