How to delete a video from YouTube. 2 ways

How to delete a video from YouTube if such a need arises? In this article, we will look at ways to erase videos from your personal profile. Let's go through various devices for a more complete coverage of the corresponding procedure. Let’s also see how you can delete content from someone else’s channel and “bury” several videos in one sitting.

Why delete videos from YouTube?

In fact, there are a number of reasons why account owners want to get rid of content that has ever been posted. For example, a particular video turned out to be unsuccessful and received a decent number of dislikes. Or the “filed” material seriously spoils your name (interferes with brand promotion, etc.).

Please note that issues of deleting published recordings are also within the competence of YouTube moderators. Therefore, if the owner of the profile discovered that his own video was missing, it means that it is possible that the administration of the service did their best, and not malicious account hackers.

When such an incident occurs, check the email address of which is specified in the media platform profile settings. The fact is that after the administration deletes a video from YouTube, a notification is received about the reason for this decision. It is simply recommended to reconsider following the announced policy of the service to prevent future deletions “over the top”.

Which videos should be deleted?

At the beginning of the article, I may have scared some users by talking about copyrights. So, only those who have video monetization via Google Adsense enabled on their account should be very afraid; such accounts are seriously monitored regarding authorship, and if you have a channel for the soul and you do not monetize it, then there are no special risks.

Even if a complaint is received from the copyright holder, you have nothing to lose, just delete the specific video. If you want to turn on advertising in the future, know that after six months the channel’s reputation is restored (if there are no new complaints).

What you should never keep on your channel

You cannot post content prohibited by law on your YouTube channel - pornography, extremism, scenes of violence and similar creations (they are shown above in the screenshot) - for this you can get not only a ban from YouTube, but also a real prison sentence (it is now impossible to find the author of the channel problem, if the relevant authorities have the desire to do so).

This is the end of today’s sweat, now you can clean your YouTube channels of unwanted videos, remove everything unnecessary and make your accounts white and fluffy.

Ways to Delete YouTube Videos in 2021

Before you gather your thoughts and remove unnecessary content, think about this. Sometimes it makes sense to use the hiding option. If you don't like the video in any way, hide it indefinitely. In the future, it is likely that you will change your decision about a specific publication - all that remains is to return the video to the public list. When a posted masterpiece is deleted, correspondence from subscribers and channel guests, likes, and the number of views also disappear.

From phone

Remember that immediately after someone else’s content is erased, you can still view it and identify the author of the corresponding profile. But such a trick will work when the link to the deceased material is known. All that remains is to enter the following components into the address bar (without spaces):

com/watch?v=link;
ss characters immediately before the word "youtube".

Now let’s see how to delete a video from a YouTube channel using mobile devices as an example.

Android

Method of removing footage on gadgets running Android:

log into the social platform application;
Click on the “Library” button at the bottom;
select “My videos”;
the display of the mobile gadget will display a list of what has been downloaded to the channel;
Note the three dots next to the video name. Click on it to open the action selection menu;
Click on the delete button and confirm your intention.

IPhone

The sequence of actions for iOS devices is practically no different. Just keep in mind that information about the duration of the display remains available in the summary. But YouTube Analytics no longer adds statistics regarding this video.

From computer

The algorithm for users working on a PC is a little more complicated, but still achievable for understanding J First, open the official resource in your favorite browser, then:

click on the profile login sign located at the top right;
log in by entering your registration information;
click on the image of the man also at the top and right;
before deleting a video from YouTube, go to the “Creative Studio” line in the list of commands that opens;
You will be taken to the section of the site responsible for managing “filed” masterpieces;
on the left side of Studio, click on the word “Video” to directly monitor posted videos;
place the mouse pointer over the entry of interest and click on the ellipsis;
in the menu that opens, select the erase line;
in the next frame, check the box and click on the combination of words “Delete video”.

Deleting videos via the Youtube mobile app

Nowadays, many users access the Internet through mobile devices, fortunately, applications have become convenient and functional.

If anyone didn’t know, Youtube has its own mobile application and through it you can both upload videos to your channel and delete them from there.

Step No. 1 Open the YouTube application and enter the menu

To enter the menu, use a button in the form of three horizontal lines:

Step No. 2 Open the list of videos uploaded to the channel

In the menu, scroll down to the “Library” section, it contains items corresponding to the playlists by which the videos are sorted and below is the “View all” button. Click either the general button, or select the playlist that contains the video to delete:

Step No. 3 Delete the desired video

In the list of videos, to the right of each there is an icon in the form of three dots standing vertically one above the other, click this ellipsis and in the drop-down menu click on the inscription “Delete”:

How to delete multiple videos from a channel

Let's talk about a way to erase several videos in one sitting using a computer:

go to the YouTube resource;
click on the icon located at the top right;
in the list that opens, select a familiar access point to the studio;
click on the “Video” section on the left;
you will have to work hard and manually remove those posts that are no longer needed - the system does not have the option to erase several entries at once. Click on the image of 3 dots next to the video, and then on the delete option;
repeat the manipulations described in the previous paragraph the required number of times.

Now about how to delete a video from YouTube using a mobile gadget. In principle, the procedure is largely identical to the desktop version of the social platform:

open the YouTube client installed on your smartphone;
at the bottom, tap on the inscription “Library”;
click on the “My Videos” button;
By analogy with the PC version, you cannot automatically erase 2 or more publications in a row. Therefore, you also click on the ellipsis next to the video and click on the “Delete” line. Then repeat the cycle as long as necessary to free up space in your account.

Deleting a video yourself from someone else's YouTube channel

You cannot delete a video from someone else’s channel using the instructions described above. But you can always ask the channel owner about it. You can block someone else's video on YouTube. Or you can block the entire channel if its owner refuses to engage in dialogue and does not want to delete videos containing information that violates the community guidelines.

Violation of at least one of the principles is grounds for sending a complaint to a YouTube video or throwing a strike. Confirmation of a violation is the reason for the removal of the video by the resource administration.

How to report a video. How to throw a strike on YouTube?

Throwing a strike is even easier than deleting your own video. For greater efficiency, you can attract at least 3-4 more profiles. The principle is simple: the more complaints received about a video, the faster the issue will be considered, and the greater the likelihood that the unwanted video will be deleted (especially if there were controversial issues).

How can you throw a strike? Everyone saw the treasured ellipsis in the lower right corner under the video, hinting to us about hidden possibilities.

Click on the three dots under the video and select the “Complain” button from the options that open.

After this, a window will open in front of us with the listed reasons for the complaint. After all, everything must be justified. Don't give in to the temptation to point out something that's not actually in the video. Otherwise, the strike may result in your own account being blocked, although not immediately.

The most likely complaints in our case – violation of confidentiality and protection of business reputation – are “Spam or misrepresentation ” and “Violation of my rights”.

In the first case, the emphasis is on materials that mislead viewers and are based on unreliable facts. By selecting "Rights Infringement" as the primary complaint reason, we are reporting violations of privacy, copyright , and other laws. Next, you need to select an option from the drop-down list and click the “next” button. Copyright is a very important point in protecting business reputation and information security of a business, which we will consider in more detail below. And now about how you can block the channel of an unscrupulous user.

How to file a complaint about a youtube channel?

If a user's channel contains several unwanted videos at once, this is grounds for filing a complaint against the channel. There is a youtube report section for this.

Through the Report page on YouTube, you can complain about several videos or individual video elements. This alert tool can highlight user comments and videos and provide additional details about the violation. It is also suitable if you want to report that a particular video contains insults towards you.

How to submit a report on YouTube. To do this, in the “Reasons for complaint” block, click on the “Complain about the channel” link at the very bottom. A page opens before us with the following content.

YouTube Inappropriate Behavior and Security Violations Complaints

On the new page about if the problems listed above did not occur in the video. We will then be offered links to other reference resources. Copyright issues are one option.

The term “Violation of my rights on YouTube” includes violation of privacy, copyright and other laws. That is, it already carries a legal burden and may have consequences for the parties in the legal field.

We choose one of these complaints if:

the video content you created was copied and used without your permission;
you have copyrights to what is reflected in the video - your face, your voice, brand, trademark and other intellectual property;
you are an individual and have not given the right to film and distribute a video of you;
the video reveals your personal data - first and last name, residential address, passport details, phone number, etc.

If you have none of the above in your assets, you can only count on other possibilities - slander, inciting hatred, etc.

Often expressing their “righteous anger”, the authors often do not restrain themselves in expressions. They recklessly make assumptions about the nationality of the business owner as a member of a well-known nationality, masterfully insult, and sometimes even go as far as outright threats of physical violence. It's all sad. But that's something. You can work with this. As you can see, among all the options, “Insults and threats on the Internet” is listed as the first item, from which you can understand how widespread these complaints are.

How to Report Copyright Violation on YouTube

A notice of copyright infringement to YouTube is sent in a special form, which looks like this and is a continuation of the solution to the problem of violation of community guidelines.

YouTube Copyright Notice

If you can throw a strike from a smartphone, then for ease of filling out this form it is better to open this form on a computer or laptop.

Among the copyright violations listed in the form, the following points are suitable for protecting the reputation of individuals:

I am shown in this video without my consent
Insults (I'm being harassed)
Privacy (my image is used)

Since several violations can be recorded on the video at once - they are filmed without permission, and they also insult along the way - we choose the most pronounced and obvious violation. The Security Center employees will see the rest themselves during the inspection.

Complaint about copyright infringement on YouTube for legal entities. To protect intellectual property and copyrights on YouTube, legal entities (companies and brands) can use two points:

Illegal use of a trademark
Copyright infringement (content created by me copied)

The above are the legal grounds for filing a complaint with youtube. This means you need to act extremely carefully and thoughtfully. Only when there is 100% confidence that you are right and that there are violations in the published video. Before launching this skating rink, it is better to try to come to an agreement with the author of the channel: ask to delete the video and explain what actions you will take next if it refuses. No threats. We position this as a necessary measure.

Once a request is sent to remove content due to copyright infringement, the problem becomes legal. You should always keep in mind that filing false complaints may result in your account being blocked. Frequent and random sending of strikes can also be the reason why your account is blocked on YouTube.

Everything about how a user can report inappropriate content and remove a YouTube video from someone else’s channel is described in the “Help” section. There you will find answers to all questions about how to send a complaint about content and other ways to report a violation.

YouTube Help. How to report inappropriate content

YouTube values the privacy of its users. Not only the author of the video remains incognito. User complaints about videos and comments on YouTube are also sent anonymously. The only thing you should be wary of is blocking your account for excessive activity in sending false or unfounded complaints.

YouTube staff reviews such messages and, if necessary, takes action: they remove the video if it violates the community guidelines. But sometimes it’s not the video itself that needs to be deleted, but the hostile comments underneath it.

Often competitors start spamming under a video review of a product or a company presentation. And black PR in the comments is also not uncommon. Closing the ability to comment is not an option. This looks suspicious. And who then can write something good? Therefore, comments under the video need to be cleared.

How to delete a comment under a video on YouTube

You can use the youtube report tool to report a comment under a video. This is done in a few clicks. To the right of each comment, click on the vertical ellipsis and click the “Report abuse” button.

How to delete a comment under a video on YouTube

In the block that opens, indicate the reason for the complaint. There are two points of interest to us here:

unwanted advertising or spam
insults or threats

Submit a complaint about a comment on YouTube. Reason for complaint.

We select the reason for the complaint and report a violation of community guidelines. The more complaints there are for each comment, the faster moderators will pay attention to it. Surely your employees, relatives and friends have accounts on YouTube. Involve them in protecting your reputation. A group of 5-10 users already has weight in the eyes of the system, which means it is capable of much.

How to block someone else's channel on youtube

Sometimes it happens that the author and security service refuse to delete a video that you consider inappropriate. Then you can go the other way and throw strikes at other user videos that contain at least one of all possible violations. If, during verification, violations are detected in several videos, the service blocks the entire channel and then all the user’s videos become inaccessible.

How long does it take to delete someone else's video from YouTube?

The result will not come immediately. Like any system that has a bureaucratic component, YouTube needs time to consider complaints and make a decision to remove videos, comments or block the channel.

Sometimes it's several days. Sometimes for several weeks. Typically, removal takes about a month. The more complaints, the faster.

When it comes to comprehensive work on protecting and managing business reputation, the work of removing videos and other defamatory information in other sources is entrusted to specialists. Although they often contact us to remove only one video or negative comments from YouTube.

Similar services are now offered by many companies, agencies and small contractors. Depending on who is solving the problem, the range of prices for removal and working conditions fluctuates. Companies and agencies work under a contract and, for obvious reasons, charge more than private traders.

In order to get an idea of the prices, here are three typical examples of performers:

Companies promoted in the media industry have the highest cost for deleting videos from YouTube. For example, SidorinLab charges approximately 60,000 rubles for 1 video.
Specialized serm reputation management agencies, which include Reputazzi, offer average prices for the market. With us, this service will cost 25,000 rubles per video. You can order the removal of a video by writing to us at [email protected] or filling out the feedback form on the website.
Private traders charge the cheapest. You can save a lot of money. But there is a risk of them not fulfilling their obligations and even worsening the final situation. A private trader works in the gray and is not bound by any obligations with the client. There are cases when the performer began to harm himself in order to deceive the client into continuing the “cooperation”. Average prices are from 10 to 15 thousand per video.

Conclusion

YouTube videos can help your business and promote your personal brand. Or it can ruin your life and cause losses. Such videos need to be removed. Although this is not easy to do, it is possible. You can try to do this yourself or turn to specialists. In both the first and second cases, the result will not be immediate. Sometimes a video simply cannot be deleted. Then you have to look for other solutions to the problem. For example, try to block an account or channel with an unwanted video in its entirety, which we will discuss in detail in our other article.

If this material helped you or you find it useful for others, share it on social networks.

How to delete someone else's video

Users of the service have no grounds for groundlessly deleting content. To hold the authors accountable, it must either be a violation of the privacy policy, or an obscene plot, etc. First of all, try to get in touch with the blogger who posted the taboo data:

visit the author’s profile and start playing the material that annoyed you. Then, in the comments, state your request addressed to the founder of the channel;
an alternative is to search for the video blogger’s contacts on the profile page inside the media platform. Contact the author and ask them to remove the bad content.

How to delete a video from YouTube using the “Report” button? Click on the file you are interested in, then:

click on the familiar ellipsis;
in the menu o;
indicate a suitable reason from the list of available items;
make a timestamp demonstrating the deviation from YouTube's policies;
enter a detailed description of the complaint being made;
Click on the send sign.

Instructions

Let's move on to the algorithm of actions. It's all very simple actually. Logical. Permanent deletion will take you at most a minute, and even then with a slow Internet connection. In general, I would advise hiding unwanted videos from everyone, rather than permanently deleting the downloaded ones. So, if you want to return the content, you just need to change the privacy settings, and views, likes, and comments will not disappear from the video. I will give the algorithm below from a computer, because it is much more convenient to work with profile content this way, and not from any gadget.

Log in to your account.
Click on the avatar in the upper right corner.
In the drop-down list, click on creative studio. There are basic profile settings.
Content management is one of the few parts of your profile that is accessible through the new interface. Therefore, there is no need to switch to the classic version - just click on the “Video” tab.
Place the cursor over the desired video. An icon in the form of three dots will pop up. Let's click on it.
The drop-down menu will have several publication settings options. Here you can edit the title and description, copy the link or download the material to your device. After that, click on “delete”. Yes, that's logical. The publication will be permanently deleted immediately. Here it is, a simple answer to the question “How to delete a video from YouTube?”

Video instruction

The video below contains an intuitive and simple algorithm for erasing unwanted materials. To remove content as directed by the video's author, do the following:

go to the official website Youtube.com;
log in;
click on the avatar icon in the upper right;
in the window that appears, select “Creative Studio”;
on the left side of the studio, click on the phrase “Video Manager”;
tick the required content;
click on the “Actions” button above the list of videos;
click on the “Delete” line.

Three ways to delete your videos via computer

I would not recommend that you, of course, delete old entries just on impulse. Let them hang there, but there are times when you filled in the wrong stuff. Then, of course, you will need this function.

So, to delete a video from your channel, go to YouTube and click on the profile in the upper right corner.

Here we find the “Creative Studio” button. This is where all the main work with records will take place, including deletion.

Now there are two options for the development of events. On the main page there is a widget with a list of videos.

You can click on the nut.

In this case, the widget will turn upside down on YouTube and back to you and you will be able to see the delete function.

Ready. However, there is another option. I like him better. Somehow it was more thoughtful, or something... Let's go to the video manager. It's in the panel on the left.

Once again, you have two options for how things will unfold.

First. You check the box next to the video you want to delete, and then open the “Actions” menu. The treasured button is located right here.

Another option is to click on the arrow on the “Change” button.

How to delete all photos on VK at once

Unfortunately, it is impossible to clear video recordings on VK in one fell swoop without clicking on each video in turn. A list with several hundred items will take a long time to edit. But there is a way out - you will have to install a third-party application, for example, VKBot.

The program can be downloaded for free on the Internet.
Install it on your computer, log in using your VKontakte username and password.
Find the section “Profile”—“Cleaning”—“Delete videos.”
If you are sure, confirm the action.

Another way is to install the VKopt browser extension. Now on the page with video files, next to the overview of comments, a thick check mark will appear - “Delete all”.

However, keep in mind that this method of installing unofficial programs or extensions for VK is quite risky, so be careful when using it and be prepared for unexpected consequences in the form of page hacking or data theft.

How to remove posts you added from your page?

As of 2021, the social network resource has not provided an official way to delete all videos on VK immediately and quickly. You can clear the sheet by deleting files one by one, or use third-party extensions and applications. But read about this below.

By the way, before you get rid of the file, you can . This way you can view the file if you suddenly want to.

From computer

Let's look at how to selectively clean your playlist:

In the “Video” tab, go to the “My Videos” submenu (note, not “Video Catalog”);

Find a file that is no longer needed, hover your mouse cursor over it;
A pop-up cross will appear in the right corner;
Click on it, and you can safely wave your hand at the roller;
By the way, until you refresh the page, the file can be restored by clicking on the corresponding inscription.

We strongly recommend that you save the video to your computer before getting rid of unnecessary files. What if someday you decide to review them?