Netflix has been with us for a few years now, but there are small Tricks that can make you enjoy the platform much more. Today we will show you five tricks that you can do to find content more quickly, as well as more similar to your tastes. You will also learn to protect your Privacy within the platform, as well as to train the algorithm a bit to perfect its system of recommendations.
5 Tricks You Surely Didn't Know About Netflix
We leave you below with tips so that you can be a complete ninja of the content platform.
let chance decide
A very common phenomenon when we open our Netflix profile is analysis paralysis. Suddenly, we become very exquisite, and we can spend more than half an hour before deciding what to see.
A good trick you can do when that happens to you is to go to Netflix Roulette. It is a very simple website that allows you to select whether you want to see a series or a movie, its genre and the minimum score on platforms such as IMDB. You may not like the result, but it is better to watch a bad episode of a series than to waste 40 minutes in the main menu of the platform.
Use the hidden categories
A little-known Netflix trick is that the platform uses a kind of secret codes to organize categories. For example, for Netflix to show you only Spanish movies, you must enter the code 58741 in the browser. If you're looking for something much more specific, like racing car movies, then you'll want to go to the 49944 category.
To use this function you must enter Netflix from the browser to go to "https://www.netflix.com/browse/genre/NUMBER". If you need more information, here is one netflix hidden category codes list.
yes i still see
For a few years, Netflix has asked you after 3 episodes in a row or more than 90 minutes of playback if you are still in front of the screen. And if you're into binge-watching legend-level series, this may bother you.
To solve this, there is a trick, although at the moment it is only available for computers. Is a Chrome extension that it's called 'Never Ending Netflix'.
delete your history
The typical. Do you remember an episode of the Power Rangers What did you see as a child? You start rummaging through Netflix, and after a while, you find it. But you have a problem: now, the algorithm now believes that you are nine years old. And if your friends get into your Netflix profile, they will find out about the calico.
Well, you just have to go to the Netflix website, enter your profile and click on 'see activity'. Then, you can delete everything that for you is a guilty pleasure. When deleting a title, the netflix algorithm He will pretend that he has never witnessed that viewing.
Password your profile
If you want to annoy someone who shares a Netflix account with you, the easiest thing to do is go to their profile and play anything irrelevant to completely distort their algorithm — there are many seasons of Pokémon on Netflix, in case you want a few ideas.
If you want to prevent your friends or family from entering your profile, either to annoy your recommendations or to protect your privacy, a good trick is use parental controls to your advantage.
Enter Netflix, go to Settings, click on your profile and click on 'profile lock'. Put the password of the account and then set a 4 digit pin —preferably, that it is not the year you were born. And ready.