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How to Permanently Change YouTube Video Quality

Stop adjusting YouTube's settings for every video. Here's how to permanently set video quality on desktop and mobile.

When watching a video on YouTube, the video quality is automatically determined by your network connection. But did you know that you can change the quality of the YouTube video so that it looks better or to save data?

Rather than changing this setting for every video, we're going to show you how to set YouTube video quality permanently for both mobile and desktop.

What Are the YouTube Video Quality Options?

In April 2021, YouTube adjusted how its video quality settings work on Android and iOS. Now, you can set a default video quality when your device is connected to Wi-Fi or a cellular network.

There are four different options for video quality:

Auto, which changes the video quality depending on your current network conditions, screen size, and quality of the original video.
Higher picture quality, which shows you videos in 720p resolution or higher and uses more data.
Data saver, which shows you lower-quality videos, but is handy if you want to save on data.
Advanced, which lets you select specific video quality. It's the only option that allows you to do this.

If you've noticed that the video quality is not constant from one video to another, it means you're currently using the Auto option.

Bear in mind, you'll never be able to view a video in a resolution higher than it was uploaded in. For example, if a video was uploaded in 480p, it can't be viewed in 720p or 1080p.

It's inconvenient to change these quality settings for every video, so now we're going to show you how to permanently set the quality on mobile and desktop.

How to Set YouTube Video Quality Permanently on Mobile

On mobile, you can select a permanent video quality option across YouTube. Here's how:

Launch the YouTube app and tap your account display photo in the upper right.
Select Settings.
Tap Video quality preferences.
Beneath Video quality on mobile networks/Wi-Fi, select either Higher picture quality or Data saver.

One thing you'll notice is there's no option to select a specific video resolution. To do that, you have to select the Advanced option, which is only available during video playback.

To do this, follow these steps:

Play any video on YouTube mobile app.
Tap anywhere in the video player window.
Tap the three dots in the upper right.
Select Quality and tap Advanced from the pop-up.
Tap a specific video quality. Your video will start playing in the selected video quality.

Keep in mind that the available options will depend on the original quality of the uploaded video. Also, this setting isn't permanent.

How to Set YouTube Video Quality Permanently on Desktop

On desktop, there isn't an official way of setting the default video quality. Luckily, different browser extensions can help you set permanent video quality across YouTube on desktop.

On Edge and Chrome:

Go to Auto Quality for YouTube in the Chrome Web Store.
Click Add to Chrome and click Add extension from the pop-up.
Go to YouTube via your browser.
Click the Auto Quality for YouTube icon on the browser extension menu.
Select the drop-down menu adjacent to Default Quality and choose your preferred quality for YouTube videos.
Click Save to finish. Refresh YouTube for your preferred quality settings to go into effect.

On Firefox:

Go to the YouTube High Definition extension for Firefox.
Tap Add to Firefox, then select Add from the pop-up. Check Allow this extension to run in Private Windows if you want to, then click Okay.
Go to YouTube and play any video.
Click the YouTube High Definition icon in the upper right.
Use the Video quality dropdown and select your preferred video quality. The extension will load your preferred quality instantly.

Take Control of YouTube's Video Quality

YouTube's video quality options can be confusing at first. But with the tips highlighted above, you can permanently watch videos in your desired quality.

It's one of the many YouTube tips and tricks that you can learn.

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