Fortunately, those who do not want to record what video they watch on YouTube have long had such an option. on Youtube Settings > Manage all historyOn the ‘page’ you can make sure that the videos you watch are not saved in the history.
Only after activating this feature, when you access the “History” page on YouTube with special video suggestions for you you encounter. However this situation it will change very soon.
YouTube will now remind you that your history is disabled on the History page:

By signing an amendment, YouTube “new viewing experienceon the History page won’t suggest private video to you, displays only a warning message. This warning messageWatch history is turned off (or a more descriptive translation from YouTube Turkey)”. There will also be a button with a shortcut for viewing history settings.
Why is YouTube making such a change?
In fact, the purpose is not only to provide users with information about the appearance of this page and the active settings. To provide an experience appropriate to that desired by users who voluntarily disable this feature. Google explains it in the article it shared about the new feature:
“We’re rolling out this new experience to clarify which YouTube features rely on watch history to provide video recommendations, and to make it more fluid for those who prefer to search rather than browse recommendations.”
The change in YouTube, according to Google’s statement from the coming months will be put into practice. However, it is also starting to see that the feature is already available to some users.
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