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NoSuggest is a web app that lets users watch YouTube channels without algorithmic recommendations, autoplay, or notifications, and includes a parental PIN feature for kids.

NoSuggest is a quiet act of resistance against YouTube algorithms always trying to pull you into a loop of unlimited videos in turn into unlimited screen time. With unending side cards of videos, auto-play, what&#x27;s next suggestions, YouTube shorts and notifications, users will be doom scrolling for many hours in a day.<p>I faced the same problem. Acknowledging that, not all content in YouTube is bad. There are educational videos, genuine news contents without political bias which is very hard to find outside YouTube and many other good relaxing, entertainment stuff.<p>NoSuggest lets you only follow the YouTube channels you like and removes all types of recommendation YouTube has. So you don&#x27;t waste time on watching things which you never wanted to watch anyways.<p>UI is very simple. You add your favourite channels in &quot;Channels&quot; tab and latest 5 videos per channel excluding shorts would appear in &quot;Feed&quot; tab. &quot;Search&quot; tab is to search for specific videos to watch and &quot;Saved&quot; tab is to bookmark any video you want to watch later. Intention of NoSuggest is to provide whatever is necessary to extract whats good from YouTube all inside NoSuggest and leave out bad parts.<p>NoSuggest works in any devices. Install it as an app (PWA) in android and iPhone, or simply open in browser in laptops. No sign-in, no account creation or no card details. NoSuggest won&#x27;t even ask your name. Total privacy for the users.<p>Parents can add the channels and save some educational videos and lock it with the pin for kids mode. Kids won&#x27;t be able access unwanted additive contents inside NoSuggest.<p>Completely free, no string attached. Source available in Github through NoSuggest website.<p>I would love genuine feedback. Thank you very much for your attention on this matter.
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# NoSuggest Source: [https://www.nosuggest.com/](https://www.nosuggest.com/) ### Enter Parental PIN Enter your 4\-digit PIN to continue Your YouTube channels\. Your schedule\. No suggestions, no autoplay, no notifications\. **YouTube channels you add here stay on this device\.** Your phone, laptop and your kids iPad can each have their own list, you choose what each one is for\. Come when you feel like it\. Watch what you chose\. Close it and move on\. No notifications · No autoplay · No recommendations Free to use · No credit card ever needed FeedLatest 5 videos/channel ## My Channels No channels added yet\. Tap \+ to add your first channel\. ## Add Channel Search by channel name Type a name or handle\. Results appear automatically after you stop typing can't find it? paste the link instead Paste a YouTube channel URL directly, search sometimes misses niche or newly renamed channels\. Examples:`youtube\.com/@creator`or`youtube\.com/channel/UCxxxxxxx` ## Settings Family Kids Mode Hides Search and Channels tabs\. Requires PIN to disable\. Off ## Search 🔖 ### Nothing saved yet Tap the bookmark icon on any video to save it for later\. Tap here to install NoSuggest [NoSuggest will always be free\!\!**Tap here**if you like to support it\.](https://ko-fi.com/nosuggest)Install NoSuggest Add to your Home Screen for the full app experience — no App Store needed\. 1 Tap the Share button At the bottom of your Safari browser 2 Scroll down in the menu Look for "Add to Home Screen" 3 Tap "Add to Home Screen" Then tap Add — you're done\! This video can't be played here — the channel has disabled external playback\. [Watch on YouTube](https://www.nosuggest.com/#)

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