Parents can put a time limit on YouTube Shorts scrolling

Published: 5 days ago (January 14, 2026 at 11:03 AM EST)

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Source: The Verge

YouTube Shorts time limit for teen accounts

Parents can now manually set a time limit on their kids’ YouTube Shorts feed, ranging from fifteen minutes to two hours (with an option for zero minutes coming soon). The update, announced on Wednesday, takes the Shorts time limit feature YouTube introduced in October and adapts it for under‑18 accounts.

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