How to Remove Your Channel on YouTube

Since the internet hasn't always been what it is now, chances are you've gone through periods when you wanted to use websites like YouTube to change the world. Since not everyone is successful in creating a YouTube channel, if you've given up on it to focus on other aspects of your life, here's how to remove it.

Make sure you have a backup of the YouTube channel's material before we begin. Once the channel is removed, the data cannot be recovered. After the post, we'll look at how to backup the data on your YouTube channel.

Method 1: Use YouTube Studio to Delete the Channel

1. Go to studio.youtube.com.
2. Switch to your YouTube Channel account or sign in if you haven’t already.
3. On the channel dashboard, click on Settings from the left sidebar.

4. In the left menu, go to the Channel tab > Advanced settings.

5. Scroll down and click on Remove YouTube content.

6. A new tab will open where you’ll need to sign in to your Google account.
7. Once done, click I want to permanently delete my content and check the two boxes highlighted below.
8. Then, click on Delete my content.

There will be a permanent deletion of your YouTube channel. Your films can take a few days to be removed from YouTube. Unfortunately, neither the iOS nor Android YouTube Studio applications allow you to remove your YouTube channel.

Method 2: Remove Your Google Account's YouTube Channel

1. On your browser, go to myaccount.google.com.
2. Go to the Data & privacy tab > Your data & privacy options > Data from apps and services you use.
3. Here, click on Delete a Google service under “Download or delete your data”. Enter your password or confirm your passkey to proceed.
4. On the next screen, locate YouTube and click on the trash icon next to it.
5. Check the highlighted checkboxes under “I want to permanently delete my content” and click on Delete my Content.

Not your Google account, but your YouTube channel should be deleted in this way.

Method 3: Using a Phone to Delete a YouTube Channel

1. On your phone, open YouTube and go to the You tab at the bottom right.
2. Here, tap on Google Account and go to Data and privacy.

3. Scroll downwards and tap on Delete a Google service.
4. Enter your password or confirm your passkey.
5. Now, locate YouTube and tap the trash icon next to it.
6. Tap on the I want to permanently dropdown.
7. Check both the boxes inside this section and tap on Delete my content.

How to Create a YouTube Video Backup

Google provides a quick and simple method for backing up every video on your YouTube channel before deleting it. This is the procedure.

1. Go to takeout.google.com and sign into the account associated with your YouTube channel.
2. Deselect everything except YouTube and YouTube Music at the very end of the page and click on Next step.

3. Click on the Transfer to dropdown and select Send download link via email.
4. Choose Export once, file type as .zip, and the expected file size as per the number of videos.
5. Finally, click on Create export.

6. Google should start packing up the videos to export it. Once done, it should be sent to your email. Click on the shared link to download the .ZIP file and extract it to find all your uploaded videos.

That's how you may remove your account or channel on YouTube. Do you have an old YouTube channel where you uploaded videos but it's no longer active? Tell us in the comments below.