How to Delete a YouTube Channel

This wikiHow teaches you how to delete a YouTube channel. There are two types of YouTube channels: brand accounts (standalone channels accessed directly from your main Google account) and primary accounts (linked directly to your Google account’s email address). You can remove both types of channels from your YouTube account settings or the Google Account page on your computer.

Table of Contents

On Youtube

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Open the advanced settings page on YouTube. Visit https://www.youtube.com/account_advanced using a web browser. The advanced settings page for your default channel will appear.

If you’re not signed in to YouTube, you’ll need to enter your email address and password when prompted.

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Click your profile icon in the upper right corner of the window. A drop-down menu will appear.

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Select channel. In the drop-down menu, click the name of the channel you want to delete.

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Scroll down and click Delete channel . Options are at the bottom of the page.

If you don’t see this option, you’ll need to proceed with deleting the channel from your Google Account.

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Enter your password. When prompted, enter the password you use to sign in to your Google Account, then click NEXT below the password data field.

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Click I want to permanently delete my content . This title is in the center of the page and will expand when you click it.

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Check the box “The fplowing will be permanently deleted”. Options near the bottom of the page.

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Click DELETE MY CONTENT . (REMOVE MY CONTENT). This blue button is at the bottom of the page. A window will pop up.

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Enter your channel name or email address when prompted. If you’re deleting a brand account, you’ll need to enter the channel name in the text box in the middle of the pop-up, and if you’re deleting the main account’s channel, you’ll need to enter the email address.

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Click DELETE MY CONTENT in the lower right corner of the pop-up window. The channel will be removed from your account.

If you’re deleting a main account’s channel, this will delete all content on your account including playlists, uploads, and favorites. You’ll still be able to sign in and use YouTube with your account once the channel removal is complete.

Use Google account

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Select your brand account (if necessary). If you want to delete a brand account’s channel, proceed as follows (skip this step if you want to delete the main account):

Go to https://www.youtube.com/account with a web browser and sign in if necessary.
Click See all my channels or create a new channel .
Select channel.
Click your profile icon, then click Settings in the drop-down menu.
Click View or change your account settings.

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Open the Google Account page. Go to https://myaccount.google.com/ using your computer’s web browser.

Skip this step if you have already opened the brand account page in the previous section.

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Sign in (if needed). If you’re not signed in to your Google Account, click Sign in in the upper-right corner of the screen, then enter your email address and password.

Skip this step if you see your Google Account profile picture in the upper-right corner of the page.

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Scroll down and click Delete your account or services . This link is located at the bottom of the “Account preferences” section on the right side of the page.

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Click Delete products . Options are on the right side of the page.

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Enter password. When prompted, enter the password you use to sign in to your Google Account and then click NEXT below the password data field.

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Look for the title “YouTube”. Scroll down until you find “YouTube” in the list of services.

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Click the trash can icon

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to the right of the “YouTube” title.

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Re-enter your password. You should be familiar with your Google Account password by now, so re-enter it each time it is asked and click NEXT .

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Click the I want to permanently delete my content heading in the middle of the page. The title will expand further.

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Check the box “The fplowing will be permanently deleted” near the bottom of the page.

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Click DELETE MY CONTENT . This blue button is at the bottom of the page. A window will pop up.

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Enter your channel name or email address when prompted. If you’re deleting a brand account, you’ll need to enter the channel name in the text box in the middle of the pop-up, and if you’re deleting the main account’s channel, you’ll need to enter the email address.

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Click DELETE MY CONTENT in the lower right corner of the pop-up window. The channel will be removed from your account.

If you’re deleting a main account’s channel, this will delete all content on your account including playlists, uploads, and favorites. You’ll still be able to sign in and use YouTube with your account once the channel removal is complete.

Advice

Even though you delete the YouTube service from your Google Account, the Google account will not be deleted, and you can still use YouTube normally.

Warning

You cannot proceed to delete a YouTube channel on the mobile app.

Steps

On Youtube

Use Google account

Advice

Warning

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