Fix YouTube 'Something went wrong, click to try again” error on iPhone or iPad

YouTube is apparently aware of the issue, as many iPhone and iPad users have reported it on Twitter and across social media generally.

If you encounter this problem, it's fairly obvious. You go to play a video and it will randomly not play, but instead show a black screen with an error message stating "Something went wrong. Click to try again." If you hit Retry, either nothing happens and the error message remains, or it spins around and reappears.

Update YouTube App on iPhone/iPad

The first thing you should do is update the YouTube app on your iPhone or iPad as YouTube will undoubtedly fix it with bug fix updates this problem.

Go to App Store > Updates and install the update for the YouTube app on your device.

Update iOS / iPadOS

You need to make sure your iPhone or iPad is updated to the latest system software version available for the device.

Go to Settings > General > Software Updates and install any system software updates available on your device.

If you don't have iOS 16.2 or iPadOS 16.2 or newer, please install the latest version until you do.

Restart iPhone/iPad

You can usually temporarily resolve the "Something went wrong" YouTube error on your iPhone or iPad by restarting your device.

This will usually keep you watching a few more videos, but it may happen again until the problem is fully resolved or you update your applications and system software.

You can hard reboot and force reboot, or you can do a soft reboot by turning the device off and on, or you can ask Siri to restart your iPhone or iPad.

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