This content is for help with videos that have been removed from YouTube. If you need help with taking down a video, learn how to delete your own videos or report inappropriate content.
If you see the 'Video removed' message next to one of your uploaded videos, it means that the video has been found to violate our policies and has been taken off YouTube. Click a section below to learn what you can do to resolve the issue.
Reasons for removal & what you can do
If you see the 'Video removed: Inappropriate content' message next to one of your uploaded videos, it means that the video in question has been found to violate our Community Guidelines.
How to resolve the issue
- See more information about your video violation on the Studio dashboard or within your Content page.
- Use the Community Guidelines strike basics to understand what content you can upload to YouTube — and avoid having more content removed.
- If you believe that your video was removed in error, you can appeal a Community Guidelines strike.
If you see the 'Video removed: Terms of Use violation' message next to one of your videos, the video may have been rejected due to a Terms of Use or copyright violation. Review our Terms of Service and these copyright basics for more information.
If you see the below messages next to one of your videos, it means that a content owner has claimed content in your video using YouTube's Content ID system:
- Includes copyrighted content
- Muted due to copyrighted content
- Blocked worldwide
- Blocked in some countries/regions
Select the text that appears next to your video. This link will take you to a page with more details about the copyright claim affecting your video. Under 'Copyright Details', you can see information about the material that was identified in your video.
Learn what Content ID claims are and how they affect your video.
Your video was removed from YouTube because a copyright owner sent us a complete legal request to take it down. You also received a copyright strike. Learn how copyright strikes can affect your account.
There are three ways to resolve your copyright strike. Deleting a video with a strike won't resolve your strike.
If you see the 'Video removed: trademark issue' message, it means the video has violated our trademark policy.
Review our trademark policies to make sure that you understand what content is acceptable to upload to YouTube.