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In a small update to a YouTube support page last month, the online video giant announced that annotations would be deleted from all videos using the feature early next year. Image: Youtube / ...

Do you remember those little text boxes that used to pop-up all the time on top of YouTube videos? Google calls them annotations and they are set to disappear completely from YouTube videos on Jan. 15 ...

is a former senior reviewer who worked at The Verge from 2011 until May 2025. His coverage areas included audio, home theater, smartphones, and more. For a long time now, watching a YouTube video on ...

The YouTube Annotations Editor is being discontinued. As of May 2 you will no longer be able to add new YouTube annotations to your videos or edit existing annotations. All you’ll be allowed to do is ...

If you've been an active YouTube user for more than a few years, you probably remember the days when the platform was filled to the brim with in-video annotations. These dialogue boxes were often used ...

YouTube annotations, those annoying translucent boxes that you rush to disable the moment they appear, will finally disappear for good on January 15th, 2019. After this date, “all existing annotations ...

In a bid to provide an uncluttered video watching experience to its customers, Youtube has decided to remove all annotations from the content on the platform. Updating its “Discontinued annotations ...

YouTube is a great platform for businesses, but there are a few annoyances with the same. You will face the annoyances as you use the platform more. One such feature is annotations that appear on ...

Google quietly announced that it would remove YouTube annotations starting January 15, 2019. Google already discontinued the annotations editor in May 2017. If you have videos on YouTube that use ...