Netflix has been with us for a few years now, but there are little 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 related to your tastes. You will also learn how to protect your privacy within the platform, as well as how to train the algorithm a bit to perfect its recommendation system .
5 tricks that you surely do not know about Netflix
We leave you below with tips for you to be a 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 be more than half an hour before deciding what to see.
A good trick to do when that happens to you is to go to Netflix Roulette . It is a very simple website that allows you to select if you want to watch a series or movie, its genre and the minimum score on platforms such as IMDB. You may not like the result, but it’s better to watch a bad episode of a series than to waste 40 minutes in the platform’s main menu.
Use the hidden categories
A not very well-known trick of Netflix 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 are looking for something much more specific, like movies about racing cars, then you will have 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 a list of Netflix hidden category codes.
Yeah I’m still watching
For a few years, Netflix asks you after 3 episodes in a row or more than 90 minutes of playback if you’re still in front of the screen. And if you’re into bingeing on legend-level series, this may bother you.
To solve this, there is a trick, although at the moment it is only available for computers. It ‘s a Chrome extension called ‘ Never Ending Netflix ‘.
Delete your history
The typical. You remember an episode of Power Rangers that you watched as a child. You start rummaging through Netflix, and after a while, you find it. But you have a problem: now, the algorithm now thinks you are nine years old. And if your friends get into your Netflix profile, they will find out about the percale.
Well, you just have to go to the Netflix website, enter your profile and click ‘ see activity ‘. Then, you can delete everything that for you is a guilty pleasure . By deleting a title, the Netflix algorithm will pretend that it has never seen that viewing.
Put a password on your profile
If you want to annoy someone who shares a Netflix account with you, the easiest thing is to 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 you with recommendations or to protect your privacy, a good trick is to use parental controls in your favor .
Log into Netflix, go to Settings, click on your profile and click on ‘ profile lock ‘. Enter the password for the account, and then set a 4-digit pin— preferably not the year you were born. And ready.
