diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/App.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/App.java
index 4d05c69cc..8a4ed0607 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/App.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/App.java
@@ -136,7 +136,8 @@ public class App extends Application {
         final SharedPreferences prefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(
                 getApplicationContext());
         final String key = getApplicationContext().getString(R.string.recaptcha_cookies_key);
-        downloader.setCookies(prefs.getString(key, ""));
+        downloader.setCookie(ReCaptchaActivity.RECAPTCHA_COOKIES_KEY, prefs.getString(key, ""));
+        downloader.updateYoutubeRestrictedModeCookies(getApplicationContext());
     }
 
     private void configureRxJavaErrorHandler() {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/DownloaderImpl.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/DownloaderImpl.java
index ed517f160..95d3c2b7c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/DownloaderImpl.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/DownloaderImpl.java
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 package org.schabi.newpipe;
 
+import android.content.Context;
 import android.os.Build;
-import android.text.TextUtils;
+import android.preference.PreferenceManager;
 
 import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
 import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
@@ -10,6 +11,8 @@ import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.downloader.Downloader;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.downloader.Request;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.downloader.Response;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ReCaptchaException;
+import org.schabi.newpipe.util.CookieUtils;
+import org.schabi.newpipe.util.InfoCache;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.util.TLSSocketFactoryCompat;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -20,6 +23,7 @@ import java.security.KeyStoreException;
 import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
@@ -40,9 +44,13 @@ import static org.schabi.newpipe.MainActivity.DEBUG;
 public final class DownloaderImpl extends Downloader {
     public static final String USER_AGENT
             = "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/68.0";
+    public static final String YOUTUBE_RESTRICTED_MODE_COOKIE_KEY
+            = "youtube_restricted_mode_key";
+    public static final String YOUTUBE_RESTRICTED_MODE_COOKIE = "PREF=f2=8000000";
+    public static final String YOUTUBE_DOMAIN = "youtube.com";
 
     private static DownloaderImpl instance;
-    private String mCookies;
+    private Map<String, String> mCookies;
     private OkHttpClient client;
 
     private DownloaderImpl(final OkHttpClient.Builder builder) {
@@ -54,6 +62,7 @@ public final class DownloaderImpl extends Downloader {
 //                .cache(new Cache(new File(context.getExternalCacheDir(), "okhttp"),
 //                        16 * 1024 * 1024))
                 .build();
+        this.mCookies = new HashMap<>();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -121,12 +130,50 @@ public final class DownloaderImpl extends Downloader {
         }
     }
 
-    public String getCookies() {
-        return mCookies;
+    public String getCookies(final String url) {
+        List<String> resultCookies = new ArrayList<>();
+        if (url.contains(YOUTUBE_DOMAIN)) {
+            String youtubeCookie = getCookie(YOUTUBE_RESTRICTED_MODE_COOKIE_KEY);
+            if (youtubeCookie != null) {
+                resultCookies.add(youtubeCookie);
+            }
+        }
+        // Recaptcha cookie is always added TODO: not sure if this is necessary
+        String recaptchaCookie = getCookie(ReCaptchaActivity.RECAPTCHA_COOKIES_KEY);
+        if (recaptchaCookie != null) {
+            resultCookies.add(recaptchaCookie);
+        }
+        return CookieUtils.concatCookies(resultCookies);
     }
 
-    public void setCookies(final String cookies) {
-        mCookies = cookies;
+    public String getCookie(final String key) {
+        return mCookies.get(key);
+    }
+
+    public void setCookie(final String key, final String cookie) {
+        mCookies.put(key, cookie);
+    }
+
+    public void removeCookie(final String key) {
+        mCookies.remove(key);
+    }
+
+    public void updateYoutubeRestrictedModeCookies(final Context context) {
+        String restrictedModeEnabledKey =
+                context.getString(R.string.youtube_restricted_mode_enabled);
+        boolean restrictedModeEnabled = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(context)
+                .getBoolean(restrictedModeEnabledKey, false);
+        updateYoutubeRestrictedModeCookies(restrictedModeEnabled);
+    }
+
+    public void updateYoutubeRestrictedModeCookies(final boolean youtubeRestrictedModeEnabled) {
+        if (youtubeRestrictedModeEnabled) {
+            setCookie(YOUTUBE_RESTRICTED_MODE_COOKIE_KEY,
+                    YOUTUBE_RESTRICTED_MODE_COOKIE);
+        } else {
+            removeCookie(YOUTUBE_RESTRICTED_MODE_COOKIE_KEY);
+        }
+        InfoCache.getInstance().clearCache();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -152,8 +199,9 @@ public final class DownloaderImpl extends Downloader {
                     .method("GET", null).url(siteUrl)
                     .addHeader("User-Agent", USER_AGENT);
 
-            if (!TextUtils.isEmpty(mCookies)) {
-                requestBuilder.addHeader("Cookie", mCookies);
+            String cookies = getCookies(siteUrl);
+            if (!cookies.isEmpty()) {
+                requestBuilder.addHeader("Cookie", cookies);
             }
 
             final okhttp3.Request request = requestBuilder.build();
@@ -192,8 +240,9 @@ public final class DownloaderImpl extends Downloader {
                 .method(httpMethod, requestBody).url(url)
                 .addHeader("User-Agent", USER_AGENT);
 
-        if (!TextUtils.isEmpty(mCookies)) {
-            requestBuilder.addHeader("Cookie", mCookies);
+        String cookies = getCookies(url);
+        if (!cookies.isEmpty()) {
+            requestBuilder.addHeader("Cookie", cookies);
         }
 
         for (Map.Entry<String, List<String>> pair : headers.entrySet()) {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/ReCaptchaActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/ReCaptchaActivity.java
index 49fb6b179..40ea4fd58 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/ReCaptchaActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/ReCaptchaActivity.java
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ public class ReCaptchaActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
     public static final String RECAPTCHA_URL_EXTRA = "recaptcha_url_extra";
     public static final String TAG = ReCaptchaActivity.class.toString();
     public static final String YT_URL = "https://www.youtube.com";
+    public static final String RECAPTCHA_COOKIES_KEY = "recaptcha_cookies";
 
     private WebView webView;
     private String foundCookies = "";
@@ -168,7 +169,7 @@ public class ReCaptchaActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
             prefs.edit().putString(key, foundCookies).apply();
 
             // give cookies to Downloader class
-            DownloaderImpl.getInstance().setCookies(foundCookies);
+            DownloaderImpl.getInstance().setCookie(RECAPTCHA_COOKIES_KEY, foundCookies);
             setResult(RESULT_OK);
         }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/fragments/MainFragment.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/fragments/MainFragment.java
index 52c1afb93..000318ae2 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/fragments/MainFragment.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/fragments/MainFragment.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package org.schabi.newpipe.fragments;
 
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.os.Bundle;
+import android.preference.PreferenceManager;
 import android.util.Log;
 import android.view.LayoutInflater;
 import android.view.Menu;
@@ -45,6 +46,9 @@ public class MainFragment extends BaseFragment implements TabLayout.OnTabSelecte
 
     private boolean hasTabsChanged = false;
 
+    private boolean previousYoutubeRestrictedModeEnabled;
+    private String youtubeRestrictedModeEnabledKey;
+
     /*//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     // Fragment's LifeCycle
     //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////*/
@@ -53,7 +57,6 @@ public class MainFragment extends BaseFragment implements TabLayout.OnTabSelecte
     public void onCreate(final Bundle savedInstanceState) {
         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
         setHasOptionsMenu(true);
-
         tabsManager = TabsManager.getManager(activity);
         tabsManager.setSavedTabsListener(() -> {
             if (DEBUG) {
@@ -66,6 +69,11 @@ public class MainFragment extends BaseFragment implements TabLayout.OnTabSelecte
                 hasTabsChanged = true;
             }
         });
+
+        youtubeRestrictedModeEnabledKey = getString(R.string.youtube_restricted_mode_enabled);
+        previousYoutubeRestrictedModeEnabled =
+                PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(getContext())
+                        .getBoolean(youtubeRestrictedModeEnabledKey, false);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -92,7 +100,13 @@ public class MainFragment extends BaseFragment implements TabLayout.OnTabSelecte
     public void onResume() {
         super.onResume();
 
-        if (hasTabsChanged) {
+        boolean youtubeRestrictedModeEnabled =
+                PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(getContext())
+                        .getBoolean(youtubeRestrictedModeEnabledKey, false);
+        if (previousYoutubeRestrictedModeEnabled != youtubeRestrictedModeEnabled) {
+            previousYoutubeRestrictedModeEnabled = youtubeRestrictedModeEnabled;
+            setupTabs();
+        } else if (hasTabsChanged) {
             setupTabs();
         }
     }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/settings/ContentSettingsFragment.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/settings/ContentSettingsFragment.java
index bc2765387..b0bb30aa7 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/settings/ContentSettingsFragment.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/settings/ContentSettingsFragment.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package org.schabi.newpipe.settings;
 
 import android.app.Activity;
 import android.app.AlertDialog;
+import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.DialogInterface;
 import android.content.Intent;
 import android.content.SharedPreferences;
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ import androidx.preference.Preference;
 import com.nononsenseapps.filepicker.Utils;
 import com.nostra13.universalimageloader.core.ImageLoader;
 
+import org.schabi.newpipe.DownloaderImpl;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.NewPipeDatabase;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.R;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.NewPipe;
@@ -56,6 +58,7 @@ public class ContentSettingsFragment extends BasePreferenceFragment {
     private File newpipeSettings;
 
     private String thumbnailLoadToggleKey;
+    private String youtubeRestrictedModeEnabledKey;
 
     private Localization initialSelectedLocalization;
     private ContentCountry initialSelectedContentCountry;
@@ -65,6 +68,7 @@ public class ContentSettingsFragment extends BasePreferenceFragment {
     public void onCreate(@Nullable final Bundle savedInstanceState) {
         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
         thumbnailLoadToggleKey = getString(R.string.download_thumbnail_key);
+        youtubeRestrictedModeEnabledKey = getString(R.string.youtube_restricted_mode_enabled);
 
         initialSelectedLocalization = org.schabi.newpipe.util.Localization
                 .getPreferredLocalization(requireContext());
@@ -86,6 +90,15 @@ public class ContentSettingsFragment extends BasePreferenceFragment {
                     Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
         }
 
+        if (preference.getKey().equals(youtubeRestrictedModeEnabledKey)) {
+            Context context = getContext();
+            if (context != null) {
+                DownloaderImpl.getInstance().updateYoutubeRestrictedModeCookies(context);
+            } else {
+                Log.w(TAG, "onPreferenceTreeClick: null context");
+            }
+        }
+
         return super.onPreferenceTreeClick(preference);
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/util/CookieUtils.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/util/CookieUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4575e7017
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/util/CookieUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package org.schabi.newpipe.util;
+
+import org.jsoup.helper.StringUtil;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+public final class CookieUtils {
+    private CookieUtils() {
+    }
+
+    public static String concatCookies(final Collection<String> cookieStrings) {
+        Set<String> cookieSet = new HashSet<>();
+        for (String cookies : cookieStrings) {
+            cookieSet.addAll(splitCookies(cookies));
+        }
+        return StringUtil.join(cookieSet, "; ").trim();
+    }
+
+    public static Set<String> splitCookies(final String cookies) {
+        return new HashSet<>(Arrays.asList(cookies.split("; *")));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/settings_keys.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/settings_keys.xml
index a95404925..926bb9a17 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/settings_keys.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/settings_keys.xml
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@
     <string name="peertube_instance_list_key" translatable="false">peertube_instance_list</string>
     <string name="content_country_key" translatable="false">content_country</string>
     <string name="show_age_restricted_content" translatable="false">show_age_restricted_content</string>
+    <string name="youtube_restricted_mode_enabled" translatable="false">youtube_restricted_mode_enabled</string>
     <string name="use_tor_key" translatable="false">use_tor</string>
     <string name="enable_search_history_key" translatable="false">enable_search_history</string>
     <string name="enable_watch_history_key" translatable="false">enable_watch_history</string>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 4ec48f8bd..3b7bc8a4a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@
     <string name="content">Content</string>
     <string name="show_age_restricted_content_title">Age restricted content</string>
     <string name="video_is_age_restricted">Show age restricted video. Future changes are possible from the settings.</string>
+    <string name="youtube_restricted_mode_enabled_title">YouTube restricted mode</string>
     <string name="restricted_video">This video is age restricted.\n\nIf you want to view it, enable \"Age restricted content\" in the settings.</string>
     <string name="duration_live">Live</string>
     <string name="downloads">Downloads</string>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/xml/content_settings.xml b/app/src/main/res/xml/content_settings.xml
index e2fbc081d..bf9c3d115 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/xml/content_settings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/xml/content_settings.xml
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@
         android:key="@string/show_age_restricted_content"
         android:title="@string/show_age_restricted_content_title"/>
 
+    <SwitchPreference
+        app:iconSpaceReserved="false"
+        android:defaultValue="false"
+        android:key="@string/youtube_restricted_mode_enabled"
+        android:title="@string/youtube_restricted_mode_enabled_title"/>
+
     <SwitchPreference
         app:iconSpaceReserved="false"
         android:defaultValue="true"