How to Temporarily Hide or Delete a YouTube Account

Video-sharing services like YouTube are on the edge of being useful and being an addiction. If you have decided that you want to take a simple break from all the endless cat videos (you know we all watch them) or you want to quit YouTube forever this article is just for you.

If you're not quite sure you're ready to delete your YouTube account permanently, you can just temporarily hide your channel instead. Should you opt to go for this solution, your subscribers will not be able to view any of your content and all community posts, comments, and replies will be permanently deleted.

How to temporarily hide your YouTube account

Hiding your YouTube profile is relatively simple and painless and should you decide you want to re-activate it you can do so whenever you want to. When you obfuscate your YouTube account, your channel name, videos, likes, subscriptions, and subscribers will be made private. However, all of your comments and replies will be permanently deleted.
Here's how to temporarily hide your YouTube account:

  1. Sign in to the YouTube account you want to hide on your computer.
  2. Navigate to the advanced account settings.
  3. Scroll down to the bottom of this section and press "Delete channel". You will be sent to a page where you can choose between deleting and hiding your channel.
  4. Enter your login credentials if prompted.
  5. Next, you can choose between two options – "I want to hide my channel" or "I want to hide my content".
  6. Put a tick in the appropriate boxes to select what will be hidden on your channel.
  7. Lastly, select "Hide my channel" to finish.

How to re-enable your hidden YouTube account

When the time comes to reactivate your channel and make your content visible again, you can just re-activate your channel at any time. Here's how:

  1. Sign in to YouTube again.
  2. Find the Create a channel option and fill in the form required to restore your YouTube channel.

Note: Ensure you didn't select "To use a business or other name, click here" because this option will create a new channel instead of restoring your old one.
Once you re-enable your YouTube channel, you will have the option to make your videos and playlists visible in Video Manager.

How to permanently delete your YouTube account

Warning: permanently deleting your YouTube account will erase all of your content, including your videos, comments, messages, playlists, and history. If you're still set on deleting your channel follow these steps:

  1. Sign in to your YouTube account on a computer.
  2. Go to the advanced account settings again.
  3. Go down to the bottom of that page and press on "Delete the channel". Enter your user credentials when prompted.
  4. Choose "I want to permanently delete my content."
  5. Put a tick in the correct boxes to confirm you want to delete your channel.
  6. Lastly, click on "Delete my channel".

And that's that. Your YouTube channel is gone forever.

June 9, 2020
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