From 7e145ac1cae8f891e18c9375fa23097f1dfa0b19 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bashonly <88596187+bashonly@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 18:24:03 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] [ie/youtube] Fix `use_ad_playback_context` extractor-arg
 (#16196)

Authored by: bashonly
---
 README.md                         | 2 +-
 yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_base.py | 2 --
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a5b649818f..27a54ef68b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1880,7 +1880,7 @@ The following extractors use this feature:
 * `pot_trace`: Enable debug logging for PO Token fetching. Either `true` or `false` (default)
 * `fetch_pot`: Policy to use for fetching a PO Token from providers. One of `always` (always try fetch a PO Token regardless if the client requires one for the given context), `never` (never fetch a PO Token), or `auto` (default; only fetch a PO Token if the client requires one for the given context)
 * `jsc_trace`: Enable debug logging for JS Challenge fetching. Either `true` or `false` (default)
-* `use_ad_playback_context`: Skip preroll ads to eliminate the mandatory wait period before download. Do NOT use this when passing premium account cookies to yt-dlp, as it will result in a loss of premium formats. Only effective with the `web`, `web_safari`, `web_music` and `mweb` player clients. Either `true` or `false` (default)
+* `use_ad_playback_context`: Skip preroll ads to eliminate the mandatory wait period before download. Do NOT use this when passing premium account cookies to yt-dlp, as it will result in a loss of premium formats. Only effective with the `mweb` and `web_music` player clients. Either `true` or `false` (default)
 
 #### youtube-ejs
 * `jitless`: Run supported Javascript engines in JIT-less mode. Supported runtimes are `deno`, `node` and `bun`. Provides better security at the cost of performance/speed. Do note that `node` and `bun` are still considered insecure. Either `true` or `false` (default)
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_base.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_base.py
index 776e95498e..a3ae1599d7 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_base.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_base.py
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ INNERTUBE_CLIENTS = {
         },
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT_CLIENT_NAME': 1,
         'SUPPORTS_COOKIES': True,
-        'SUPPORTS_AD_PLAYBACK_CONTEXT': True,
         **WEB_PO_TOKEN_POLICIES,
     },
     # Safari UA returns pre-merged video+audio 144p/240p/360p/720p/1080p HLS formats
@@ -118,7 +117,6 @@ INNERTUBE_CLIENTS = {
         },
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT_CLIENT_NAME': 1,
         'SUPPORTS_COOKIES': True,
-        'SUPPORTS_AD_PLAYBACK_CONTEXT': True,
         **WEB_PO_TOKEN_POLICIES,
     },
     'web_embedded': {