An expansion to the time limit feature for Shorts lets you set it to zero, effectively removing them from your feed.

You now have the power to remove short-form videos from your YouTube feed if you don’t want to see them. YouTube has rolled out the capability to set your Shorts feed limit to zero minutes, which could help you stop doomscrolling,

YouTube expands its time management settings to include a zero-minute time limit on Shorts, effectively letting you disable them in your app. YouTube has read the room, and now allows you to put a zero-minute time limit on Shorts from the app’s time management settings.

If you’ve ever opened YouTube to watch one video and somehow ended up 45 minutes deep into random shorts, you’re not the only. Fortunately, YouTube’s latest update is a lifeline to stop users from falling down the Shorts rabbit hole ever again.

YouTube now allows you to turn off Shorts, to an extent. As a refresher, last year, YouTube announced the ability to set time limits for how long users can use Shorts. Originally,

YouTube is now rolling out a way to effectively block Shorts from your feed. The company now offers a "0 minutes" option for the Shorts "Time Management" option, which acts as if you've hit your watch limit for Shorts.