YouTube creators, on their own videos, will have the dislike button moved behind the three-dot menu, but that’s not the case for regular users.

YouTube creators, on their own videos, will have the dislike button moved behind the three-dot menu, but that’s not the case for regular users.

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Oct 21, 2026, 11:46 PM UTC

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Jay Peters

is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme.

On Tuesday, I published a story about how YouTube appeared to be testing hiding the dislike button on videos, with at least two users on X sharing screenshots of the dislike button moved into the three-dot menu.…