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radamo59
User level: Level 1 (90 points)

Apple TV 4K Siri Remote closed caption features not working

I have a few questions about the functions on the Apple TV 4K using the Siri Remote. First off, there used to be a feature where you could enable or disable closed captions by pressing the "back button" 3 times. That no longer seems to work. Also when streaming content when you pressed the button to replay the last 10 seconds of the show the closed captions would come on. That one seems to work sometimes. Is there something I should know to help get these to work more consistently? Thanks...

Posted on Nov 1, 2026 3:46 AM

2 replies

Grant Bennet-Alder
User level: Level 10 (148,617 points)

Nov 1, 2026 6:14 AM in response to radamo59

I spent a long time looking for an answer to something like this, and kept coming up empty.

See if this general method does the job for you:


start a movie or similar content playing.

Pause it.

at that moment on many systems, a bunch more controls pop onto the screen. one of those may be "enable closed captions".


That is what opened the door to that feature for me.

once found, Users just watch their movie with captions. They don't seem to post this online, so searching can't help -- nobody wrote it down.

radamo59 Author
User level: Level 1 (90 points)

Nov 1, 2026 8:24 AM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

Thank you. Yes, that method does work to enable/disable. But the 3 button press and or the rewind methods used to work. There is even a setting within the APPLE TV 4K menus to enable the 3 button press method. Seems the recent updates may have damaged this.

Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256386910