YouTube announced on Wednesday that it will allow users to hide the pop-up recommendations that appear at the end of videos. Users can tap a new “Hide” button in the top-right corner of the video player to hide the pop-ups from the current video.
- YouTube will allow hiding end screen pop-ups.
- New “Hide” button appears in video player.
- Changes launched in response to user feedback.
- YouTube removes hover-to-subscribe button functionality.
- Less than 1.5% decrease in views from end screens.
- Event in San Francisco on October 27-29, 2025.
Selecting the Hide button will only affect the current video, not all videos on the platform. Users can tap the Show button to bring back the end screen.
This decision is a response to user feedback, as many wanted to minimize distractions and focus on the content. YouTube also announced it will remove the Subscribe button that appears when hovering over a video’s branded watermark.
YouTube expects these changes to have a minimal impact on creators’ performance and view count. An experiment showed that giving users the option to hide end screens resulted in a less than 1.5% decrease in views from end screens.
Originally reported by techcrunch.com as “YouTube now lets you hide recommendation pop-ups at the end of videos” on 2025-09-24 23:09:00.
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