Samsung Galaxy S4: How to Enable Safety Mode in Youtube App in Android 5.0.1 Lollipop

Safety mode is a feature available in Youtube app in your Samsung Galaxy S4 that can be used to automatically filter and restrict inappropriate content flagged by users or other signals, e.g: videos with mature/crude/excessive violence content, videos that have been age restricted, etc. When the safety mode feature is enabled, Youtube app will hide those videos in the search result, related videos, playlists and the feeds as well as hide comments below videos. However, since there's no filter is 100% accurate, you may find that the safety mode is unable to block all inappropriate content, but it should be able to be an extra thing that can be used to prevent you or others who use your phone to watch videos in Youtube app from seeing most inappropriate content.


How to turn on safety mode feature in Youtube app?
You can do so by using the following steps:
  1. Open Youtube app.
  2. Tap the Menu key and then select Settings.
  3. Tap General.
  4. Check the box next to Safety mode to enable this option.
  5. The Safety mode feature in Youtube app has been turned on.

Samsung Galaxy S4: How to Change Contents Based on the Selected Location in Youtube App in Android 5.0.1 Lollipop

By default, when you're opening Youtube app to watch videos by browsing the provided feeds, you'll be shown with contents come from your current country. But, if needed, you can change location preferences so that Youtube app will show you contents from a country that you like.


How to change contents based on the selected location in Youtube app?
You can do so by using the following steps:
  1. Open Youtube app.
  2. Tap the Menu key and then select Settings.
  3. Tap General.
  4. Tap Content location.
  5. Select the required country.
  6. From now on, Youtube app will show you contents based on the selected country.

Samsung Galaxy S4: How to Change Network Preferences for Upload Videos in Youtube App in Android 5.0.1 Lollipop

By default, Wi-Fi has been set as the network preferences for upload videos in Youtube app in your Samsung Galaxy S4. It's done to help you avoid big data charges if you use mobile data connection since uploading video is one of data-intensive activities, moreover if you don't have unlimited data plan. But, if needed, you can specify what network connection you want to use for upload videos, Wi-Fi only or Wi-Fi and mobile data.


How to change network preferences for upload videos in Youtube app?
You can do so by using the following steps:
  1. Open Youtube app.
  2. Tap the Menu key and then select Settings.
  3. Tap General.
  4. Tap Uploads and then select from the following options:
    • Only when on Wi-Fi: select this option so that you will be allowed to upload videos only when you're connected to a Wi-Fi network.
    • On any network: select this option so that you'll be allowed to upload videos when you're connected to a Wi-Fi network or when you're using a mobile data connection.

Samsung Galaxy S4: How to Switch Between Multiple Accounts in Youtube App in Android 5.0.1 Lollipop

For some reason, you may have activated multiple Google accounts in your Samsung Galaxy S4, for instance: when you want to use one of them for personal purpose and use another one for business purpose. The advantage of adding multiple accounts is you'll be able to use all of them to use or access Google-related apps in your phone, including with Youtube app. In Youtube app, you can easily switch to your personal account when you want to upload your personal videos or to your business account when you want to upload videos for business purpose.


How to switch between multiple accounts in Youtube app?
Assuming that you have an Internet connection, you can use two different methods to easily switch between multiple accounts in Youtube app: from the Youtube app menus and from the accounts tab within the Youtube app.


Method #1: From the Youtube app menus
  1. Open Youtube app.
  2. Tap at the top left corner of the screen to open up the Youtube app menus.
  3. Tap the photo profile of the currently used account to view all of your Google accounts.
  4. Tap the required Google account you want to use.
  5. Now, you can use the selected account to use or access Youtube app.


Method #2: From the accounts tab within the Youtube app
  1. Open Youtube app.
  2. Tap to access the Accounts tab.
  3. Tap the name of the currently used account(below the photo profile) to view all of your Google accounts.
  4. Tap the required account you want to use and then tap OK button.
  5. Now, you can use the selected account to use or access Youtube app.

Samsung Galaxy S4: How to Manage Your Own Video in Youtube App in Android 5.0.1 Lollipop

Youtube app in your Samsung Galaxy S4 lists all videos that you have uploaded so that you can easily manage them if needed, as the example: when you want to re-view your own video, when you want to delete your own video from Youtube app, or when you want to edit the information of a video that you have uploaded before.


How to view, delete or edit your own video in Youtube app?
Assuming that you have an Internet connection, you can easily re-view, delete or edit a video that you have uploaded in Youtube app by using the following steps:
  1. Open Youtube app.
  2. Tap at the top left corner of the screen to open up the Youtube app menus and then tap Uploads. All uploaded videos will be listed here.
  3. To re-view or watch your own video, tap a thumbnail or title of a video that you want to watch.
  4. To delete your own video, do as follows:
    • Tap next to the video that you want to delete and then tap Delete.
    • Tap OK button.
    • The selected video will be deleted from Youtube app.
  5. To edit the information of a video that you have uploaded, do as follows:
    • Tap next to the video that you want to delete and then tap Edit.
    • Now, you can edit the required information of the video, e.g: title, description, privacy settings and tags.
    • Tap to save the changes.

Samsung Galaxy S4: How to Add a Video to Your Own Playlist in Youtube App in Android 5.0.1 Lollipop

In Youtube app, while browsing the feeds or watching a video uploaded by others, you can create your own playlist and then add the video to the newly created playlist. Next time, you can add videos with the same category to the existing playlist that you have created before so that you can access or watch them with more easily since they're saved in the same place. As the example, if you have created a playlist named Favourites song, you can add other music videos uploaded by others that you like to this playlist for easier access.


How to add a video to your own playlist in Youtube app?
Assuming that you have an Internet connection, you can easily add any video uploaded by others that you like to an existing playlist that you have created before in Youtube app by using the following steps:
  1. Open Youtube app.
  2. To add a video to an existing playlist while browsing the feeds, do as follows:
    • Tap next to the video that you want to add to an existing playlist and then tap Add to playlist....
    • Tap the required playlist.
    • The selected video has been added to the selected playlist.
  3. To add a video to an existing playlist while watching the video, do as follows:
    • Tap a video to watch it.
    • Tap within the video playback and then select the required playlist.
    • The video has been added to the selected playlist.
  4. To access the video that you have added to your own playlist, do as follows:
    • Tap at the top left corner of the screen to open up the Youtube app menus.
    • Scroll down the menus to the Playlists section and then tap the required playlist. All videos that you have added to this playlist will be displayed here.
    • To play a single video in the playlist, tap a thumbnail or title of a video.
    • To play all videos in the playlist together, tap .

Samsung Galaxy S4: How to Remove a Video from the Watch Later Playlist in Youtube App in Android 5.0.1 Lollipop

There are some reason why you'll probably need to remove or delete videos that you have added to the watch later playlist, for instance: when you want to clean up your watch later playlist from unwanted or rarely watched videos, when you have added a wrong video to the watch later playlist, etc.


How to remove a video from the watch later playlist in Youtube app?
Assuming that you have an Internet connection, you can easily remove a video from the watch later playlist in Youtube app by using the following steps:
  1. Open Youtube app.
  2. Tap at the top left corner of the screen to open up the Youtube app menus and then tap Watch Later. All videos that you have added to the watch later playlist will be displayed here.
  3. Tap next to the video that you want to remove from the watch later playlist and then tap Remove from Watch Later.
  4. The selected video has been removed from the watch later playlist.
  5. To remove more videos from the watch later playlist, repeat from the step #3.