YouTube has released a new ‘Time Management’ feature. Through this, you can now set the time limit for watching Shorts on the app to ‘zero’. This will completely remove the Shorts feed. Its purpose is to help manage screen time in a better way. YouTube had introduced a timer feature for Shorts in October last year, which had a minimum time limit of 15 minutes. In January, expanding this feature, an announcement was made to bring a ‘zero minute’ option to give parents control over children’s screen time. Feature rollout for all accounts According to YouTube spokesperson Mackenzie Spiller, this option is now live for all parents and is gradually being rolled out for regular adult accounts as well. Shorts suggestions will also be removed from home screen As soon as you select the ‘zero minute’ limit, no videos will appear on the Shorts tab. Only a notification will be displayed there stating that you have completed your ‘Shorts feed limit’. After setting the limit, Shorts suggestions will also be removed from the home screen. Will help in breaking binge watching and reel addiction YouTube has crores of users in India and Shorts are extremely popular. In such a situation, this feature will prove to be quite helpful for those people who want to break the habit of doom scrolling, that is, unwanted scrolling. This is being considered a major step by YouTube towards digital wellbeing. Follow 3 steps to turn on the feature Knowledge part: What is Doomscrolling? The habit of continuously scrolling through short videos is called doomscrolling. This not only wastes time, but can also increase problems like mental stress and insomnia.
