Reasons channels or accounts can be terminated: Repeated violations of the Community Guidelines or Terms of Service across any form of content (like repeatedly posting abusive, hateful, and/or harassing videos or comments) A single case of severe abuse (such as predatory behavior, spam, or pornography)
In a recent blog post, Google stated that the new policy will take effect starting from December 2023, and all content stored in such accounts will be deleted, including Gmail, Docs, Drive, Meet, Calendar, YouTube, and Google Photos.
New Google Account Policy: No, YouTube Is Not Deleting Old Videos – Rolling Stone. Music.
Google says the policy change aims to enhance online security, as inactive accounts often fall prey to account hijacking, typically due to old and weak passwords and no additional security measures.
Google updated its policy on inactive accounts on Tuesday, declaring that any account that has not been active in two years will be deleted.
When your Google Account has not been used within a 2-year period, your Google Account, that is then deemed inactive, and all of its content and data may be deleted. Before this happens, Google will give you an opportunity to take an action in your account by: Sending email notifications to your Google Account.
Reasons channels or accounts can be terminated: Repeated violations of the Community Guidelines or Terms of Service across any form of content (like repeatedly posting abusive, hateful, and/or harassing videos or comments) A single case of severe abuse (such as predatory behavior, spam, or pornography)
It's YouTube's way of making sure a real view is counted as a view and no one can “cheat the system.” While traveling a few weeks ago, I shot a quick video going through TSA at my home airport to explain further why YouTube does this and how it works. Click here to watch why YouTube takes away your views.
However, YouTube's Content ID checks are always happening, and can retroactively flag unlisted or private videos even if they initially passed the checks during the upload process. In either case, if your video is flagged, there are things you can do to fix it and avoid a warning or strike.
Community Guidelines strikes
Channels that receive three strikes within a 90-day period will be terminated. Channels that are dedicated to violating our policies or that have a single case of severe abuse of the platform will bypass our strikes system and be terminated.
Technically, if a YouTube ad is skipped, the advertiser isn't charged a dime. This also means that the content creator doesn't receive a commission either. Realistically though, most ads on YouTube are unskippable. So, with non-skippable ads, it's virtually impossible to miss out on at least a portion of that ad money.
No accounts will be deleted before December 2023, when Google will launch its “phased approach”. Accounts that were created and never used again will be the first to go.
The Google account deletions will start in December 2023, which gives users just over six months to log in to their accounts if they'd like to keep them. Why is Google doing this?
The tech giant said in a blog post Tuesday that it may delete Google accounts that haven't been used or even signed in to within the past two years. This policy will start later in 2023 and will include such Google accounts as Gmail, Docs, Drive, Meet, Calendar, YouTube and Google Photos.
Luis Fonsi's Despacito Ft. Daddy Yankee, the most streamed video of all time on YouTube that hit a record 5 billion views recently, was deleted from the video sharing network for a brief while on Tuesday.
You may lose analytic performance: including views and historical performance. For those who are using YouTube for revenue generation (based on 4,000+ monthly hourly views) deleting may not be recommended even if the video is out of date. You may lose SEO traction: YouTube is the second-largest search engine.
It is now impossible for creators to optimize the videos for algorithms. But, at the same time, YouTube has also optimized algorithms to detect videos with dangerous content and push them down. This could be another reason why your views are dropping!
The disabled status of an account does not expire, meaning the only way to restore it is through appealing.
FAQ: How long does it take to delete a YouTube channel? It depends on how much content you have. If you don't have many videos, the process should take a few minutes. If there's a lot of content, it can take a couple of days to fully delete everything.
In the event that one of your videos is taken down, it does not mean the end of your YouTube career; it does, however, mean that you should take steps to avoid suffering similar repercussions in the future. Luckily, YouTube will tell you what the problem was and give you a chance to remove any strikes from your record.
The simplest way to keep a Google Account active is to sign-in at least once every 2 years. If you have signed into your Google Account or any of our services recently, your account is considered active and will not be deleted.
Does Google store any sensitive or personal information? In addition to the list above, Google knows personal information like your name, gender, and birthday, because you've handed over all these personal details to Google as Personal Info in your Google account.
Deleting an entire Google Account means that the content in your Google Drive, Google Calendar and Google Photos accounts will be lost and you will no longer have access to subscriptions purchased on YouTube or Google Play with that account (such as apps, movies, games, music and TV shows).