2. How to delete your YouTube channel?
Do you want to delete your YouTube channel for no matter what
the reason? Then you are in the right place, here you will be
guided throughout the step by step procedure for deleting your
YouTube channel.
After deleting your YouTube channel you will be still able to view
others videos, comment, like, subscribe to others channel and all
the other normal thing that YouTube offers. The reason behind
this is because your YouTube account is linked with your Google
account, so it doesn’t matter whether you have a channel or not
until you use YouTube through your Google account.
3. Steps on Deleting a YouTube Channel
First up, fire up your browser and head into
www.youtube.com. You need to be signed-in into
your Google account for this process else you have to
sign-in.
When you get logged in into your account you will
be forwarded to the home page of YouTube. And you
have to click on your account icon which is located at
the top right corner of the page.
4. After clicking onto your account icon a list of options
will appear at your screen where you have to click on
“Settings”.
5. After that, you will be on the settings page where you
have to click on ‘Advanced settings’ which is placed
on the left side of the page, just below the ‘watch on
TV’ option.
6. You will be on the advanced settings page and you
have to scroll down all the way down to the bottom
of the page. And you will see a “Delete Channel”
button and you have to click on it.
7. After that, you will be advanced to another page where you
have to type in your Google account password and click on
“Next”. This is a verification procedure to make sure that you
are the one who is deleting the YouTube channel.
You can click on ‘I want to hide my channel’ if you want to
hide your entire channel contents including videos and
playlist. But your channel’s name, page, arts and cons, likes
and subscriptions will still remain transparent. You have to
check all the checkboxes and click on “Hide My Channel”
which has a blue button.
8. After that, a popup will appear at your screen to
confirm that you want to hide your channel and then
finalize your decision by clicking on “Hide my
Content” option which is written in blue letters. And
all your channel’s content will be hidden.
9. You have to click on the drop-down menu ” I want to
permanently delete my content” if you are all set to
delete your entire channel and its overall data. You
have to check the checkbox and then click on “Delete
My Content” button which has a blue color.
10. After that, a popup will appear at your screen for
confirming that you want to delete all your content
on the channel. And you have to finalize your
decision by clicking on ‘Delete My Content’ option
which is written in blue letters. And all your channel’s
content will be deleted.
11. How to Delete YouTube Video?
Do you want to Delete your YouTube video from your
YouTube channel? Are you struggling to delete your
YouTube video? Then don’t worry you are in the right
place. We will guide you through a series of steps on
deleting your YouTube Video. It’s not that difficult, but
YouTube also didn’t make it that easy. Follow the steps
mentioned in the further slides for removing your
YouTube video.
12. Deleting YouTube Video using
Desktop
Open your web browser and visit youtube.com (Note:
You need to be logged in to your Google account
through which you uploaded the video on YouTube)
Click on your Account which is at the top right corner
of the page.
13. A popup menu will appear where you have to select
Your channel option. It is at the first of the options
list.
14. Now, you have to click on the YOUTUBE STUDIO
button at the upper right corner of the page.
(You may see YOUTUBE STUDIO (BETA), but that’s
the same)
15. Click on Videos from the left pane of the page.
16. Hover your mouse over the video that you want to
delete. And then, you will see a three dots icon
(options menu), and you have to click on it.
17. A popup menu will appear, where you have to select
Delete. It is indicated with a bin icon and is at the last
of the menu list.
18. You have to agree to the terms and condition of
deleting your YouTube video by marking the “I
understand that deleting a video from
checkbox.
19. At last, click on DELETE VIDEO option from the
bottom right corner of the popup window.
If you want to download the video before deleting,
then click on the DOWNLOAD option from the
bottom left corner of the popup window.
20. Deleting YouTube Video using Mobile
Open the YouTube app on your phone.
Tap on your account, which is at the top right corner of your
screen. (It should be the same Google account used to upload the
video that you want to delete)
23. You will see all the videos that you have uploaded on
your channel. Tap on the three-dot icon (more
options) of the respective video that you want to
delete. The three-dot icon is at the right side of your
videos.
24. A popup menu will appear where you have to tap the
Delete option.