{"id":6711,"date":"2022-04-01T11:14:37","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T11:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/synchedin.com\/blog\/?p=6711"},"modified":"2022-04-01T11:14:37","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T11:14:37","slug":"how-to-delete-a-youtube-channel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/licensing.routenote.com\/blog\/how-to-delete-a-youtube-channel\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Delete a YouTube Channel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you find yourself needing to start from scratch, or tidy up a bit, we&#8217;ve explained exactly how you can delete a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/\">YouTube<\/a> channel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;re certainly not advocating the stopping of content creation. But, we understand that sometimes changes need to be made. Perhaps you ran a <a href=\"https:\/\/licensing.routenote.com\/blog\/5-food-channels-you-need-to-subscribe-to-in-2021\/\">food channel<\/a>, but have now completely changed tack and want to focus on DIY. You can always leave your old channel up and running, as you could still <a href=\"https:\/\/licensing.routenote.com\/blog\/how-to-earn-money-with-youtube\/\">earn money<\/a> from it without lifting a finger. Equally, it&#8217;s just as easy to <a href=\"https:\/\/licensing.routenote.com\/blog\/how-to-rename-your-youtube-channel\/\">change your channel name<\/a>, and make the old videos <a href=\"https:\/\/licensing.routenote.com\/blog\/how-to-make-a-private-youtube-video\/\">private<\/a> and hidden from public view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But if you&#8217;re sure you&#8217;ve made up your mind, here are the instructions for how to delete a YouTube channel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"How to hide or delete your YouTube channel\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y9FgjzjFs5o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Sign in to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/studio.youtube.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube Studio<\/a>.<\/li><li>From the left sidebar, select\u00a0<strong>Settings<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Select\u00a0<strong>Channel<\/strong>\u00a0>\u00a0<strong>Advanced settings<\/strong>.<\/li><li><strong>\u200b<\/strong>At the bottom, select\u00a0<strong>Remove YouTube content.\u00a0<\/strong>If you&#8217;re asked to, enter your sign-in details.<\/li><li>Select\u00a0<strong>I want to permanently delete my content<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Tick the boxes to confirm that you want to delete your channel.<\/li><li>Select\u00a0<strong>Delete my content<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>It may take some time for your channel to be permanently deleted. In the short term, you may\u00a0continue to see thumbnails of your videos on the site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After you delete a channel, the channel URL and channel name will no longer be visible or searchable in YouTube <a href=\"https:\/\/licensing.routenote.com\/blog\/understanding-youtube-analytics\/\">Analytics<\/a>. Data associated with the channel, such as watch time, will still be part of aggregate reports, but will not be attributed to the deleted channel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you find yourself needing to start from scratch, or tidy up a bit, we&#8217;ve explained exactly how you can delete a YouTube channel. We&#8217;re certainly not advocating the stopping of content creation. But, we understand that sometimes changes need to be made. Perhaps you ran a food channel, but have now completely changed tack and want to focus on DIY. You can always leave your old channel up and running, as you could still earn money from it without lifting a finger. Equally, it&#8217;s just as easy to change your channel name, and make the old videos private and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4615,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[30],"tags":[3571,147,3569,3570,33,293,3493],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to Delete a YouTube Channel - RouteNote Licensing Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you find yourself needing to start from scratch, or tidy up a bit, we&#039;ve explained exactly how you can delete a YouTube channel.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/licensing.routenote.com\/blog\/how-to-delete-a-youtube-channel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Delete a YouTube Channel - 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