Do you like short YouTube videos but don’t understand what they’re saying? Want to learn a new language by watching fun and dynamic content? Or want to personalize your viewing experience? Whatever your case, we have good news for you: you can enable or disable subtitles in YouTube Shorts!
If you want to get the most out of YouTube shorts, we recommend learning how to use subtitles on this platform. That way, you can better understand what you can’t hear, practice a language or, if you turn them off, get more screen space.
Enabling or disabling subtitles in YouTube shorts is very easy, whether you’re doing it from your mobile or PC. Here we explain how to do it step by step.
Enable or disable subtitles from mobile on YouTube
You can easily and quickly enable or disable short subtitles by following these steps from the YouTube mobile app.
Open the YouTube app on your phone or tablet. Find the YouTube shorts video you want to watch and click on it. You’ll see a three-dot icon in the upper right corner of the video. Tap to open the options menu. You can also open this menu by holding the center of the screen. Select the Subtitles option and choose the language you want. If there are no subtitles for that language, you can try another or the “Trad” option. An automatic generator that automatically generates subtitles based on the audio of the video. To turn off subtitles, follow the same steps and select the Turn off subtitles option.
Enable or disable subtitles on YouTube Short from PC.
Open your web browser and enter the YouTube page. Find the YouTube shorts video you want to watch and click on it. You’ll see a three-dot icon in the lower right corner of the video. Click on it to open the settings menu. Click the Subtitles option to enable them (if none) or disable them (if available).
As you can see, activating or deactivating subtitles in YouTube Shorts is very easy and will allow you to enjoy your new videos even more. What are you waiting for to try it?
