Watching your favorite movie or series alone or with friends on Netflix can be great entertainment. But there is one thing you don’t need when watching it. Lines of white text can suddenly appear on the left side of the screen, which can be really annoying. The text displays three or more parameters: video bitrate and resolution, audio format and language, elapsed time, language, and timed-text status.
Sometimes it is useful to know the elapsed time, subtitle status, audio format/enhancement, and resolution or bitrate of the stream. However, if this information is constantly displayed on your TV screen, it will significantly interfere with watching a movie or TV series.
Fortunately, it’s not hard at all to turn off the top-left text. Here’s how to get rid of the timestamp on Netflix, whether you have activated it in some way or it just appeared spontaneously.
How to get rid of the timestamp on Netflix using a Smart TV
The way you can get rid of the text in the upper left corner that appears on Netflix depends on your device. As you may already know, the streaming service is available on all devices with Internet access.
If you want to get rid of the timestamp on Netflix using a Smart TV, you have to follow these steps:
- First of all, open Netflix on your Smart TV.
- Press the “Info” or “Option” key to remove the timestamp.
How to get rid of the timestamp on Netflix using a Roku device or Roku TV
If you want to get rid of the timestamp on Netflix using a Roku device or Roku TV, you have to follow these steps:
- At first, turn on Roku on your TV or open “Home screen”.
- After that, press the “Asterisk” button on the Roku remote control.
- If the text still appears, you can try to press “Asterisk” three times in a row after you have launched a stream and while it is buffering.
- You can also try to hold down the “Asterisk” button.
How to get rid of the timestamp on Netflix using Xbox and PlayStation
If you want to get rid of the timestamp on Netflix using Xbox, you have to follow these steps:
- Open the Netflix app on your console.
- Then, just press the right control stick to make the timestamp go away.
If you want to get rid of the timestamp on Netflix using Play Station, you have to follow these steps:
- First of all, open the Netflix app on your Play Station console.
- Then, press the right joystick to remove the timestamp.
- If it doesn’t help, click the options button or try to restart your console.
- If it still doesn’t help, you can try to remove and reinstall the Netflix app.
How to remove titles from the “Continue Watching” row on Netflix
If you want to remove TV shows or movies from the “Continue watching” bar when you watch online or with the latest version of the Netflix app on your Android or iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch devices, you can do so:
- To see options on the Netflix web, place your cursor over a title in the row. On mobile devices, tap “Menu” (the “three dots” icon).
- Finally, choose “Remove From Row”.
