The short answer: watch YouTube on its website, in Safari, with an ad blocker that handles YouTube. HUSH removes the ads and plays every video in its own player, in up to 4K, with Picture in Picture and screen-off listening.
Your options
1. YouTube Premium
YouTube's paid plan removes ads in the YouTube app and adds background play. It works everywhere you're signed in, but it's a monthly cost on top of everything else.
2. YouTube's website in Safari, with an ad blocker
Most ad blockers can't stop YouTube's ads, because YouTube serves them from its own servers. HUSH is built for it: it removes ads before, during and after the video, plus banners and promoted videos.
3. The YouTube app
No App Store app can remove ads inside the YouTube app. If you want no ads without Premium, use the website.
Step by step with HUSH
- Get HUSH from the App Store and follow its 20-second tour.
- In Settings › Apps › Safari › Extensions, switch on HUSH and allow it on every website.
- Open YouTube in Safari, or in HUSH's own browser, and sign in if you like.
- Press play. The video opens in the HUSH Player with no ads, in up to 4K.
What you get on top
- The sharpest picture YouTube offers, up to 4K, or any quality you choose
- Picture in Picture and listening with the screen off
- Speeds up to 3×, remembered for every video
- Picks up where you left off, with Continue Watching
- Optional skipping of "this video is sponsored by" segments
Prefer fewer distractions too? Hide Shorts, comments and suggestions with Calm modes.
Ads, trackers, cookie pop-ups and YouTube ads, gone. Set up in 20 seconds on iPhone and iPad.
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