How to Turn on Subtitles on YouTube

Use your computer's browser

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Open YouTube in your browser. You'll type or paste https://www.youtube.com into the address bar and press the ↵ Enteror key ⏎ Returnon your keyboard.

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Click on a video's avatar. You can open any video from the homepage, a channel or from the Search bar at the top of the page.

This will open the video in a new page.

Not all videos have subtitles.

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Click the CC icon in the lower right corner. This button is next to the gear icon (Settings) in the lower right corner of the video. This will enable subtitles/captions for the video.

Click the above button again to turn off subtitles.

The current subtitle language will be displayed in the upper left corner of the video.

If you don't see the button to turn on subtitles in this location, the video may not have subtitles or notes.

Or, you can press a key Con your keyboard to turn subtitles on/off.

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Click the white gear (Settings) icon in the lower right corner. The video settings will appear in a pop-up window.

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Click Subtitles/CC in the Settings window. This will open a list of all available subtitle languages ​​for the video.

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Choose a language. Click on the subtitle language you want to select in the pop-up window. The video's subtitles will automatically change to the language you just selected.

For some videos, you can select Auto-translate and choose a language. This will use YouTube's automatic translator to create subtitles in the selected language.

If you want, you can click Options in the right corner of the "Subtitles/CC" window and change the font style, color, size and format of the subtitles.

Use the mobile app

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Open the YouTube app using your iPhone, iPad, or Android. This application has an icon that resembles a white button in a red rectangle, usually displayed on the home screen, in a folder, or in the application tray.

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Tap the video you want to watch. This will open the selected video in a new page.

Not all videos have subtitles.

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Tap the three-dot icon ⋮ in the upper right corner. This will open options for the video in a pop-up menu.

If you don't see any buttons on the video, gently tap the video to reveal the controls.

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Tap Captions in the menu. This option is next to the " CC " icon in the pop-up menu. This will display a list of all available subtitles for the video.

If you don't see this option in the menu, this video doesn't have subtitles or notes.

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Select a subtitle language. You'll tap a language in the list to turn on subtitles.

Subtitles will appear when you play the video.

Lesley Montoya

Update 24 October 2023