Taking a break: how to reset your recommendations
Feeling like your feed is stuck on one thing? You can clear it out and start fresh. Nothing here is permanent, and none of it will delete your account.
Why your feed gets stuck
A feed is built from what you have watched, clicked, paused on, and liked. Watch one video about insurance and the site treats that as a signal: you are interested in insurance. It then shows you more of it, and if you glance at those too, the signal gets stronger. Nothing has gone wrong — the feed is doing exactly what it was built to do.
That also means it can be steered. The signals are yours, and you can change them.
Four things you can do today
- Clear your watch history Most sites keep a list of everything you have watched, and let you empty it. Look in Settings for “History” or “Activity”. Emptying it takes away the old signals, so the feed starts from a clean slate.
- Use “Not interested” This sits behind the three dots next to a video or a post. It works — but only if you use it on the thing you actually do not want. One use is a small vote; a few over a week add up.
- Turn off ad personalisation In Settings, look for “Ads” or “Ad settings”. You will still see ads, but they stop being picked from your browsing. This is the setting that stops an ad following you from one website to another.
- Watch something different, on purpose This is the slowest step and the most effective one. Search for something you genuinely enjoy and watch a few of those. You are not just removing old votes — you are casting new ones.
What to expect
Give it a few days. Feeds do not change the moment you press a button, and they drift back toward whatever you look at most. If the old topic creeps back, that usually means something is still being watched or clicked — not that the steps failed.
And if it does creep back, you already know what to do about it. That is the part worth keeping.