A Fella routine locks YouTube at the same time every night and holds until morning, so the decision to stop happens once, when you set it up, instead of every night in bed.
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YouTube's autoplay and recommendations are built to remove the moment where you'd normally decide to stop. "One more video" at midnight is exactly how a ten-minute watch turns into an hour you didn't plan for. If it's specifically YouTube keeping you up and the rest of your phone is fine, blocking just that app for the night is simpler than blocking everything.
Select YouTube on its own and set the start time to whenever you actually want to stop, and the end time to whenever you get up. The routine begins the session automatically, so there is nothing to close once you're already in bed.
Everything else on your phone stays untouched, including messaging, your alarm, and anything else you might reach for at night.
Be clear about what this actually does. Fella blocks the entire YouTube app during the session. It does not separate a long video from a recommended one or from the Shorts feed, because those all live inside the same app.
If keeping long-form YouTube available while removing just Shorts matters more, see our block YouTube Shorts guide, which covers that narrower option before an app-wide block.
Leave Phone, Messages, and your alarm off the blocked list entirely, so those keep working exactly as normal. For the one time something on YouTube genuinely can't wait, each session includes a single 5-minute emergency unlock, then YouTube locks again automatically.
If other apps are part of the same bedtime pattern, not just YouTube, see our broader block apps while sleeping page, or stop scrolling at night for the behavior side of why this happens. For blocking YouTube beyond bedtime too, see how to block YouTube on iPhone.
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Yes. A routine starts a blocking session on the days and times you choose, so a nightly YouTube block begins on its own once set up, rather than needing to be turned on each evening.
No. A nightly YouTube block uses the same routine and session mechanism as any other Fella block, just scoped to one app and applied to bedtime hours.
No. Fella blocks the entire YouTube app, not one tab inside it. If keeping long-form video available while removing Shorts specifically matters more, see our YouTube Shorts guide for that narrower option.
No, as long as you do not add those apps to the block. Fella blocks only the apps you select, so leaving Clock, Phone, and Messages unselected keeps alarms and calls working normally.
Each session includes one 5-minute emergency unlock. Use it if something genuinely needs attention, and YouTube locks again automatically once the five minutes end.
