How to stop YouTube for iOS from automatically playing recommended videosġ) Launch YouTube’s iOS app on your iPhone.Ģ) Use the search field at the top to find a video to play. If you watch a lot of YouTube through your iPhone’s cellular connection, you’re wholeheartedly recommended to disable ‘Up Next’ on the iOS app, here’s how. Not anymore, though: the latest version of Google’s native YouTube client for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad includes an easily overlooked switch that lets you stop an endless stream of recommended videos from being spoon-fed down your throat with a single tap.
Autoplay in YouTube is one of the banes of my existence, too, but as Anthony states in his write-up, YouTube for iOS lacks a switch to disable auto-play videos. My colleague Anthony recently vented his frustration with YouTube’s default handling of the ‘Up Next’ feature on the web.