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Enabling, disabling and customizing closed captions and subtitles can be a little confusing if you aren’t familiar with the controls of the YouTube App on the PlayStation 5. To find out how you can properly do these actions, you can take a look at this tutorial from Seeking Tech.

How to enable and disable YouTube captions and subtitles

In order to turn on or turn off closed captions, you need to take the following steps:

1. If you haven’t done so already, make sure you open the YouTube App on your PS5 or PS5 Digital Edition.

2. After opening the video streaming application, you then need to start watching a video.

3. If an ad is currently playing, then wait for it to finish or skip it.

4. Once the actual video is playing, press the X button on your DualSense controller two times. This should pause the video and bring up the overlay menu.

5. In the overlay menu, press up on the directional pad (or move the left analog stick upwards) to highlight the title of the video.

6. From the title of the video, navigate to the right side and then select the CC option.

7. If the CC option is filled in, then it indicates that the closed captions or subtitles are currently enabled. If the option is empty, then it means that the captions or subtitles are disabled.

8. If the captions do not appear to be turned on when you enabled them, then you can try toggling the CC option off and then on several times until the texts show up.

How to customize captions and subtitles

If you want to change the subtitle languages and/or change how the captions are displayed in the video, you need to do the following:

1. Open the YouTube App on your PlayStation 5 or PlayStation 5 Digital Edition console.

2. Next, you need to start playing the video that you want subtitles for.

3. While the video is playing press the X button twice to pause it and bring up the overlay menu.

4. In the overlay menu, move up and then navigate to the right to select Settings.

5. After opening the Settings menu for the video, you then need to select Captions.

6. You should now be in the Subtitles/Closed Captions menu. Here, you can choose the subtitle language of the captions if there are multiple ones available for the same video.

7. If you want to change the way the caption texts appear in the video, then you need to select the Caption Style option from the aforementioned Subtitles/Closed Captions menu.

8. In the Caption Style menu, you will be able to adjust the following elements:

• Font Family
• Font Color
• Font Size
• Text Opacity
• Character Edge Style
• Background Color
• Background Opacity
• Window Color
• Window Opacity

If you want to return to the default visual style of captions, then you can select the Reset Style option from the Caption Style menu.

You can change your location when using the official YouTube App on your PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 5 Digital Edition system. To find out how to properly do so, then you can follow this step-by-step guide from Seeking Tech.

What does changing your location do?

By changing your location, the YouTube App may show you a list of videos and channels that are popular for that particular region. This can be helpful if you are curious about what other people from around the world is watching on the video streaming website.

Therefore, you could get a different set of recommended content if you set your location to the United Kingdom as opposed to the United States.

How to change location

In order to change the location when using the YouTube App on your PS5 or PS5 Digital Edition system, you need to take the following steps:

1. To start off, you need to turn on your game console and then open the YouTube App.

To open this application, go to the home screen menu of your PlayStation 5 and then press the R1 button to switch to the Media tab. If you don’t see this app, then you need to select the All App option from the Media tab and download YouTube from the listing.

2. Inside of the video streaming application, you need to scroll to the left column menu.

3. From this left column menu, you then need to head into Settings.

4. After getting to the Settings menu, you then need to navigate downwards and select Location.

5. On the right side of this screen, you should find your currently select location along with the following message:

• “This may influence the videos and channels recommended to you. It won’t change the language of the app.”

In order to switch to a different one, select the Location option.

6. You should now bring up the Choose Your Location menu. From there, you can select your new location.

The available locations are listed in alphabetical order, from A to Z.

7. After changing to a different location, you should see the following confirmation message:

• “Your location has been updated to [name of the country you selected].”

When browsing through the YouTube PS5 App, you may start to see recommended videos and channels that reflect the tastes of the location you selected.

You can use your YouTube account for the YouTube App on the PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 5 Digital Edition. To see how you can sign into this application without having to link your YouTube account to your PlayStation Network account, you can take a look at this tutorial from Seeking Tech.

1. To start off, you need to open the YouTube App on your PS5.

If you haven’t used this application on your game console before, then you need to go to the home screen menu of the PlayStation 5. In the home screen, you should see the Media tab, which you can go to by pressing the R1 button.

In the Media tab, select YouTube. If the app is not there, then you need to select the All Apps option, select YouTube and then download it. Once the installation has been completed, you should be able to open the app from the Media tab in the home screen.

2. After opening the YouTube App, move all the way to the left until you expand the left column menu.

3. In the aforementioned left column menu, select Sign In, which should be the top-most option.

4. You should now be in the “Sign in and make it yours” menu. Here, you can choose between the following methods in order to sign into your YouTube account:

• Open the YouTube mobile app
• Scan or type a code
• Use your remote

After selecting one of the methods, follow the on-screen instructions to log your account in the YouTube PS5 App.

5. Once you are logged into your account, return to the home screen. You can do so by pressing and holding the PS button on your controller.

6. On the home screen, navigate upwards and then to the right so that you can select the gear icon.

7. You should now be in the Settings menu of your PlayStation 5. From there, select the Users and Accounts option.

8. From the Users and Accounts menu, you first need to select Link with Other Services on the left column.

9. On the right side of the same screen, you then need to select YouTube.

10. You should arrive at the Link with YouTube menu. Here, you need to select Unlink Account.

11. The following message should appear:

“Unlink accounts? You’ll lose the features and benefits that you’re enjoying by being linked.”

In the message, you need to select the Yes, Unlink option.

Your YouTube account should no longer be linked to your PSN account.

You are able to change the playback speed when watching YouTube videos on your PlayStation 5 or PlayStation 5 Digital Edition console. This feature is helpful if you want to watch a video faster by speeding it up. You can also slow down a video if you want to spot something you may have missed.

To see how you can change the playback speed in the YouTube PS5 App, you can follow the steps laid out in this tutorial from Seeking Tech.

Before we start, it is important to note that not all videos will let you change the playback speed when using this application on the PlayStation 5. So, if you see that this feature is unavailable, then you can try using YouTube on another device.

In a vast majority of cases, we found that videos being played from the YouTube mobile app and website will let you change the playback speed even if the same feature was disabled on your PS5.

1. To begin, you need to open the YouTube App on your game console.

You can find this application in the Media tab of the Home menu. To get to the Home menu, you can press and hold the PS button on the controller. From the Home menu, you can then press the R1 button to go to the Media tab.

If you can’t find YouTube in the Media tab, then you need to download it. To do so, select the All Apps option from the Media tab, which should bring up a list of video streaming apps that you can install.

2. Once you have launched the YouTube App, you can then play a video that you want to change the playback speed for.

3. While the video is playing, press up on the directional pad to bring up an overlay menu.

4. You can then press the X button on the controller to pause the video.

5. With the video paused, press the up directional pad button again to navigate upwards to highlight the title of the video.

6. Next, you need to move all the way to the right and then select the Settings option.

7. You should now be in the Settings menu on the right side of the screen. Here, you need to select Speed.

8. In the Video Speed menu, you should be able to change the playback speed based on the following options:

• 0.25x
• 0.5x
• Normal
• 1.25x
• 1.5x
• 2x

If you want to use the 0.75x or 1.75x playback speeds, then you would have to use the YouTube website or YouTube mobile app instead of the YouTube PS5 App.

YouTube has an application that you can use on your PlayStation 5 or PlayStation 5 Digital Edition. If you don’t want this app to show videos that may potentially contain mature content that could be inappropriate, then you can use the restricted mode.

To see how you can enable and disable this filter, you can follow the steps laid out in this tutorial from Seeking Tech.

1. To start off, you need to power on your game console and open the YouTube App if you haven’t done so already.

The YouTube App can be opened from the Media section of the Home screen. If you don’t know how to get there, then you can start by pressing and holding the PS logo button on the controller to bring up the Home screen. From there, press the R1 button to switch from the Games section over to the Media section.

If YouTube does not appear in the Media section, then you need to select the All Apps option and then download the app.

2. Once you are inside of the YouTube App, go all the way to the left side until you see the left column menu expand.

3. From the left column menu, you need to select Settings, which should be located at the very bottom.

4. After arriving at the Settings menu, scroll down to the Restricted Mode option on the left side.

5. On the right side of the same screen, you then need to select the On option in order to enable this mode.

It is important to note that the Restricted Mode will only be applied to the YouTube App on your PlayStation 5 or PlayStation 5 Digital Edition console. The change won’t be applicable when using YouTube on other devices even if you are signed into the same YouTube account.

Furthermore, this filter is not 100% accurate. Therefore, some of the videos that shouldn’t be considered to be appropriated may end up being removed from the listing. On the other hand, videos that have mature content may not be filtered out and slip through the cracks.

6. If you decide that you want to disable the Restricted Mode in the YouTube PS5 App, then you need to go back to the Settings > Restricted Mode menu. From there, make sure you select the Off option.

The YouTube App on the PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 5 Digital Edition offers a feature where you can preview a video before committing to watch it on the full screen. These preview clips usually only play the first few seconds before stopping..

To see how you can enable, as well as turn off, video previews in this application, you can check out this tutorial from Seeking Tech.

How to turn on video previews in YouTube on PS5

By default, the YouTube PS5 App will have video previews disabled. If you want to turn this on, then you need to take the following steps:

1. If you haven’t done so already, make sure you open the YouTube App on your PlayStation 5 or PlayStation 5 Digital Edition system.

The YouTube App is located in the Media section on the Home screen. If you are in the Games section instead, then you can press the R1 button in the Home Screen to switch over to Media.

For the uninformed, you can get to the Home screen by long pressing the PS logo button on your DualSense controller.

2. Once you are inside of the YouTube App, use the directional pad or left analog stick to move all the way to the left until you expand the left column menu.

3. In this menu, you need to select Settings.

4. After getting to the Settings menu, you then need to move down to the Preview with Sounds option from the left column.

5. On the right side of the same screen, you need to select the On option in order to enable video previews.

6. If you want to enable video previews but mute the sound, then go back to Home screen of the YouTube App. From there, you should see the following message appear on the top of the screen:

“New! Videos will preview with sound while you browse. You can always change this in Settings.”

In this message, you can select the Turn Off option in order to mute the video previews. If the notification does not appear in the Home section, then you can toggle the Preview with Sounds option off and then on again in the Settings menu of the application to make it appear.

How to disable YouTube video previews on PS5

If you find that the video preview feature to be more annoying than helpful, then you can disable it in the YouTube PS5 App. In order to do so, simply go to Settings > Previews with Sound. Afterwards, select the Off option.

By default, the YouTube App on your PlayStation 5 or PlayStation 5 Digital Edition console will automatically play the next video when the one you are currently watching ends. Of course, this can be somewhat annoying, especially if the next video does not match your viewing intent.

To see how you can disable this feature, you can follow the steps laid out in this article from Seeking Tech.

How to stop the YouTube PS5 App from auto playing videos

If you want permanently disable the autoplay feature, then you need to take the following steps:

1. Begin by turning on your PS5 and then opening the YouTube App.

This application can be found in the Media tab of the home screen. If it hasn’t already been downloaded and installed on your game console, then you can do it from the All Apps menu in the Media tab.

2. Inside of the YouTube App, you then either use the left analog stick or directional pad of the DualSense controller to navigate towards the menu located all the way on the left side.

3. Next, you need to scroll down and then select Settings, which should be the bottom-most option from the left column menu.

4. From the Settings screen, select the Autoplay option on the left side.

5. On the right side of the same screen, you then need to select Off.

If you are signed into your YouTube account, then disabling autoplay on the YouTube App on PS5 should also disable the same feature on the other YouTube Apps you have installed on your smartphone, TV, streaming stick and/or other supported devices.

If you aren’t signed into your account, then the changes made from the app on the PlayStation 5 will only be applied to your game console.

How to disable autoplay from individual videos

If you want to keep the autoplay features enabled for the YouTube App on your PlayStation 5 but want to disable it for specific videos, then you can try doing the following:

To start off, wait for the video you are currently watching on the video streaming application to end.

Once the video has ended, you should see a screen that shows the title and a thumbnail preview of the next video that will be streamed. There should also be a countdown timer that starts at 5.

Before this timer reaches 0, you need to press the circle button on your controller to cancel the autoplay and then return to a previous screen.

The YouTube App is capable of displaying multiple languages.

If the app is showing a different language that you can’t read, or you would like to change to a different type of language being displayed, then you can take a look at this tutorial to see how you can change it when using the application on your PlayStation 5 or PlayStation 5 Digital Edition system.

1. To start off, turn on your PS5 console if you haven’t done so already and then head to the home screen.

2. Next, you need to open the YouTube App.

In order to do so, press the R1 button while you are in the home screen to access the Media tab. From there, you can open the YouTube App.

If you don’t see the video streaming application, then it may not be currently installed on your console. In this case, select the All Apps option from the Media tab. Afterwards, select the YouTube App and then the Download option from the app’s product page. Once it has been downloaded, select the Start option from the same product page.

3. Inside the YouTube App, navigate all the way to the left until you see an elongated menu.

4. In the elongated menu, select the bottom most option, which should have the gear cog icon.

5. You should now be in the Settings menu. From there, you need to select the Language option, which should be underneath the Language & Location section.

If you can’t read the current language on the YouTube App, then this should be the eighth option from the top of the screen. If done correctly, you should see the following clip art appear on the right side of the same screen:

6. Next, select the pencil icon underneath the clip art.

7. Another elongated menu should now show up from the right side of the screen. From there, select the new language that you want the YouTube App to show on your PlayStation 5 or PlayStation 5 Digital Edition console.

It should be noted that it doesn’t matter whether or not you are signed into your YouTube account when making the language change on your PS5. If you decide to switch to a different language, then the change will only apply to the YouTube App on your console.

Changing the resolution for a specific video when using the official YouTube App on your PlayStation 5 or PlayStation 5 Digital Edition system can be a little tricky, especially if you aren’t familiar with the controls.

To see how you can properly adjust the picture quality, you can follow the steps laid out in this tutorial from Seeking Tech.

1. To start off, we recommend going to the Settings menu of your PS5.

In order to do so, you need to do the following:

• Go to the home menu (which you can do so by pressing and holding the PS logo button on the controller).
• From there, select the gear icon on the top right corner.
• From the front page of Settings, head over to Screen and Video.
• Next, you need to select Video Output on the left column.
• On the right side, make sure you select the top option for the Resolution setting. For the uninformed, 2160p is 4K.

By doing so, you should be able to get the sharpest image quality when watching YouTube videos on your PlayStation 5.

2. After making sure your PS5 is outputting at the highest possible resolution, you can then return to the home screen and switch over to the Media tab by pressing R1 button.

3. From there, you need to select the YouTube App in order to open it.

4. After getting to the YouTube PS5 App, play the video that you want to change the resolution for.

5. When the video is being played, press the up directional button on the directional pad in order to bring up an overlay menu.

6. In the overlay menu, press up again to highlight the name of the video. Afterwards, go all the way to the right-most option and then select Settings.

The overlay menu will disappear after a few seconds of inactivity. Therefore, make sure you select Settings quickly. If you aren’t fast enough and the menu disappears, then you can simply press the up button to try again.

7. In the elongated menu that will appear from the right side of the screen, you then need to select the Quality option.

8. You should now be in the Quality for Current Video menu.

Here, you can change select the resolution for the YouTube video you are currently playing on your PlayStation 5 or PlayStation 5 Digital Edition system.

Depending on your internet connection speed original native resolution of the video and other factors, not all of the resolution options may be available to you.

It should also be noted that, if you decide to select a resolution that is higher than the native resolution of your TV or monitor, then the video will be down-sampled, which should result in a sharper image quality.

For example, if you have a 1080p screen but changed the YouTube video resolution to 2160p, then you should get a better picture when compared to simply using the 1080p quality option.