Preventing auto closed captions on YouTube videos?

I have no problems with YouTube's ridiculous subtitles/closed captions on my Mac but whenever I send a YouTube link via WhatsApp to friends and family to view on their mobile phones they can't find a way to shut them down and neither can I.

If a video is being watched on YouTube itself there is the "CC" sign at the top which you can turn off but when the video is viewed via WhatsApp that sign is no longer visible.

Mac mini

Posted on May 3, 2025 03:25 AM

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