title: "YouTube’s new zero-minute setting can basically remove Shorts from your mobile" feed excerpt: "Prefer full videos over endless vertical clips? YouTube now has a zero-minute" Shorts limit that can hide Shorts from the mobile app. category: esports date: '2026-04-16T10:00:58+08:00' author: Aimirul tags:
- YouTube
- Shorts
- mobile app
- parental controls
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YouTube is finally giving users a much more aggressive way to avoid Shorts, and honestly, a lot of people are probably going to love this.
The platform now has a zero-minute Shorts limit option that can effectively strip Shorts out of the YouTube mobile app. If you are the type who opens YouTube for long-form videos, esports VODs, guides, podcasts, or livestream clips, this is a pretty big quality-of-life change.
Shorts have been around for years, but not everyone likes the endless vertical-scroll format. Some users just want normal YouTube, not another app experience that keeps pushing quick swipe content every time they open their phone.
This setting was first tied to new parental controls announced in October 2025. Back then, the lowest limit available for Shorts viewing was 15 minutes per day. That already gave families a way to cut down on doomscrolling, but it did not fully remove the format.
Now, according to reporting first highlighted by The Verge, YouTube has added a 0-minute option. That means Shorts can be shut off before any watching happens at all.
YouTube spokesperson Makenzie Spiller said the option is already live for all parental accounts and is currently being rolled out for everyone.
What actually changes?
This is not just a reminder popup. When the limit is hit, YouTube stops showing Shorts for the rest of the day. With the new zero-minute setting, that basically means Shorts are gone from the start.
On mobile, the change can:
- hide the Shorts tab
- stop Shorts from being pushed in your recommended feed
- reduce your overall exposure to vertical short-form content
So yes, if you have been annoyed by Shorts constantly showing up, this is the closest thing yet to a proper “please leave me alone” button.
There is one important catch though: this is being described around the mobile app experience, so users should not assume it works identically everywhere else.
Why this matters for Malaysia and SEA
For Malaysian and wider SEA audiences, YouTube is still a massive platform for gaming guides, tournament highlights, anime explainers, tech reviews, and full match replays. A lot of fans are not opening the app to get trapped in a vertical clip spiral, they are there to watch MPL recaps, VCT analysis, patch breakdowns, or full creator uploads.
That makes this update surprisingly relevant for egg.network readers. If you mainly use YouTube to keep up with esports and gaming content, cutting Shorts out could make the app feel more useful again, especially on mobile where recommendations can get messy fast.
It is also a meaningful option for parents in the region. Short-form video is insanely sticky, and giving families a way to set the limit to zero is a much cleaner solution than just hoping kids self-regulate.
This move also lands three months after YouTube added a way to filter Shorts out of search results. Put those changes together, and the platform is clearly acknowledging that not every user wants the TikTok-style version of YouTube.
That does not mean Shorts are going away, obviously. They are still a huge part of the platform. But for users who never asked for them in the first place, YouTube is finally offering a way to push back.
For long-form fans, that is a win.
Source: Dexerto Gaming
