How to Delete a YouTube Channel

You can delete your YouTube channel from a browser or your phone, but it’s a lot easier to delete it from a computer. This is because you can delete a channel from your account settings directly on a browser, but on mobile, you’ll have to do it from your Google account.

How to Delete Your YouTube Channel on Your Browser

1. Go to YouTube and sign in.
   
2. Click the 3 horizontal lines on the top left of your screen. They’re next to the YouTube logo.
   
3. Scroll to the bottom of the pop-up menu and select “Settings.”
   
4. Click “View advanced settings” under your profile picture.
5. Select “Delete channel.”
   
6. Sign in to your Google account again.
   
7. Click “Next.”
8. Select “I want to permanently delete my content.”
   
9. Click “Delete my account.”

Deleting your account on YouTube will permanently remove everything associated with your account. This includes:

• All your uploaded videos
• All your playlists
• Your subscription to other channels
• Your subscribers
• Your comments
• Your replies and likes
• YouTube gift settings
• Your search and watch history
• Your subscriptions to YouTube Premium, channel memberships, and YouTube TV

How to Delete Your YouTube Channel on Your Phone

1. Open the YouTube app.
2. Tap your account icon on the top right corner of your screen.
3. Under your account icon, select “Manage your Google account”. This will take you to your Google account settings.
4. Select “Privacy and Personalization.”
5. Scroll down until you reach the “Data from apps and services you use” section.
6. Select “Delete a Google service.”
7. Sign into your Google account again.
8. Click the trash can icon next to YouTube.
9. Add your password.
10. Select “I want to permanently delete my account.”
11. Click “Delete my content.”

How to Delete Your YouTube Channel with YouTube Studio

You can access YouTube Studio from your browser and delete your channel from there. Just follow these steps:

1. Go to YouTube and sign in.
   
2. Click the 3 horizontal lines on the top left of your screen. They’re next to the YouTube logo.
   
3. Click on “Creator Studio.”
4. Under your channel icon to the left, select “Settings.”
   
5. Select “Channel.”
   
6. Click on the “Advanced Settings” tab
   
7. Scroll down until you find the “Other settings” section.
8. Click “Remove YouTube Content.”
   
9. Sign in to your Google account again.
10. Click “Next.”
11. Select “I want to permanently delete my content.”
12. Click “Delete my account.”

How to Hide Your YouTube Channel

To hide your YouTube channel, follow the same steps as above. On step 11, instead of clicking “I want to permanently delete my content”, select “I want to hide my channel”.

Conclusion

Whether you want to delete a channel because you want to start fresh or because you have too many cringey comments all over the site, YouTube does a great job of wiping away every trace of your channel when you terminate it. On the app and the browser, the process is easy and instantaneous.