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What is the best way (and what) to delete your YouTube channel?

Nov 9, 2022

YouTube is overflowing with videos. Creators upload an average of 500 hours of video every minute.

Some upload just for fun, a majority (if not all) users who are on the platform want to earn money from their work, whether by monetization, selling products and services outside of the platform or both.

With 122 million active daily users, it's simple to see YouTube's appeal. The potential to connect with users you wouldn't be able to connect with otherwise is high. It's also a tough race, and the possibility of becoming lost in the digital pool is real.

Are you unsure if your YouTube channel is working hard enough for you? There are several motives to rethink your strategy, hide, or delete the YouTube account.

In this article

  1.    What you should consider to delete your YouTube Channel
  2.    How to delete your YouTube channel in 7 steps
  3.    How do you hide your YouTube channel
  4.    Other strategies for YouTube
  5.    Final thought

Why you might want to delete your YouTube channel

Are you looking for an ad-free player

YouTube earns money by displaying ads in videos its algorithm considers advertiser-friendly regardless of whether an individual channel is commercialized.

If your channel receives thousands of viewers and it's monetized, this could translate to positive Payouts from AdSense. If it doesn't pull those numbers, your subscribers will be impacted by a poor watching experience.

While YouTube lets creators choose ad placements so as to reduce disruption but even ads that are well placed can prevent viewers from having the smooth content experience they'd prefer, especially with long-form videos.

You want to monetize your website content, but without YouTube

There are a myriad of motives to earn money for your website content, but not via YouTube.

  • Follow YouTube's policies on monetization
  • You must be a resident of a participant country or in a region
  • You must have 1,000 subscribers, and at minimum 4,000 hours of watch time
  • Do you have an AdSense account connected to your YouTube channel(s)

Second, the details around how monetization works remain murky. No one knows exactly how YouTube's algorithms determine who earns what--and given that Google takes 45 percent of the users' Adsense revenue and you'll get approximately half of the earnings the videos make.

Lastly, AdSense payouts depend largely on views, subscribers, and the advertiser-friendliness of the content itself. If your content isn't earning constant amount of views in an advertiser-friendly niche the earnings you earn will be limited.

There's no engagement you want

If the engagement of your channels is low, it's usually time to review the content strategy you've implemented. Ask yourself these questions:

  • Do you have a clear target audience that spends time on YouTube?
  • Are you able to clearly define what your content is for and the benefits it offers?
  • Is that value consistently modeled in the videos you make?
  • Are people able to go on your site and be able to understand in few seconds what you're talking about, and how much it's worth the time?
  • ...Or is your channel's content scattered?

The process of overcoming these confusions to develop a coherent brand experience is a successful way to get more of the right eyeballs on your website. If the content you offer meets the expectations of viewers then a steady stream of followers who are similar to them will follow.

In the end, some marketing channels are more effective for certain types of audiences in comparison to other channels. If you're a smaller B2B brand seeking to be noticed on YouTube, for example, it may be harder to gain views since people are looking for relevant information on other platforms, such as LinkedIn.

Instead, you should share videos via channels that your potential customers are the most likely to appreciate it.

If you want better quality embeds, then look no further.

Similar to how the "look and the feel" of your channel's design is crucial when viewers find it on YouTube the way your content is displayed when it's embedded on web pages, landing pages or on other websites can also be a factor. Much.

You only have a few minutes to grab people's attention, and blurry thumbnails or footage could easily derail your goal. If your material doesn't look polished and professional, or viewers have issues with buffering or playing the video, they'll get bounced.

When you're considering the video hosting platform, search for one capable of high-speed, high quality transcoding, offers high dynamic range (HDR), and can support video qualities in 4k or better.

How to delete your YouTube channel in 7 steps

If you've weighed the advantages and disadvantages of deleting your channel, and consider it to be the right decision to make for your company, you can get work done in a short time from your laptop.

This is the steps to remove your YouTube account in 7 steps:

  1. In the YouTube web app, go on to YouTube Studio.
  2. On the menu in the sidebar Click Settings from the sidebar menu.
  3. On the Settings Modal, click Channel, followed by clicking the Advanced Settings tab.
  4. Scroll to the bottom of the Advanced Settings tab and click Remove YouTube Content.
  5. Enter your password again if you are asked then click "I wish to permanently remove my personal information."
  6. Make sure to check the boxes in order to confirm deletion, then click "Delete my content."
  7. Input your channel's name or email address. Click "Delete my channel's content."

There are a few points to be considered:

  • Eliminating your YouTube channel will be forever. Make sure to back up any content you'd like to save or reuse after you have deleted the YouTube channel, your video content is gone forever.
  • It isn't possible to delete your YouTube channel in mobile. It's probably a great thing, but it does mean you'll have to delete your YouTube channel from the desktop site.
  • It's safe to say that your Google account will continue to exist. Deleting your YouTube channel doesn't impact the functionality of your Google account. If you're looking to delete your entire Google account be sure to are aware of what information you will lose access to first.

How to block your YouTube channel

If you'd like to have the ability to revisit your content in the future, hiding your YouTube channel is an option that is less long-lasting than place your content in a stalemate.

This is how you can remove the YouTube Channel you have :

  1. On the YouTube website app, go on to YouTube Studio.
  2. From the sidebar menu, click Settings.
  3. On the Settings menu, select Channel followed by The Advanced Settings tab.
  4. Go to the bottom of the Advanced Settings tab and click Remove YouTube Content.
  5. If you are asked to enter your password, and then click "I want to hide my account."
  6. Make sure you check the three boxes, confirm the confirmation and then select "Hide my Channel."
  7. Review the disclaimer, then select "Hide my contents."

 A few points to be aware of:

  • The presence of your channel will be completely gone. If you don't re-enable it the name of your channel, its videos and likes, as well as subscriptions and subscribers will remain inaccessible.
  • It is impossible to re-enable all of your YouTube channels. Hiding your YouTube channel means the comments you've posted on YouTube videos (including responses) will be permanently deleted.

Other strategies for YouTube

Eliminating your channel is a big option for anyone with an idea and therefore, don't make a hasty decision. There could be other methods to help your YouTube channel more effective to benefit your company.

Here are some strategic strategies to maximize the value of your videos on YouTube:

Last thought

YouTube won't be going away anytime soon, so the decision to delete the channel is based on preference and priorities for your company. Being able to manage the presence of YouTube could not be the top driver for your team, especially if you're seeing better outcomes and engagement with other channels that have less of an impact.

There's no doubt YouTube assists content creators in earning. But the road to revenue is a slow grind for most--and ultimately, you're not really driving the car.

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