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YouTube problem on iPad
Radiomaniac
26-04-2015
I was having problems logging into a website I use, so cleared the cache. Since doing that I'm unable to use a tab to open YouTube in my browser, anything I do immediately takes me to the YT app.

I prefer to have it open in a tab so that it is easy for me to switch between that and the other half dozen tabs I have open, instead of going to the iPad main screen and then going to the app.

I tried to delete the app (that I installed, it wasn't preloaded) and a message said I would lose all data, so abandoned that idea!

I've tried typing in 'desktop or mobile YT' but everything I do just switches to the app.

I've been able to use both - YT app and in the browser (and with only one sign in) - perfectly well until today.

Anyone got any ideas please, about how to go back to using both?
Radiomaniac
26-04-2015
I notice that my post is getting views but not replies - I suspect I haven't made it clear enough (not being very tech-minded!)

All I want is to be able to get YT on the internet and not through the app.
42dragonfly
26-04-2015
What version of iPad are you using? Youtube are retiring some older API's affecting some older Apple (and other) kit:

http://www.talkandroid.com/245882-re...o-youtube-app/
Radiomaniac
26-04-2015
Originally Posted by 42dragonfly:
“What version of iPad are you using? Youtube are retiring some older API's affecting some older Apple (and other) kit:

http://www.talkandroid.com/245882-re...o-youtube-app/”

Thanks for your reply.

It's an iPad2.

But it's not the app I'm having a problem with - it's on the internet that I'm can't connect to YT on..
Radiomaniac
26-04-2015
Well, I have no idea how I did it, but I managed to get it back as I want.
treefr0g
26-04-2015
If you have problems in the future, I believe that you can disable the YouTube app in the 'Restrictions' settings.
Roush
26-04-2015
Originally Posted by treefr0g:
“If you have problems in the future, I believe that you can disable the YouTube app in the 'Restrictions' settings.”

Only on iOS 5 and below, where YouTube is a built-in app. On iOS 6 and above it is a separate app provided by Google, and available on the App Store.

The built-in app in the older iOS versions is about to stop working anyway, due to changes Google are making to YouTube.
Radiomaniac
28-04-2015
Thank you for your replies.
blueblade
09-05-2015
Originally Posted by Radiomaniac:
“I notice that my post is getting views but not replies - I suspect I haven't made it clear enough (not being very tech-minded!)

All I want is to be able to get YT on the internet and not through the app.”

Hmm, glad you got it resolved.

In real life, it'd be one of those situations where I suspect many people, me included, would be saying "show me" to you, in order to get a clearer idea. It's often difficult to put across the numerous idiosyncratic techie problems we experience, in writing.
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