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.
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You can customize captions by changing their appearance and language.
Turn captions on or off
- Go to the watch page of any video.
- Tap the video player once to show options, tap
to turn on Captions.
- To turn off Captions, tap
again.
Change default size & style of captions
- Open your iPhone or iPad Settings app.
- Go to Accessibility.
- Under the “Hearing” section, tap Subtitles & Captioning.
- Tap Style to change the size and style for the display and font.
- Tap Create New Style for more font styles, sizes, and colors.
Change default on or off setting
- Open your iPhone or iPad Settings app.
- Go to Accessibility.
- Under the “Hearing” section, tap Subtitles & Captioning.
- Tap Closed Captions + SDH to always serve captions when available.
Select caption language
- At the top right of the video player, click More
.
- Click Captions.
- Select a language.
- Click Auto-translate.
- Select a language.
View captions transcript
- Go to the video description, and tap Show transcript. As you watch the video, the transcript will scroll to show you the current caption text.
- Tap any line of caption text to jump to that part of the video.
Caption settings on TV & 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 customize. You can change the font and its appearance. You can also change the background and window that the captions are displayed in.