How to Remove Titles and Ratings from YouTube Embeds

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YouTube Title and RatingYouTube recently added titles and ratings to poster frames in embeddable players, but they might not blend well with all site layouts. That’s why YouTube has included an option to remove them. Just add &showinfo=0 to the video URL in your embed code.

For instance, this:

<object width=”480″ height=”295″><param name=”movie” value=”http://www.youtube.com/v/s5vHnVg6iT0&hl=en&fs=1″></param><param name=”allowFullScreen” value=”true”></param><param name=”allowscriptaccess” value=”always”></param><embed src=”http://www.youtube.com/v/s5vHnVg6iT0&hl=en&fs=1″ type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” allowscriptaccess=”always” allowfullscreen=”true” width=”480″ height=”295″></embed></object>

…becomes this:

<object width=”480″ height=”295″><param name=”movie” value=”http://www.youtube.com/v/s5vHnVg6iT0&hl=en&fs=1&showinfo=0“></param><param name=”allowFullScreen” value=”true”></param><param name=”allowscriptaccess” value=”always”></param><embed src=”http://www.youtube.com/v/s5vHnVg6iT0&hl=en&fs=1&showinfo=0” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” allowscriptaccess=”always” allowfullscreen=”true” width=”480″ height=”295″></embed></object>

Note that the video URL appears twice in the embed code. You can see the parameter in action in the embedded YouTube video below. Notice the absence of titles and ratings in the poster frame.

Hope YouTube can roll this option into their clickable embed customization options. Not everyone has the patience to fiddle with code to get the right look. Do you prefer to embed YouTube videos with or without titles and ratings?

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February 8, 2009

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17 Comments (with 6 Conversations) on “How to Remove Titles and Ratings from YouTube Embeds”
  1. Debbie says:
    March 5, 2009 at 1:48 am

    I have tried several times to follow your instructions and can’t seem to get it to work. I tried to copy and paste my video information here for you to look at, but it wouldn’t let me. Is there a way to contact you directly via email to get some help with this?

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  2. Di says:
    April 21, 2009 at 6:58 pm

    It worked! Thanks ever so much!

    Di

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  3. Jonathan says:
    March 31, 2010 at 8:31 am

    It worked! Thanks so much! :D

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  4. Nick says:
    June 8, 2010 at 7:04 am

    For some reason this solution did not work for me. I did get the functionality i was looking for by using “rel=0″ instead of “showinfo=0″

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