--- title: 'How to Permanently Delete Your YouTube Channel (2026)' source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=z4BaKdQJhxo' video_id: 'z4BaKdQJhxo' date: 2026-08-05 duration_sec: 230 --- # How to Permanently Delete Your YouTube Channel (2026) > Source: [How to Permanently Delete Your YouTube Channel (2026)](https://youtube.com/watch?v=z4BaKdQJhxo) ## Summary This video provides a step-by-step guide on how to permanently delete a YouTube channel. The presenter demonstrates the process on a mobile device, emphasizing the importance of following each step carefully to avoid deleting the wrong channel, as deletion is irreversible. ### Key Points - **Introduction and Warning** [00:02] — The video begins by addressing users who have multiple channels and want to delete extra ones. It warns that deleting a channel is irreversible and emphasizes the need to follow steps carefully. - **Overview of the Process** [00:27] — The presenter states that the video will teach how to permanently delete a YouTube channel in just 5 minutes, advising viewers to understand each step before proceeding. - **Request for Engagement** [00:40] — The presenter asks viewers to like and subscribe to the channel for more videos, a common practice in YouTube tutorials. - **Accessing Desktop Site** [00:55] — To delete a channel, the user must first access the desktop site. On a phone, this is done by clicking the three-line menu and selecting 'Desktop site'. - **Opening YouTube in Chrome** [01:08] — The user should open YouTube in Google Chrome to ensure the desktop site is active. The channel logo is then clicked to access settings. - **Navigating to Settings** [01:20] — After clicking the channel logo, the user must go to 'Settings' (not the channel page). If not logged in, they need to log in first. - **Advanced Settings and Delete Channel** [01:32] — In Settings, the user clicks on 'Advanced Settings' and then finds the 'Delete channel' option at the bottom. - **Confirming Deletion Intent** [01:45] — Clicking 'Delete Channel' prompts a confirmation. The user must click 'Delete my channel' or similar, and then 'Continue' after possibly entering a password. - **Choosing Permanent Deletion** [02:11] — After verification, the user is presented with options. They must select 'I want to permanently delete my account' (not 'I want to hide my channel'). - **Confirming Channel Details** [02:35] — The channel name and email ID are displayed for confirmation. The user must verify these details and tick the checkboxes to confirm. - **Entering Email Address** [03:00] — The user must type the email address associated with the channel (or sometimes the channel name) to proceed. - **Final Deletion and Confirmation** [03:14] — After entering the email, the user clicks 'Delete My Account'. A message appears indicating that YouTube content is being permanently removed. - **Conclusion** [03:42] — The presenter concludes by inviting questions in the comments and signing off with 'Jai Hind'. ### Conclusion Deleting a YouTube channel is a straightforward but irreversible process that requires careful navigation through settings and confirmation steps. Following the guide ensures that only the intended channel is deleted. ## Transcript he creates many channels. Later, when one of his channels starts working, he feels that there are many other extra channels. These should be deleted now. But when he deletes the channel, sometimes he takes some wrong steps and sometimes some big problems are also created. See, you should know how to delete a channel step by step. Because this is your channel's issue. Once you delete a channel, you may not be able to get it back. So in today's video I will teach you step by step how you can permanently delete your YouTube channel in just 5 minutes. So watch the video carefully. First understand each step and then go and delete your channel so that only the channel which you want to delete gets deleted. Apart from this, if you have other channels also, then like the video then please like it. Please subscribe to the channel because I always make such videos for you. Look, to delete the channel, first of all you have to delete the channel, first of all you have to or three lines above here, in some phones you have to go there and click on the desktop site. Ok? Now here you see it is ticked on desktop site. Ok? After that you have to open YouTube here. Open your YouTube. If click on Google Chrome so that your YouTube opens in Google Chrome itself. Ok? YouTube opened. Now here you will see a logo of your YouTube. You have to click on this. The channel will appear here. You don't have to go to the channel. You have to go to settings. Ok? Have to go to settings. Well, if your channel is not open then you will have to log in first. I was already logged in. So I clicked on the logo and went to settings. After going to settings, a page like this will appear. we have to click on Advanced Settings. After clicking on Advanced Settings, you will see options like this here. Delete channel will appear below here. Then you have to click on Delete Channel. If you click on Delete Channel, then see here this kind of option will appear. I do it again. Delete Channel will appear here Are you considering deleting your channel? So here pay review in Google account? You have to click on this. After clicking, see, now an option is coming in front of you in such a way that Bhai Saheb will ask you about the pass here. Can ask someone for the password. Can ask anything. I'll click on Continue here. Ok? Clicked on continue. lock the phone here. I will do it. Ok? That means here it will Anyone can get it done by any means like pass etc. After this, see the options that appear here. First up is I Want to Hide My Channel. So we don't have to hide it. This is a different option. Then comes I want to permanently delete my account. You have to click on this one which is below. Look, clicked on it. After clicking, it will appear here, read the name of the channel here. The channel name will appear in blue color. So the name of the channel is Chhota Boss New and this email ID has also come. So this is how you have to confirm it. Ok? That brother, this is my channel. This is what I am deleting and this is also my email ID. What will we do after that ? I will tick here and I will tick here also. Ticked it. After this, Delete My Account will appear in blue color. We will click on this also. After clicking on this, it will now ask you to type your email address. Now which email address should I enter? Yes, you have to upload whatever belongs to this channel. Ok? Please enter the same email address. So you will put it here. I entered my email address. Ok? Entered the email address. Many times it asks for email address, enter your email address. Sometimes it also asks for the channel name, so you can enter the channel name also. Otherwise it will always ask for email address. After that, the option 'Delete My Account' will appear here. You click on this. Clicked it. Now here you will see your content being deleted. Ok? Here it will be written Remove YouTube Content. Your content is in the process of being permanently deleted. So you have to wait a little and after some time you will see that your channel has been permanently deleted. The way is to delete a channel. you can do it this way. If you have any doubt then write it in the comment. See you in the next video with a new topic. Till then, Jai Hind.