Turn Safety Mode On and Off in YouTube on HTC One M8

Edited by Thor, Amanda, Eng

Hello and welcome to VisiHow. In this video, we are going to show you how to turn on and off Safety Mode in YouTube on an HTC One M8.

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Steps

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    To begin, turn the phone on by pressing the power button located on the top of the phone
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    Once the phone has been activated, we will see the lock screen
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    To unlock the phone, swipe the screen upwards.
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    Once the phone has been unlocked, we will see the home screen
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    At the bottom, we will see icons. It is one of these icons that we now need to use, as we need to open up the applications folder. To do that, we need the icon located at the bottom of the home screen in the middle. It looks like a grid made up of white dots. Press down on this icon and it will open up our applications folder.
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    In this folder, we need to find the YouTube application
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    The YouTube icon is a big red button with a white triangle inside. Underneath, it says the word "YouTube". Your YouTube application may be in a different position in this folder. Find the application and press down on the icon.
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    Now that we have entered the application, we need the icon in the top right-hand corner of the screen
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    The icon looks like three small black dots in a vertical line. Press down on this icon and it will open up a menu.
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    Choose the first option
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    It says the word "Settings".
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    In this menu, we want the first option
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    Press down on the word "General".
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    In this menu, we are looking for the "Safety mode" option
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    It says, "Safety mode hides videos that may contain inappropriate content flagged by users and other signals. No filter is 100% accurate, but it should help you avoid most inappropriate content." This is quite self-explanatory. To activate Safety Mode, press down on this section. It is currently deactivated, because the adjacent box is empty.
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    When we press down on this section, it will make the box turquoise and put a white checkmark inside
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    This means that this mode is now activated.
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    To deactivate Safety Mode, press down on the section until the box is empty
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    The mode is now deactivated.
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    This concludes our tutorial on how to turn on and off Safety Mode in YouTube on an HTC One M8
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    If you have any questions or comments regarding this video, or about the process that you have seen in this video, then please leave them in the comment section below, and we shall answer them for you. Thank you for watching VisiHow.
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Recent edits by: Amanda, Thor

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