How to Turn off Restricted Mode on YouTube

Open YouTube. Tap the YouTube app icon, a white triangle on a red background. Your YouTube home page will open if you’re signed in.

• If you’re not signed in, tap the humanoid profile icon in the upper-right corner of the screen, tap Sign In , and enter your email address and password (or choose an account if prompted).

Tap the profile icon in the upper right corner of the screen. A drop-down menu will appear.

Click Settings . This option is in the drop-down menu. The Settings page will open.

Tap the blue “Restricted Mode” switch

. This button will turn gray

, indicating that Restricted Mode is off.

• On Android, you need to tap General first to see this option.

Close and reopen the YouTube app. Previously restricted content will take a few minutes to reappear on the YouTube app, but you can shorten the process by closing the YouTube app and reopening it.

You need to understand how a proxy server works. A proxy website routes your search through a different server than the one the current network is using, which will remove any network restrictions. Proxy sites are often viewed by network blocks as poorly secured and unreliable, so many proxy sites may not be available if the Internet you use is monitored.

• Proxy websites also run significantly slower than regular websites, which will give you an uncomfortable YouTube experience when using a proxy server.

Select a proxy site. There are many free proxy sites that you can use to bypass internet restrictions. One or more of your selections may be blocked due to network restrictions, so try the following pages one by one until you find one that works:

• HideMe – https://hide.me/en/proxy
• ProxySite – https://www.proxysite.com/
• Whoer – https://whoer.net/webproxy
• ProxFree – https://www.proxfree.com/youtube-proxy.php
• If none of the above proxy sites are available, you can try searching by typing “free online proxy 2018” (or something like that) into Google and trying out the proxy websites in the list of results. Be sure to research the proxy server of your choice before entering any personal information.

Find the URL search bar. This field is usually located in the middle of the proxy page. You will be able to go to another website from the URL search bar on this proxy site.

Enter YouTube’s address. Type www.youtube.com into the search bar the URL of the proxy site.

Edit the search property if necessary. Many proxy sites have additional search options (such as server location), which you can change accordingly before searching.

• For example, if there is an option to change the server location to your country, choose before searching. However, certain videos may not be available in your country (this has nothing to do with Restricted Mode).