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If you’re an avid Netflix viewer, you probably know that the service isn’t great at organizing. Like many apps and programs today, you rely so heavily on algorithms to provide you with content that it can be difficult to find simple topics or genres that interest you. However, instead of using Netflix’s category, try their passcode.
Now, Netflix does not maliciously keep these passwords. The company simply uses a system of codes to represent different categories of content. Each broad category has its own code (20 in total), but within each category there are many hyper-specific categories with their own codes.
For example, Netflix has code 1365 for the “Action & Adventure” genre, but has 14 subcategories within that category, including “Hijack Movies” (20541), “Spy Action & Adventure” (10702), and “Comic Books & Superheroes” “movie” (10118). There are a total of 267 unique codes to use. But where can you find them, and how do you use them?
How to Browse Better with a Netflix Password
To browse all 267 codes for Netflix, visit Netflix-Codes.com. The site organizes all the code by categories for you to peruse, or quickly jump from one category to another from the sidebar.
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Once you get the code to use, you need to go back to Netflix. Unfortunately, you won’t be able to browse with the Netflix code in the app on your smartphone or tablet. These codes only work when watching Netflix from a desktop browser. Hopefully that will change in the future, but for now, you’ll need to watch Netflix on your computer to take advantage of this trick.
All you have to do is enter the code of your choice in Netflix’s search bar, or go directly from the link below, replacing (xx) with the code of your choice: https://netflix.com/browse/genre/xx.
If you don’t want to refer to this code site every time you want to browse more specifically, you can use the Chrome extension “Better Netflix”. This extension adds a drop-down menu to your Netflix window, giving you access to all categories and subcategories. It’s a quick way to take advantage of the code system without first knowing any code.
[CNET]
