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Clean up your YouTube subscriptions in 15 minutes

Quick answer

Set a timer for 15 minutes. That's enough to cut a bloated list way down if you go in the right order.

What 125x is: 125x is a web app at 125x.app. You connect your YouTube subscriptions, and it gives you a feed of the latest videos from the channels you follow, each with a summary: a verdict, the 5 key takeaways, and the spoiler, plus Actionable and Lessons tabs with more tips. You read that and decide what's actually worth opening.

Open 125x

What to cut first

This order comes from people who've gone from hundreds of channels down to under 100:

Dead channels. No upload in 3 months? Gone. Easiest cuts there are.
Second channels. The vlog channel, the clips channel, the podcast channel of a creator you already follow.
Reaction channels. People call these the biggest time sink on the site.
Gear and product channels for a hobby where you already own the stuff.
Outrage channels that leave you annoyed and no smarter.

Our add: anything you've skipped 5 uploads in a row. If you never open it, it's just noise in the feed.

How to unsubscribe fast

On a computer, go to Subscriptions, then Manage. You'll see the whole list with a Subscribed button next to each one.
Click Subscribed, then Unsubscribe. Repeat.
On your phone, tap Subscriptions, then All, then the channel, then Subscribed and Unsubscribe.
If it's just the notifications you hate, set the bell to None and keep the channel.
One person cuts at least 10 channels a day until they hit their goal. Small sweeps add up.

About bulk unsubscribe tools

YouTube has no unsubscribe-all button. Scripts and extensions that promise to wipe your list can break or ask for broad account access. If you try one, test it on a couple of channels first and check the list afterward.

Keep it clean

One in, one out. New subscription? Cut an old one.
Do a 15 minute sweep every couple of months.
Before you subscribe, ask if you'd actually miss the next upload.

Or keep them all

Some people like having lots of channels, they just hate the wall. In 125x, every upload comes with a summary and a verdict, so a big list is quick to read. And a video you scroll past 3 times leaves the feed.

FAQ: questions people ask

How do I unsubscribe from multiple YouTube channels at once?

YouTube has no bulk unsubscribe button. The fastest safe way is Subscriptions, then Manage, and unsubscribing one by one.

Which YouTube channels should I unsubscribe from?

Start with channels that haven't posted in months, creators' second channels, reaction channels, and anything you keep skipping.

Does unsubscribing reset my notifications?

Yes. If you subscribe again later, the notification settings start over.