Manage subtitle settings

Captions (subtitles) are available on videos where the owner has added them, and on some videos where YouTube automatically adds them. You can change the default settings for captions on your computer or mobile device.

Caption settings on YouTube

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Turn captions on or off

Go to the watch page of any video.
Tap the video player once to show options. Tap Closed captions to turn captions on.
To turn captions off, tap Closed captions again.

Note: If you can't see Closed captions

, then closed captions (CC) aren't available for this video.

Change default size and style

Open your iPhone or iPad's settings app.
Go to Accessibility.
Under the 'Hearing' section, tap Subtitles and captioning.
Tap Style to change the size and style for the display and font.
Tap Create new style for more font styles, sizes and colours.

Change default on or off setting

Open your iPhone or iPad's settings app.
Go to Accessibility.
Under the 'Hearing' section, tap Subtitles and captioning.
Tap Closed captions + SDH to always serve captions when available.

Select a language

At the top right of the video player, click More .
Click Captions.
Select a language.

If the language isn't listed when you click 'Subtitles/CC':

Click Auto-translate.
Select a language.

Caption settings on TV and game consoles

You can select or change your caption settings on any TV, game console or media device that supports YouTube.

Pause the video that you're playing.
Tap Captions .
Select the language that you want captions in.
Select Caption style.
Select the settings that you want to customise. You can change the font and its appearance. You can also change the background and window that the captions are displayed in.

Note: If the video doesn't offer captions,

might show but won't be selectable. If

isn't shown, captions aren't available for that video.

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