YouTube Now Lets You Banish Shorts to Digital Oblivion Instantly
KEY POINTS
- •YouTube introduced a zero-minute time limit option for Shorts on its Android and iOS apps in April 2026.
- •The Shorts timer first launched in October with a minimum limit of 15 minutes before parental controls expanded in January.
- •YouTube spokesperson Makenzie Spiller confirmed the zero-minute option is live for all parents and is rolling out to all users.
In a move that screams 'sorry, not sorry' to endless scrolling addicts, YouTube's April 2026 update now lets users set their Shorts timer to ZERO minutes—yes, absolute nada—effectively obliterating those mini-videos from Android and iOS apps. Originally dropped in October with a comfy minimum 15-minute cap, the Shorts timer got a glow-up for parental control in January, teasing the zero option as 'coming soon.' Now live per spokeswoman Makenzie Spiller, zero minutes is rolling out to all parents and users alike, officially giving us a wrench to smash the short-video time sink. Because who wouldn’t want to just hit digital mute on a black hole of dopamine?
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(1 of 3)YouTube giving you the power to wipe Shorts off your screen: finally, a way to ghost the black hole of endless swipe addiction with just one zero.
Congrats to YouTube for acknowledging everyone’s self-control is about as useful as a chocolate teapot by letting us zero out Shorts time.
The new YouTube Shorts timer: because who doesn’t want to slam the brakes on scrolling into the void starting at zero minutes?
Source: Theverge | Published: 4/15/2026 | Author: Stevie Bonifield
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