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How to block certain YouTube videos without blocking the channel

Blocking a whole channel is often too much. A channel full of good songs and lessons might have one Halloween special, one video that scares your child, or one that is simply too loud for bedtime.

COONI lets you hide single videos inside a channel you allow. Only that video disappears from Child Mode; the channel and all its other videos stay available.

Step by step

  1. Allow the channel

    In Parent Mode → Channels, find the channel and tap Allow. It appears under "Allowed channels".

  2. Open "Manage videos"

    Under "Allowed channels", tap the videos button on that channel to see its videos. Tap Preview on any video to check it before deciding.

  3. Tap Hide on the video

    The video is marked "Hidden by you" and is no longer shown in Child Mode. Every other video from the channel stays.

  4. Undo it any time

    Tap Show to bring the video back, or Reset to let COONI’s normal rules decide again. Your single-video choices are also listed in Parent Mode → Content under "Your video decisions".

COONI "Manage videos" list for an allowed channel: two videos shown and one marked "Hidden by you", with Preview, Show, Hide and Reset buttons.
Manage videos: hide one video and keep the channel. Video pictures belong to their owners and appear only as an example.

Questions

Is hiding a single video free?

Yes. Allowing channels and hiding or showing single videos are part of the free plan.

Do allowed channels show every video automatically?

No. Videos from an allowed channel still go through your content rules and categories, so a video that matches a blocked topic stays hidden even inside an allowed channel. You can always show it by hand.

Can I hide videos from channels I have not allowed?

With "Only channels I allow", videos from other channels never appear anyway. With "Any channel except blocked", COONI Plus adds Check videos, where you can search YouTube, see what COONI would show and hide or allow single videos.

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Parents choose what stays. COONI filters the rest.

COONI filters using the information YouTube provides (titles, descriptions, tags, length and the Made for Kids label). No filter is perfect, so parents always have the final say. COONI is not affiliated with or endorsed by YouTube.