VidAngel may not be what you think it is, and those who use it may not be who you think they are. VidAngel is for everyone.
You’ve got great taste. The shows on your watchlist? Genuinely good. You’re not trying to avoid great TV. You just don’t need everything that comes with it. Maybe it’s the language. Perhaps it’s a particular kind of scene. Could be your spouse taps out every time certain content shows up, and you’re tired of watching alone. Maybe your reasons are entirely your own. Either way, you don’t owe anyone an explanation.
The standard workaround—mute, fast-forward, look away, hope for the best—works maybe 10% of the time. The rest of the time, you’re either too late, or you skip the whole thing and miss what you actually wanted to watch.
VidAngel fixes that. You filter exactly what you want before it plays. No remote grabbing. No skipping whole episodes. Just the show, the way you want it.
It’s Not Just for Families with Kids
When most people picture a filtering service, they picture parents trying to protect young children. And sure, that’s one great reason to use VidAngel. But it’s far from the only one.
Here’s what actual VidAngel users say about why they filter:
“I am 37 years old and we use the filters as ADULTS as well because we don’t want to hear all that and see all that sexual stuff and just enjoy the movie. For anyone who wants to hear and see all that stuff doesn’t have to get this but for those who don’t — HIGHLY recommend!!” — Carrie
“So happy we use this service now! It’s opened up a whole bunch of shows that I wouldn’t watch. My husband who isn’t as bothered with the bad language etc can watch TV with his wife again!” — Chrissie
“Having past trauma so filters make it possible for me to watch movies without being triggered.” — Brianna
“I love this app. It makes movies safer and more enjoyable. Especially from a person walking in sobriety from pornography. This is an amazing solution to enjoy movies and TV without all the nonsense.” — Kareem
“I know this sounds ridiculous to most of the world. But even if you don’t have moral objections, this really helps with anxiety. Like I didn’t know watching new shows made me anxious til I binged a season with VidAngel and felt totally different. Five stars.” — Brittany
Not one of those is about parenting. They’re about watching TV the way you actually want to—as an adult, with a partner, while managing anxiety, after trauma, or in recovery. The reasons are different. The need is the same.
It’s About Freedom Of Choice
One of the most common misconceptions about filtering is that it’s a moral statement. That if you use VidAngel, you must think you’re better than people who don’t. That’s not it at all.
One reviewer put it better than we ever could:
“VidAngel is one of the best filtering systems not because it removes content but because its filtering options are probably the more comprehensive and user-friendly I have ever see. And isn’t always about moral or religious standards. Now people who might be triggered by a single scene in a film can remove it fairly painlessly. Religious people don’t have a monopoly on avoiding certain kinds of content. PTSD, OCD, and other disorders, or even just bad life experiences can make an otherwise benign or generally accepted scene in any media become nightmare fuel. And being able to remove those scenes lets this very large group of people access entertainment and learning experiences without having a full-blown mental episode every time they watch something that wouldn’t bother most of us. … In the end, VidAngel’s virtue isn’t in removing all the “bad” content from media, but about freedom of choice … allowing us to watch a show the way we want to without being forced to accept content we may disagree with. You are also still free to consume the original versions of content both with and without VidAngel and hopefully you aren’t judge for it. Please remember that just cause you use filters doesn’t make you a morally superior to another person in any way. It just means you believe and have experienced certain things and are using a service that gives you the freedom to embrace popular culture according to your own belief system.” — David
That’s exactly right. VidAngel doesn’t tell you what to watch or what to filter. It simply gives you the tools to make those choices for yourself. Furthermore, it doesn’t pass judgment either way—on the people who filter, or on the people who don’t.
How VidAngel Works
VidAngel works as a layer on top of your existing streaming subscriptions—Netflix, Prime Video, Peacock, Paramount+, Apple TV, and more. You bring your subscriptions. VidAngel provides the filters. Together, that’s how you get something better.
Before a title plays, you choose what to skip or mute: specific language, sexual content, violence, and more. From that point on, those elements are handled automatically. You don’t have to think about it again. You just watch.
If you’d like to see which filter categories are available, here’s an overview of what VidAngel lets you customize: What Filters options do you provide?
No Judgment. No Justification. Just Better TV.
Whatever your reason for filtering—values, anxiety, recovery, trauma, personal preference, or just plain taste—it’s a valid one. You don’t need to justify it to anyone. In fact, you don’t even need a reason beyond “I didn’t want to see that.”
VidAngel is for the parent and the adult watching solo. It’s for couples who want to watch the same things. It’s for people who are tired of bracing for the next uncomfortable moment. Really, it’s for anyone who has ever thought, Why is this part even here?
That’s everyone. That’s the point.
Ready to get started?
Here’s how to get started with VidAngel:
- Sign up for VidAngel
- Set your default filters based on what you typically want to skip
- Customize for each show depending on who’s watching
- Press play and actually enjoy movie night
New to VidAngel? Learn how VidAngel filtering works
