YouTube is the most used platform to upload videos, in it you can find videos with content for children, housewives, amateur cooks, movie lovers, among others. That is why more and more people are encouraged to create their own channel to share their experiences, knowledge and skills.
However, if you created your channel but you don’t want to publish any more videos because it wasn’t as successful as expected, you don’t have time or it doesn’t catch your attention anymore, you can hide or delete it. In this post we will show you how to hide or delete a YouTube channel – easy and fast.
Steps to hide a YouTube channel
- Enter the YouTube site.
- Once inside the platform you must go to the upper right corner and click on the blue “ACCESS” button; (this step and the next two will be done in case your session is not open).
- You will immediately see a form on the screen where you must enter your email or phone number, write the one that suits you best and press the “Next” button.
- In the next box that will appear on the screen you must type the password, then click “Next”.
- Now you must click on your profile picture that is in the upper right corner, a menu will immediately be displayed where you must click on the “Configuration” (Adjustment) option that has a gear icon on the left side.
- In the new window you will see on the left side a menu select “Advanced settings”.
- In the “Advanced Settings” window, you need to click “Delete Channel”.
- Google will ask you to enter the password, this step is intended to confirm that the owner of the channel is performing the action. Then you need to click “Next”.
- In the new window you have the option to Hide or Delete; displays the arrow of the option “I want to hide my channel”.
- Now you must check the boxes that were displayed to hide all the content of the channel and click on the blue button “Hide my channel”.
- A pop-up window will appear with a message where you must press “Hide my content”, from that moment your channel will be hidden.
Once your channel is hidden, it will be set as private, including videos, subscriptions, channel name and views; but you must keep in mind that the messages will be deleted forever and cannot be recovered. To upload new videos you must enable your account.
Steps to activate your YouTube channel
- Follow steps 1 through 5 above.
- After step 5 you will see the “Account” window on the screen, in the “Your YouTube channel” section, click on the option called “Create a channel”.
- A pop-up window with the name of your channel will appear on the screen, click the “Create channel” button. If you wish you can change the name of your channel easily and quickly.
- Ready! You have already activated your channel again, it is advisable that you go to the “Videos” tab and make all your videos and playlists public.
Hiding your channel will give you the opportunity to activate it again at a later time; even YouTube allows you to transfer a channel to a brand account. But if you are determined to delete your channel forever we will show you how to do it.
How to delete a YouTube channel?
- Follow steps 1-8 under the “Steps to hide a YouTube channel” subheading.
- In the new window you will see two options that you can apply to your channel “Hide” or “Delete”, display the arrow of the option “I want to permanently delete my content”.
- Next you will see a box, check it to confirm that you agree with all the content that you will eliminate with your decision; then you must press “Delete my content”.
- In the pop-up window that you will see on the screen, you must press “Delete my content” to confirm the process.
- Your channel has been successfully deleted, your subscriptions, messages, videos, likes and history will no longer appear.
Before deleting your YouTube channel, think about what you can do differently to create successful videos that make your channel popular; Uploading interesting and attractive content will make your success as a Youtuber grow without the need to stop following sharing what you are really passionate about.
