How to Delete Your YouTube Channel

Jun. 19, 2024

The internet only recently evolved into what it is now, and there’s a good chance you’ve been through a phase where you wanted to make an impact using platforms such as YouTube. Well, not everyone succeeds in building a YouTube channel, and if you’ve abandoned yours to tackle other issues in life, here’s how to delete your YouTube Channel.

Before we get started, make sure you back up the content on your YouTube channel. You cannot retrieve the data once the channel is deleted. We’ll look at how to back up your YouTube channel’s data toward the end of the article.

Method 1: Delete Channel Using YouTube Studio

Your YouTube Channel will be permanently deleted. It may take a few days for your videos to disappear from YouTube. There’s unfortunately no way to delete your YouTube channel using YouTube Studio apps on Android or iOS.

This should delete your YouTube Channel and not your Google account.

Google offers an easy and swift way to back up all the videos on your YouTube channel before you delete it. Here’s how to do it.

And that’s how you can delete your YouTube Channel or account. Do you have a YouTube channel you previously used to upload to but are no longer active? Let us know in the comments.