How to Delete YouTube Channel Permanently or Hide Temporarily?

How to Delete YouTube Channel Permanently or Hide Temporarily?

In this article, we will show you how to delete your YouTube channel or how to hide your YouTube channel temporarily with very easy steps.

Let us get started.

How to Delete Your YouTube Channel?

Deleting a YouTube channel will permanently remove your content, including:

·        Videos you uploaded

·        Comments you made

·        Messages sent and received

·        Playlists you created

·        Search and watch history

·        Replies, likes, and dislikes

Note:

·        It is not possible to delete a YouTube channel on mobile devices.

·        The steps presented hereunder will not delete the Gmail Account you use to sign in to YouTube. These steps will only delete your YouTube channel.

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You can delete a YouTube channel by properly following the steps shown below.

1.     First, sign in to your YouTube channel and open YouTube Studio.

2.   Select Settings on the left sidebar.

YouTube Studio Settings

3.   Then, select Channel on the new window opened.

4.   Click on the Advanced Settings tab.

5.    Then, select Remove YouTube Content at the bottom. To continue removing your YouTube channel, you will be asked to verify your identity. Enter your login details and you can proceed to delete your YouTube channel.

How to Delete YouTube Channel Permanently

6.     Select I want to permanently delete my content option.

7.   Select the boxes to confirm that you want to delete the YouTube data associated with your Gmail account.

8.   Finally, click on Delete My Content.

Remove YouTube content

It takes some time before your YouTube channel is permanently removed.

For a short period of time, you may still continue to see thumbnails of videos you uploaded.

After your YouTube channel is permanently deleted, your channel name and URL will no longer be accessible or searchable on the YouTube platform.

How to Hide YouTube Channel Temporarily?

Sometimes you may need to temporarily hide the YouTube channel from public access and choose to re-enable it later.

If you hide your YouTube channel, your replies and comments will be permanently deleted whereas the following will stay private.

·        Your YouTube channel name

·        Uploaded videos

·        Likes

·        Subscriptions and subscribers

You can hide a YouTube channel or content by properly following the steps shown below.

1.     Sign in to your YouTube channel and open YouTube Studio.

2.   Select Settings on the left-hand sidebar.

3.   On the new window opened, select Channel.

4.   Then, click on the Advanced Settings tab.

5.    Then, select Remove YouTube Content at the bottom. To continue removing or hiding your YouTube channel, you will be asked to verify your identity. Enter your login details and proceed to hide your YouTube channel.

6.   Select I want to hide my content option.

7.    Select the boxes to confirm that you want to hide all YouTube content and activity associated with your Gmail account.

8.   Finally, click on Hide my channel.

Hide YouTube Channel Temporarily

You can later re-enable your YouTube channel so that your content is publicly accessible.

After re-enabling your YouTube channel, you can continue uploading content, making comments, or using playlists, as usual.

Conclusion

In this article, we have shown you how to delete your YouTube channel or hide your YouTube channel temporarily with very easy steps.