View asset history

Use the History tab in YouTube Studio Content Manager to track changes to your assets. Review metadata, policy, ownership, and asset merge changes, or learn how to troubleshoot related issues.This feature is not yet available for Composition assets.

These features are only available to partners who use YouTube Studio Content Manager. Contact your YouTube Partner Manager to get access.

Find your asset history

Your asset history is available for the duration of your ownership of a given asset, as long as the changes were made by your YouTube Studio Content Manager users.

Asset updates made before November 2023 will display only daily update summaries. Going forward, all new asset updates will be displayed as separate events. Events may take several hours to show up in your asset history.

To view an asset's history:

Sign in to Studio Content Manager.
From the left menu, select Assets .
Click the title of the asset you want to review.
Click History .
From the “Revision” column, click on a row to review the asset’s metadata, policy, or ownership. Asset merges are displayed as “Events.”

To filter for a specific time frame, click Revisions between

and enter the desired date range.

View bulk action history

Use the “Bulk updates” tab in Studio Content Manager to view bulk actions carried out across assets, claimed videos, campaigns, and channels that you own. From the bulk actions view, you can find:

Action taken
Volume of entities updated
Bulk action status
Timestamps
User history

To view bulk Action history,

Sign into Studio Content Manager.
From the left menu, select Content Updates .
Click Bulk actions to view bulk actions.

Troubleshoot issues using your asset history

Use your asset history to troubleshoot issues related to your assets and claims. Find common issues and solutions detailed below.

Issue	Troubleshooting steps
Claimed video not monetizing for a given period of time	Use the History tab to check for policy and ownership changes on the asset. Monetization might be impacted if: The asset did not have a monetization policy The asset had an ownership conflict
Missing data in YouTube Analytics	Identify the timeframe when the data went missing. Then, use the History tab to check for ownership changes around that time. If you didn’t have ownership at that time, the asset will not appear in your Analytics.
Wrong asset metadata	Use the History tab to determine who delivered the metadata, and whether it’s up-to-date. Redeliver metadata if necessary.

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