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title: "YouTube introduces new profile privacy feature"
description: "Most outlets reported that YouTube has added a new privacy feature to protect user profiles. Minute Mirror highlighted the feature's purpose, noting it is for users who share devices with family members, while Dunya News emphasized how the feature prevents unauthorized access and changes to subscriptions and recommendations."
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# YouTube introduces new profile privacy feature

technology · updated 13 Sep 2026, 10:02 AM PKT · 11–13 Sep 2026 · 3 articles from 3 outlets over 2 developments

## How it developed

Newest development first. Each carries its own coverage and, where we have one, our summary of it.

### 12 Sep 2026 — YouTube introduces new profile privacy feature (2 outlets)

> Most outlets reported that YouTube has added a new privacy feature to protect user profiles. Minute Mirror highlighted the feature's purpose, noting it is for users who share devices with family members, while Dunya News emphasized how the feature prevents unauthorized access and changes to subscriptions and recommendations.

- **Dunya News** — [YouTube introduces new feature to protect user profiles](https://dunyanews.tv/en/Technology/972665-youtube-introduces-new-feature-to-protect-user-profiles) · 13 Sep 2026, 10:02 AM PKT
  > The feature prevents other household members from accessing a locked profile, viewing its subscriptions or altering video recommendations
- **Minute Mirror** — [YouTube adds profile lock](https://minutemirror.com.pk/youtube-adds-profile-lock-629083/) · 12 Sep 2026, 9:53 PM PKT · 84% identical wording to the newest filing
  > YouTube has introduced a new privacy feature for people who share a TV or other devices with family members. The feature allows users to pro

### 11 Sep 2026 — YouTube to let you lock your profile on shared TVs (1 outlet)

- **The News International** — [YouTube to let you lock your profile on shared TVs](https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1415814-youtube-to-let-you-lock-your-profile-on-shared-tvs) · 11 Sep 2026, 4:24 PM PKT
  > If someone in your house keeps hijacking your YouTube recommendations with three hours of true crime videos, you finally have a fix that doesn't involve hiding the remote.YouTube CEO Neal Mohan announced this week that account lock is rolling out...

3 articles from 3 outlets, 11–13 Sep 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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