YouTube announced today that it will no longer show recommended videos on the platform’s homepage and Around Me to users who have completely turned off their watch history.

The change was announced on YouTube’s support page, explaining that video recommendations rely on watch history data to display related content. If browsing history is turned off, users will see a mostly blank home page with only a search bar and a side menu.

YouTube said this was done to “make it clearer which YouTube features depend on watch history” and allow users to more easily search and view subscriptions and topics rather than recommendations. However, this change doesn’t seem to affect logged out users with no accounts or browsing history. Suggestions will continue to be shown to them.

Your home feed might look completely different: you’ll be able to see a search bar and a guide menu on the left, without a suggested video stream, allowing you to more easily search, browse your subscribed channels, and explore topic tabs.

For users with browsing history disabled, the absence of individual recommendations can be perceived both positively and negatively. On the positive side, this can put more focus on signed content. But the downside is that it removes the ability to open new videos.

Initial feedback on shortened recommendations was mixed, with some praising more control while others skipping algorithm-suggested videos. It is not yet known how the majority of users will react to the fact that YouTube will have a blank, search-oriented homepage in the future.

The new experience will be rolled out gradually over the next few months. This comes after another change to YouTube’s privacy settings.

Last week, Google introduced a new 1080p premium video option for YouTube streaming on desktop and laptop computers, offering higher quality and clarity at higher bitrate, and the feature is gradually rolling out to streaming devices on TVs.