YouTube is 1 of the most popular platforms with billions of videos ranging from funny cat videos to vlogs, motion picture trailers and music videos uploaded and shared by its users since its inception.

If you've amassed lots of videos in your watch history and merely want to clear out all your action and comments that y'all no longer want to be associated with, or you're merely sick of YouTube's recommendations, you can delete your YouTube account and everything in information technology in 1 fell swoop.

The good news is that it's non tied to other Google services similar Gmail, Google Bulldoze, Hangouts, Google Encounter and others. Plus it won't delete your Google account, but it'll obliterate any videos you may accept purchased and any other videos on your channel.

If you're admittedly done with your YouTube account forever, follow forth to learn how to delete your YouTube account using a browser or the YouTube mobile app. We'll also cover any implications that come with permanently removing your account from the platform.

How To Delete Your YouTube Account In A Browser

You tin delete a YouTube account with all your videos and other data in a web browser. To do this:

  1. Visit YouTube.com and sign into your YouTube account. Select your user business relationship icon at the upper correct side of the screen.
  1. Click Settings.
  1. Next, go to the Google account section and click View or alter your Google business relationship settings.
  1. In the Privacy & Personalization department, click Manage your data & personalization.
  1. Scroll down to the Download, delete or make a program for your information section and click Delete a service or your account.
  1. In the Delete a Google service department, click Delete a service.
  1. Sign in again to verify that information technology'southward you.
  1. If you lot desire to download and save all your information before deleting your YouTube business relationship entirely, you lot can select the Download Data option. Cheque or uncheck the list of Google services you have to download your data, and select the blazon of file and method of commitment.
  1. Click the Delete/Trash can icon adjacent to YouTube. You may get a prompt asking you to sign in once again for verification purposes.
  1. To delete your YouTube business relationship and all the content in it, click I want to permanently delete my content. To confirm to Google that you lot empathize what is being deleted, check the relevant box and then click Delete My Content.

How To Delete A YouTube Account In The YouTube Mobile App

To delete your YouTube account from the YouTube mobile app:

  1. Open the YouTube app in your mobile device and tap the user business relationship icon at the upper correct side of the screen.
  1. Tap Manage Your Google Account.
  1. Next, tap Privacy & Personalisation > Manage your data & Personalisation.
  1. Coil down to the Download, delete or make a plan for your data section and tap Delete a service or your account.
  1. Tap Delete a service under the Delete a Google service department. Sign in to your business relationship to verify that you're the one deleting the account.
  1. Click the trash icon adjacent to YouTube and sign in over again to verify that information technology's yous.
  1. If y'all're sure that you desire to delete your YouTube account and all its content, tap I want to permanently delete my content.
  1. Check the box to ostend that you sympathise what's beingness deleted, and tap the blueish Delete My Content button at the bottom of the screen.

Annotation: Yous cannot undo the deletion once you confirm the action. Deleting your account doesn't mean you won't be able to continue using YouTube for your own pleasure, because it's non a must that you lot have an business relationship to enjoy its services.

It just cleans up your online presence by deleting that content. You can notwithstanding get out comments on other videos, subscribe to other channels, save videos to a Youtube playlist or Spotter Later on section, share and more because your YouTube account is notwithstanding associated with your Google account.

How To Hide/Delete a YouTube Channel

If you're not certain whether you're ready to delete your YouTube account, you tin choose to hide or delete your YouTube channel instead, which simply sets your YouTube content and activity to private without deleting everything altogether. To delete a YouTube channel, open YouTube in a browser on your figurer or mobile device and sign into your account.

Note: You tin only delete a YouTube aqueduct from the spider web, not from the mobile app.

  1. Click or tap on your user account icon at the upper right side of the screen and click/tap Settings. Go to Channel status and features to access the settings for the YouTube channel you want to delete, if you take multiple channels. If you lot want to switch to a dissimilar 1, click Switch account, pick the right channel and take the same steps above to go to the channel's settings.
  1. Select Advanced settings in the menu on the left pane to open the page with all your channel's settings.
  1. Only below the Advanced Settings page, you'll run into the Delete Channel link. Click it and then sign into your account to verify that it's yous. This activity won't touch your Google account, Gmail, Google Drive and other Google products or existing channels associated with the channel y'all're deleting.
  1. Sign in to confirm that information technology'south you deleting your aqueduct, and and so select I want to permanently delete my content, which volition permanently erase your playlists and videos.
  1. If you want to hide your channel instead of deleting it entirely, details such as your aqueduct page, likes, subscriptions, art and icon will remain unhidden and the channel will be fix to private.  To do this, select I want to hide my content option, check all the relevant boxes to confirm to Google that you empathise the deportment you lot're taking, and click/tap the Hide My Content button.
  1. Go back to YouTube on your browser, sign into your account and cheque whether the channel has been deleted by clicking or tapping on the user account icon at the upper correct side of the screen. If yous take multiple channels, the one y'all've just deleted won't appear on the list.

To see the list of channels tied to your Google business relationship, go to Settings > See all my channels or create a new channel.

Annotation: As long every bit yous take your Google business relationship, y'all'll still have a YouTube business relationship even if you delete the content and data in your channel. The only deviation is that the channel won't have any content or any trail of your previous activity on the platform.

If yous want to completely remove everything from Google services and associated products, you tin can delete your entire Google account, though this isn't recommended if yous still want to use Google services similar Gmail, Bulldoze, Docs and others.

Erase Your Spotter History

If you've followed the steps above to delete a YouTube account, it'south at present permanently gone from the platform. Nosotros have other useful guides if yous want to quit many other social media platforms such as Facebook or Instagram. Bank check out our guide on how to delete a Gmail business relationship, or watch our YouTube channel in one case you've used our tips to delete your business relationship from the site.