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11 Working Techniques to Unblock YouTube at School and Work Location

Amarnath Kolla • Updated January 25, 2024 • 7 min read •

Tired of searching for how to unblock YouTube at school, college, and work locations? Your destination has arrived.

YouTube is one of the favorite entertainers for kids in school, the master guide for graduates in colleges, and the private cooking teacher for mums at home is the best place to find the solution to any kind of problem.

Whatever may be the gadget you are using, what if YouTube is not accessible on it?

Don’t worry, this definitive guide has numerous ways of unblocking YouTube at your fingertips. One or the other way listed here will surely help you in providing YouTube freedom. We will start with simple steps to unblock YouTube at school and office and will provide professional tips that hardly fail.

11 of the best ways to unblock YouTube at School and Work – YouTube Unblocked

Here are different working ways to unblock YouTube at school and work

1. Unblock YouTube using Google Translate

Google Translate is one exceptional tool from Google, which can unblock YouTube at school and college.

  • Navigate to translate.google.com and then type the YouTube URL https://www.youtube.com
  • Select two different languages (at least one should be English) and hit the Translate button

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    Select English as one language
  • That’s it, you will be able to see the translated version of the website like this.

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    YouTube is accessed using Google Translate

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2. Unblock YouTube using Browser Plugins

Browser plugins too will serve the purpose of unblocking YouTube if you are allowed to add one on your school/college network. Many plugins will serve the same, but you can trust the following.

  • Ultrasurf : It provides privacy, security, and freedom for the surfers. You can trust this plugin. Suits well for the fastest browser from Google. The PC version is also available.

    how to unblock youtube at school using ultrasurf chrome addon
    Ultrasurf options
  • ProxTube: This is an add-on for a friendly browser (Firefox). Using this plugin, you can bypass geographical restrictions too. One good thing about this plugin is it is lightweight and serves only when you ask for help.

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3. Unblock YouTube using Mobile Hotspot

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Using personal hotspot to access YouTube

If YouTube is blocked on your internet network, try using your own. Turn on the portable hotspot from your mobile (Android/iOS/Windows) and then try to connect to your mobile hotspot from your laptop. If you are provided with a PC, try using the USB tethering option and connect via USB. This will provide the freedom to surf whatever you want.

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4. Unblock YouTube by downloading videos

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Doing Google search to find YouTube video URL’s

Blocking YouTube, can’t stop you from watching YouTube videos. Use search engines to search for that video.

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You can download videos in different available formats

Copy the video URL to sites like savefrom.net, keepvid.com, and clipgrab.org to download videos online.

Also Read:How to download YouTube videos to PC directly

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5. Unblock YouTube using Alternative Websites

Finding different video unloaders
Finding Alternatives to YouTube

We will use search engines this time to find various other YouTube competitors who have uploaded the same video like Dailymotion, Hotstar, etc. If you can find other uploaders, then it’s a gold mine. You don’t even need YouTube at all.

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6. Unblock YouTube using host file

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Remove the line in red rectangle

Schools/Colleges don’t provide admin access to edit the host file. If you can edit the host file, then you should be very lucky. Navigate to C -> Windows -> System32 -> drivers -> etc (Windows) or run this command in the terminal “sudo nano /etc/hosts” without quotes (MacOS) and try to edit the host file. If your organization has followed this method, then they might have added this extra line. Delete it and save the file to unblock YouTube.

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7. Unblock YouTube using proxy IP

Use this proxy IP 192.110.165.94 for browsing. This was sponsored by 4everproxy network. Browsing through this IP address was anonymous, safe, secure, fast and it’s free. How to use this proxy for unblocking YouTube at school and college?

  • Open Internet settings
  • Navigate to connections
  • Click on LAN settings
  • Put this proxy address in the corresponding field
  • Route it to the port 8080
  • Check bypass proxy server for local addresses and hit OK
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Adding proxy to unlock YouTube

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8. Unblock YouTube using Hola

Hola is a VPN by nature, but it also possesses other abilities like an ad blocker, accelerator, GPS locator, and web browser. You can access any website from various locations across the globe virtually. It was loved and used by 115 million people around the world. This is not only because of its gigantic features but also because it is free of cost (for non-commercial purposes).how to unblock youtube at school using hola

Hola is available not only as a Chrome extension, it can be used across browsers and across devices too. You will love its unlimited support. Hola is your best friend for providing web freedom, it includes YouTube too.

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9. Unblock YouTube using Tor browser

Tor browser helps to unblock YouTube, but you need admin rights to install it on the machine. If you have admin rights, please try to install this and browse anonymously.

The complete step-by-step procedure was documented by Torproject. Have a look at this here, if you are moving ahead using Tor browser to unblock YouTube.

All the techniques listed above are free to use and you should unblock YouTube by now. If you have failed till now, then your employee or networking staff is taking at most care to block YouTube. It will be too costly for them to do that.

If you want to find a breakthrough with that much protection, you need to use this one ultimate and professional way of unblocking YouTube (any website) i.e., using a VPN.

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10. Unblock YouTube Using a VPN

Using VPNs to bypass the YouTube blocker, was a professional and costly method too. First of all, a VPN is a Virtual Private Network that creates a secure network connection over a public network.

There are so many VPNs available but never go for insecure VPNs. Always use VPNs that are secure to use else the consequences will be devastating. We don’t recommend our visitors to be a victim. Use a secure VPN, and stay safe.

Here is the list of VPNs that you can trust.

  • IP Vanish – 6.49$/month
  • Hide My Ass – 6.55$/month
  • Express VPN – 8.32$/month [30-day money back guaranteed]
  • Strong VPN – 5.83$/month
  • Switch VPN – 6.66$/month [30-day money back guaranteed]

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11. Unblock YouTube using the IP address

IP address looks ugly and as a human, we can’t remember all the IP addresses of websites. That is how DNS came into the picture. They provide the names of those IP addresses. But still, we can access the website using the IP address. How to get the IP address of a website?

Make use of the command prompt to get the IP address of a website. Just ping youtube.com using cmd. Please find the image below. Here we identified the IP address of YouTube ie. 216.58.199.142, now you may access YouTube by opening 216.58.199.142 as a normal website in the browser.

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Finding the IP address of YouTube

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Conclusion to Unblock YouTube at School and Office

That’s it, I hope YouTube unblocked at your location now. Here we have provided 11 ultimate techniques on how to unblock YouTube at school or work location. Using these above techniques, you should be able to unblock YouTube. If not, please let us know in the comments section. If you found any of these techniques useful, show your appreciation in the comments section below, and do share it and help others too.

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Comments

  1. Avatar for Heather CurtisHeather Curtis says

    February 1, 2020 at 12:52 AM

    None of these things worked, my chromebook doesn’t have a windows key, and the firewall is ueast securly.

    • Avatar for Buttcheeto78Buttcheeto78 says

      January 28, 2021 at 12:20 AM

      Same here. Mines a school iPad.

  2. Avatar for G. LottG. Lott says

    May 21, 2019 at 6:45 PM

    Last autumn with a few college friends we bought Surfshark subscription https://surfshark.com/, and I am still surprised that we paid cents for this provider. I thought using a VPN will be harder, but everything’s really one click away from unblocking Youtube or Facebook.

  3. Avatar for BerndBernd says

    February 28, 2019 at 2:55 PM

    In my school, Youtube and Facebook are banned. So most of the students are unblocking it with VPN. Some are using free VPNs, but I personally use NordVPN. Besides, this provider unblocks US Netflix and Hulu and allows torrenting. What more could you need?

  4. Avatar for NatedogNatedog says

    September 24, 2018 at 10:55 PM

    I have an iPad at school and I want to watch YouTube but it’s blocked help me lolololo

    • Avatar for nickinicki says

      November 10, 2018 at 12:11 AM

      i know right if this app dont work than im going to be so pissed

    • Avatar for Musa AlaqeelMusa Alaqeel says

      January 23, 2020 at 1:43 AM

      Same

      • Avatar for AnnaAnna says

        December 24, 2021 at 6:30 AM

        I’ve tried everything and nothing seems to be working!! Plz, help!!!😩

        • Avatar for TinaTina says

          March 13, 2022 at 1:06 AM

          Stupid things

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