How to block Beta Squad on YouTube

What is Beta Squad?

Beta Squad is a British creator group making challenge and prank videos in the Sidemen mold, with a huge teen following. Uploads are big-production group formats.

Is Beta Squad appropriate for kids?

The tone is somewhat cleaner than Sidemen but it is still older-teen banter: innuendo, mild swearing and pranks built on embarrassment. The formats are exactly what younger kids love, which pulls them into humor pitched above their age. Group members' solo channels widen the funnel the same way Sidemen spin-offs do.

Whether that fits your child is your call. If you decide to block the channel, here is how.

Block Beta Squad with Vidward

1. 1
   Create your free Vidward account. The trial runs 7 days with no credit card.
2. 2
   Add your child in the dashboard and link their computer by typing the one-time code into the Vidward extension in their browser.
3. 3
   Open your child's Filters tab, search for Beta Squad and block the channel.
4. 4
   Done. Beta Squad disappears from search, the home feed, recommendations and direct links in their browser, and every change you make syncs to their device.

Does YouTube have a built-in way to block a channel?

Not really. YouTube's "Don't recommend channel" option only trims the home feed. Beta Squad still shows up in search results, in Shorts and through direct links, and your child can undo the setting in two clicks. Restricted Mode filters some mature content but cannot target a specific channel. That gap is exactly what Vidward covers.

Want the full picture first? Read our guide to every way to block a YouTube channel.