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Watching Netflix is better when you take advantage of all the features at your disposal.
Here’s everything you should start taking advantage of.
Create Separate Profiles
You cancreate up to five Netflix profileson a single account.
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Two people can even watch the same series in their own profiles and Netflix will save their progress independently.
The only exception to this rule is for extra members.
Extra members are only allowed to have one profile.
To add an extra member, go to “Account” and scroll down to “Extra Members.”
Choose “Buy an Extra Member Slot.”
Netflix will walk you through a portal to purchase the member slot and send the user an email invite.
Rate Content
Netflix recommends new shows and movies to you based on several factors.
The platform analyzes your previous viewing history and looks at what viewers similar to you have rated highly.
It also considers how you rate previously viewed titles.
you’re free to improve your experience by rating the content you watch with an upvote or downvote.
you’re free to even choose a double thumbs up for shows you really loved.
This trains Netflix to give you more of what you like.
Clean Up Your Watch History
You know that show you started and didn’t care for?
It could still be affecting your algorithm and get stuck in your “Continue Watching” list.
You canremove Netflix titles that you didn’t likeor that autoplayed while you slept to improve your recommendations.
snag the circle with a diagonal line next to the title you want to hide from your watch history.
The next thing you know, you’re reading spoilers.
Double-clicking a title will set a reminder.
you could also sign up for email notifications by going to “Account” and clicking on a profile.
Click “Change” next to “Notification parameters” and see to it emails are active.
you’ve got the option to even block specific titles.
smack the down arrow next to “Profile & Parental Controls” for the profile you want to restrict.
Choose “Change” in the “Viewing Restrictions” section and input your password to proceed.
Choose a maturity rating for that profile; options range from TV-Y to NC-17.
nudge the “X” next to the title.
secure your changes before exiting.
Disable Autoplay
The autoplay functions on Netflix are twofold.
They can affect both the next episode in a series and the trailer for both TV shows and movies.
Then, select “Manage Profiles” and choose your profile.
Scroll to the “Autoplay Next Episode” episode section and toggle the setting to “Off.”
Tap “Done” to preserve your controls.
For All Other Devices:
Go to your “Account” page from a web web app.
To access these hidden categories you’ll need to watch Netflix on a web surfing app.
First, go tonetflix.com/browse/genre/and then add a secret code to the end of the URL.
Some examples of hidden category codes include:
You canfind other secret Netflix codes on Netflix’s Tudum blog.
First, a few notes.
The highest quality uses up to 3GB per hour for HD and 7GB per hour for Ultra HD.
