Delete or hide your YouTube aqueduct

You tin can choose to temporarily hibernate content on your channel or permanently delete your channel.

Note that hiding or deleting a YouTube channel volition permanently delete all Community posts, comments, and replies.

How to hide or delete your YouTube channel

Hide your channel temporarily

You can hide content from your YouTube aqueduct and choose to re-enable it after. Hiding your channel volition make aqueduct name, videos, likes, subscriptions, and subscribers individual.

All your comments and replies volition be permanently deleted. Your account data on other Google properties volition not be removed.

Hide your aqueduct or your aqueduct'southward content:

  1. Sign in to YouTube Studio.
  2. From the left sidebar, select Settings .
  3. Select Aqueductand then Avant-garde Settings.
  4. At the bottom, select Remove YouTube Content. Note: This link will have you to a folio where you can delete or hide your aqueduct. You lot may exist asked to enter your sign-in details.
  5. Select I desire to hibernate my content.
  6. Select the boxes to ostend what will be subconscious on your channel.
  7. Select Hide my channel.

If you want to brand your content viewable to others, or if you desire to upload, comment, or use playlists, y'all can re-enable the channel.

Delete your channel permanently

Closing your YouTube channel volition permanently delete your content, including videos, comments, messages, playlists, and history. Notation that you can't currently delete a aqueduct on mobile devices.

If you permanently delete your aqueduct intentionally, you may not be able to recover information technology.

Delete your YouTube channel:

  1. Sign in to YouTube Studio.
  2. From the left sidebar, select Settings.
  3. Select Channeland thenAvant-garde Settings.
  4. ​At the bottom, select Remove YouTube Content. If you're asked to, enteryour sign-in details.
  5. SelectI want to permanently delete my content.
  6. Select the boxes to confirm you want to delete your channel.
  7. SelectDelete my content.

It may take some time for your channel to be permanently deleted. In the short term, y'all may proceed to see thumbnails of your videos on the site.

Note: These steps will only delete your YouTube channel, non your Google Account you use to sign in with. Learn how to delete your unabridged Google Business relationship.

After you delete a aqueduct, the channel URL and channel name will no longer be visible or searchable in YouTube Analytics. Data associated with the aqueduct, such as watch time, volition nonetheless be part of aggregate reports, but volition non be attributed to the deleted channel.

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