How To Watch Restricted Youtube Videos On Iphone

According to YouTube Community Guidelines, Age-restricted YouTube videos are not viewable to users who are under 18 years old or signed out. Lots of people watch YouTube videos without logging in or they don't even have a YouTube account. If that's your case, you can read on to bypass YouTube age-restricted videos in 5 different methods.

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FreeTube for Desktop

For desktop users, you can use a dedicated open-source program, FreeTube, to bypass YouTube age restrictions. FreeTube is a desktop YouTube player that allows you to play YouTube videos without ads or an account. It is available for Windows, Linux, and macOS.

Private YouTube Client for Windows and Mac

Within FreeTube, you can import Youtube subscriptions and subscribe to new channels without an account. FreeTube cares about your privacy since all the data are stored locally. You can search or paste the video URL to load the video that you want to watch.

In addition, FreeTube allows you to download YouTube videos that you can watch and it offers all bit rate and frame rate options. By the way, you cannot use FreeTube to watch or download private YouTube videos.

NewPie for Android

NewPPie is similar to FreeTube but for Android only. It lets you watch age-restricted YouTube videos without ads. However, it is not available in the Google Play Store, so you'll have to install it through APK. You can download NewPie from its official website or Github since it is also an open-source app.

Similarly, you can import all your YouTube subscription info and download age-restricted videos without logging in. The playlist feature works as it should. Currently, the playlist feature in FreeTube does not works as it should.

Tampermonkey Script

If you often use your web browser to watch YouTube age verification, then I recommend you use a custom user script. To run this script, you can use the Tampermonkey extension, which is available in Chrome, Firefox, and Edge. You can refer to the steps below to see how it works.

Step 1. Install the Tampermonkey extension for your web browser.

Step 2. Add "Simple-YouTube-Age-Restriction-Bypass.user.js" by clicking this link.

Step 3. Go to YouTube to watch any age-restricted video, which will be unlocked automatically.

As you can see from the screenshot, I didn't signed in to YouTube and the video is age-restricted. If you enable the Tampermonkey extension in private mode, you can also watch age-restricted videos without logging in. Are you impressed by the Tampermonkey extension? Check my favorite Tampermonkey scripts.

KMPlayer App for iOS

For iOS users, you can download KMPlayer from the App Store. KMPlayer allows you to stream age-restricted YouTube videos as well as play high-definition local videos up to 8K. Basically, KMPlayer is a music and video player that can access your media files locally on your iPhone or iPad.

To watch an age-restricted video, you just paste the video URL in the Home section and press "Open". It will load the age-restricted video without question. By default, it will play the video in landscape mode, you can manually press the button to lock it in portrait mode.

In the playback screen, you can also tap to play YouTube videos in picture in picture mode, and you can also adjust the size of the PIP screen. In addition, you can zoom and move, change subtitles, etc.

Download Restricted Video Online

Another method to bypass age restriction on YouTube is to download the video for offline viewing. After some research, I have found that this free online YouTube Downloader can help you download any age-restricted video.

You just need to paste the URL of the age-restricted video into this downloader and then choose the video frame rate. If you choose the quality above 1080P, this tool will take a little more time to combine the video and audio since YouTube audio and video are saved separately on high-quality YouTube videos.

When complete, you can click the Download button to download YouTube videos to your local storage. Since it is a web service, you can use this method on all of your devices with a web browser. It is a nice option if you only need to watch restricted videos occasionally. By the way, be aware of the redirecting ads while using this tool.

Conclusion

These 5 different approaches for YouTube age restriction bypass have been tested working in 2021. They pretty much include all the possible situations. Hopefully, you will find one that suits you.