How to use Incognito mode in the YouTube app on Android

By Abu Bakar Saadat · Reviewed by Saadat Rafiq · 2 min read · 3 steps · Published 7 October 2026

Device

Android

Shown on

Samsung Galaxy A57 5G (SM-A576B), One UI 8.5, Android 16

Real screenshots

2 of 3 steps

Checked

October 2026

Sources

1 official, linked below

Step by step

1. Open the account list

   Tap You at the bottom right, then your name at the top to open the account list.

   Done

2. 

   Tap Turn on Incognito

   It is below Manage your Google Account. Our account list is blurred.

   Done

3. 

   Read the notice

   You've gone incognito explains the rules: activity is not linked to your account, and the session ends when you turn it off or after 90 minutes of inactivity. A You're incognito bar stays at the bottom.

   Done

About this guide

Watch something without it shaping your recommendations or showing in your history. It only hides activity from your Google account, not from your network.

The screenshots are from the YouTube app, version 21.39.522, on a Samsung Galaxy A57 5G with Android 16 and One UI 8.5, in dark mode. Other people's videos, ads and comments are blurred.

Good to know

Your employer, school or internet provider can still see the activity, as the notice says.

To stop saving history all the time instead, pause YouTube history.

In short: You, account list, Turn on Incognito.