Disable info popups on YouTube app ("ⓘ") When viewing videos with the YouTube app, constant info message popups during playback shows. Videos that show those info popups show a white circle with the letter 'i'.

Is there a way to disable that?
If you insist on using the official YouTube app, I'm unaware of any way to do what you want.

Your options

The best workaround is to use a different app to watch YouTube.


Lately, I've been using m.youtube.com inside Google Chrome. In my experience, m.youtube.com is unable to display info popups. (It's also unable to display end cards.) Alternatively, you can use:


another web browser, such as Firefox for Android; or
any of the numerous dedicated third-party YouTube clients available in the Google Play store.



Bonus tip

Firefox for Android lets you install extensions, such as uBlock Origin.  If you do install uBlock Origin, know that it includes an 'element picker' feature.  This feature lets you hide selected parts of your favorite websites.  For example, you can use it to hide all recommendations, or all comments, on the YouTube website.