YouTube doesn’t host “Adult” content, but it does have some videos that aren’t suitable for children. Hence, it asks every user to verify age in order to watch them. However, it becomes difficult for some users who don’t have a Google account or who don’t want to sign in to bypass the YouTube age restriction or verification.
Luckily, there are methods available that let you watch the Age Restricted Videos on YouTube without sign-in. You can use these methods to bypass the YouTube age restriction without signing in to your Google account. I’m going to share all the methods that help you do that in this post.
Top 7 Methods to Bypass YouTube Age Restriction on PC/Mobile
YouTube is the biggest free video streaming platform owned, and managed by Google. More than 500 hours of videos are uploaded to YouTube every hour. This calculates to a total of 720,000 hours of video uploaded daily. A lot of these videos are not suitable to watch for children, but useful for adults. YouTube flags such videos as “Age-restricted.”
In order to watch the age-restricted videos on YouTube, one has to sign-in using their Google account and verify their age. If their age is above 18, they can watch the video, but if not, the video will be blocked for them. An easier way to watch YouTube videos that are “inappropriate to some users” is to bypass YouTube age verification. By doing so, you can watch the age-restricted videos without signing in.
Here are the 7 best methods you can use to bypass YouTube age restrictions and watch any video without signing in and verifying your age. You can use any of these methods on your PC or mobile to use YouTube freely.
1. Embed the Video URL
Embedded links do not have any age-restrictions. You can use an ’embedded link’ of the age-restricted video that you are trying to watch without signing in. Follow these steps to know what you have to do:
- Go to the YouTube video that you want to watch.
- Click on the URL of the video from the address bar.
- Delete the “watch?v” portion of the URL and replace it with “embed/” (without the quotes).
- The URL will look something like this: https://www.youtube.com/embed/=fGY_TQ2_IxI
- Press ‘Enter’ on the keyboard and the video will start playing.
That’s it. You have successfully played a restricted video without signing in.
2. Use NewPipe YouTube Client
NewPipe is an open-source and free-to-use YouTube client that doesn’t use any YouTube API. It doesn’t even depend on any libraries that are dependent on Google’s framework. It allows you to enjoy the true YouTube experience on your smartphone without any ads, restrictions or having to grant any permissions. You can use it to bypass YouTube age verification and watch the videos having age restrictions without signing in.
The app is pretty good as it provides better gesture-based controls for video playback, free background playing, and smooth downloading. It is the best option for Europen users who don’t want to send their official ID or credit card to Google in order to verify their age.
3. Use PWN! YouTube Website
PWN! YouTube is a website that protests any attempts to restrict the fair usage of the content. You can use it to watch any YouTube without signing-in, even the ones having an age restriction. Follow these steps:
- Go to the YouTube video that you want to watch in a browser.
- Click on the URL of the video from the address bar.
- Insert PWN between “www.” and “youtube.com”
- It will look something like this: https://www.PWNyoutube.com/watch?v=fGY_TQ2_IxI
- Press “Enter” on the keyboard and let the page load.
That’s it. You can now watch the video without any restrictions.
4. Install Hack YouTube Age Restriction Extension
Hack YouTube Age Restriction is a Chrome extension that lets you watch age-restricted YouTube videos without signing in and without having to leave YouTube. Follow these steps to learn how to use it.
- Open Chrome and visit this link.
- Now click on the “Add to Chrome” button.
- When the extension is added, open YouTube in a new tab.
- Go to the age-restricted video that you want to watch.
- Press the extension icon from the top-right section.
That’s it. The video will start playing and you won’t be asked to sign in.
5. Use NSFW YouTube to Bypass YouTube Age Restriction
NSFW YouTube is another website that lets you bypass the YouTube age restriction and watch any video without any verification (The term NSFW stands for Not Safe For Work, in case you were wondering). Follow these steps:
- Go to the age-restricted YouTube video in a browser.
- Click on the URL of the video from the address bar.
- Insert NSFW between “www.” and “youtube.com”
- It will look something like this: https://www.NSFWyoutube.com/watch?v=fGY_TQ2_IxI
- Press “Enter” on the keyboard and let the page load.
That’s it. You can now enjoy the video.
6. Use ListenOnRepeat to Bypass YouTube Age Verification
ListenOnRepeat is another website to bypass YouTube age verification to watch age-restricted videos. Follow these steps to know what you have to do:
- Go to the age-restricted YouTube video in a browser.
- Click on the URL of the video from the address bar.
- Add the word “repeat” after “YouTube” in the URL.
- The URL will look something like this: https://www.youtuberepeat.com/watch?v=fGY_TQ2_IxI
- Press “Enter” on the keyboard and let the page load.
That’s it. The video will then start playing. Alternatively, you can also visit the ListenOnRepeat website in a tab, search for the video, and watch it directly.
7. Use a Proxy Website
Using a proxy website is the ultimate way to watch any age-restricted YouTube video. However, the experts mark this method as unsafe as the data that travels through a proxy is in an unencrypted format. Although you can use it without worrying much. Follow these steps:
- Open the age-restricted video in a browser.
- Copy the video URL from the address bar.
- Open another tab and visit this proxy site.
- Paste the video URL that you have copied here.
- Click on the “Go” button and the video will start playing.
That’s it. You can also use other proxy websites for this method.
Final Words
Nowadays, YouTube has started putting restrictions on a lot of videos. Recently, they have also made a change in which users located in Europe have to send in their ID or credit card to verify their age. A lot of users don’t want to do that just to watch the age-restricted videos. For such people and everyone else, these are the best methods to bypass YouTube age restriction and Google sign-in age verification.
That’s all for this post. You can now enjoy any YouTube video that you want to watch without any interruptions. Feel free to share your experiences with these methods in the comments section.
