Recovering a YouTube Account Without the Original Email
28 posts across 4 communities in the last 30 days; 68% from r/youtube.
“Not sure how important it is, but I use an android phone here and am using the app. My old Gmail account that I use in Youtube was deactivated yesterday as it was my old school account (I graduated and forgot to switch). Now opening youtube just says "there was a problem signing…”
“I'm trying to apply for the YouTube Partner Program, but I've run into a problem with AdSense. I have a Gmail account that a friend of mine also has access to. Apparently, he created an AdSense account under his own name using that Gmail a while ago, but never completed the…”
“I’m wondering if you guys can help me figure this out. So two days ago I turned 15 and today when I logged into YouTube to watch a video, it said the video was blocked for my account, however I had no problem watching the video before. I’m wondering if it has something to do…”
YouTube creators are struggling with managing their accounts, particularly concerning email addresses and account recovery. Common issues include losing access due to email changes, security concerns with personal email addresses, and frustrating recovery processes when email access is lost or compromised.
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“Not sure how important it is, but I use an android phone here and am using the app. My old Gmail account that I use in Youtube was deactivated yesterday as it was my old school account (I graduated and forgot to switch). Now opening…”
“I'm trying to apply for the YouTube Partner Program, but I've run into a problem with AdSense. I have a Gmail account that a friend of mine also has access to. Apparently, he created an AdSense account under his own name using that Gmail a while ago, but never completed the setup. I had no idea this account even existed. When I started my YPP application, YouTube automatically linked that incomplete AdSense account without giving me the option to choose a different one. The problem is th”
“I’m wondering if you guys can help me figure this out. So two days ago I turned 15 and today when I logged into YouTube to watch a video, it said the video was blocked for my account, however I had no problem watching the video before. I’m wondering if it has something to do with my google account somehow changing the settings. I asked my parents and they said that they didn’t do anything. I’m wondering what I can do to fix this or what I can tell my parents to do? submitted by /u/St”
“Hi any updates on this channel bro?? [re: do i have to warm up new created channel from my existing youtube email ? what i mean is i have 2 channels under same gmail account. Do i have to warm up the second one?]”
“Have you got another gmail account you can log into to try and watch Youtube videos with? If you do, do videos work then? [re: Every video won’t load]”
“I don’t know how much truth is in it but I have found some YouTube teachers who told that you should almost always use an old Gmail. Secondly, they said all accounts have a trust score and some accounts are doomed from the start. They advised to test different accounts by uploading a random phone recorded video like driving to a gas station, walking around your neighborhood etc. and see the impressions after 24-48 hours if that video gets like 800-1000 impressions you have hit a solid account wh”
“I’m going crazy. I have an account that I can search and SEE on YouTube by searching by the “@[username]” and I’ve logged into all of my emails and I cannot figure out how to get back into the account ?? Does anyone know what I can do? submitted by /u/mystery_madness [link] [comments]”
“Not only that but if at any point you created it before your legally able to create a youtube account. Doesnt matter how old you are now you created it against terms of service therefore thwy have the right to terminate it just for that [re: My yt account of 9 years with no content whatsoever was banned today.]”
“I haven’t used an android phone in probably 7 years. I have no idea why or how my account would be suspended. How do I fix this other than sending pictures of my ID and personal information? SMH. submitted by /u/stravocadomf [link] [comments]”
“That just disables the chat part. The tracking info is still there. [re: PSA - DO NOT send links unless you remove the tracker, YouTube is showing the account you are using]”
“Thanks sir [re: PSA - DO NOT send links unless you remove the tracker, YouTube is showing the account you are using]”
“I would try a new Gmail account and try that with YouTube. Failing that, I would contact Google. YouTube is known for a lack of customer service. Google will end up replying albeit a few days later, from my experience at least. [re: Wtf is this bitch problem?]”
“Oh. Odd. A new YouTube account or a new Google account? [re: Wtf is this bitch problem?]”
“this has been an ongoing problem for a couple weeks now. can’t sign into my account without this showing up. when I try to log in from my browser I either get these two messages or “this channel is not available“ for some reason. changing browsers, turning off vpn and Adblock, and clearing cache doesn’t work. this only happens on my browser, logging in on the app works fine. submitted by /u/Individual-Muscle463 [link] [comments]”
“How do I kick that off and also i checked where my email is logged in and it was only my phone tab and laptop [re: I am getting subscribed to random chanels]”
“I recently moved my YouTube channel to a Brand Account under the same email. The public page works fine, but whenever I try to open YouTube Studio or upload a video, I get stuck in a redirect loop with the "Oops, something went wrong" dog error page. My other channel on this email opens Studio perfectly. I’ve already tried clearing cache, Incognito mode, and the channel switcher link. Has anyone dealt with this right after a channel migration? Do I just need to wait for the backend to”
“Ryan’s accounts were all owned by his parents, which is why he got by. If an adult was the “owner” of your account on paper, then you’d be able to keep yours too. It’s not about size”
“I haven‘t posted yet but the account name and everything is secured. Because it’s a new email and new channel, the “age verify” thing pops up when I try to check out stuff like the animated short “The Lovers”. It made me wonder if it would negatively impact my account at all once I do start posting. I am well over 18 but YouTube doesn’t know that. I‘ll mostly be doing movie and music commentary so there may be adult themes. what has your experience been? submitted by /u/MysteriousMin”
“Hi, I have had 2 different accounts . One to follow Sports that my son and I share and 1 for movies etc. Both of these were registered with same email but when I log in , only one is accessible to me? I have searched the youtube support forum and cant find any help in figuring this out. Any ideas is apprectiated. submitted by /u/Mistake9998 [link] [comments]”
“Can I just say how infuriating it is that youtube provides no support for this. My old YouTube account was linked to my email and now that I have a new phone. I certainly can’t login even though it’s the same email address, but unfortunately, I can’t remember the password because my old phone had it automatically on there. My email was a yahoo email and I some how stayed logged in without issues until I updated my phone. Now I’m locked out. submitted by /u/Sheepybones [link] [c”
“hi, is there any possible way to contact youtube about recovering an account with a email that no longer exists? can't seem to find any solution.. submitted by /u/Pichaelx [link] [comments]”
“I was trying to make an account in of and accidentally logged in with google, now my full government name is in the app and i cant really do any type of age verification to get access to my account. if i could just change the name of the account or delete it i would be DEEPLY happy. please help its so embarrassing the images below show the few things that appear whenever i log in. it goes straight to the profile page, and i really cant do much from it. maybe just a way to change my display name”
“Was on a private window watching a YT political video. Went to comment and found I was signed out, so I tried to sign back in, asked to have a code sent to my email, and it never came. Went back to try again, and was blocked from signing in. I wasn't doing anything illegal or against YT TOS. Strangely, I got suspended from m e t t a the other day for replying to a political post and can't get back in without a selfie. Nope. Not happening. submitted by /u/nobodycares65 [link]”
“I have an old YT account, I accessed it a long time ago and my brother also had access to the Google account. After moving countries and a few years later I accessed it for a different country which is now my home. The account got flagged for security, I do have access to both Gmail and YT studio but the Google account is not fully added Google won't trust my logins despite having backup codes, my number in it and my other email as recovery. I have a passkey problem, it won't sync till m”
“Youtube is refusing to let me sign in or recover my account. Whenever I try to sign in or recover the account I get the error message: We noticed unusual activity in your Google Account. To keep your account safe, you were signed out. To continue, you’ll need to verify it’s you. I click continue and go through the process and I get the error message: Couldn’t sign you in You’re trying to sign in on a device Google doesn’t recognize, and we don’t have enough information to verify that it’s you. F”
“A little background. My boyfriend is trying to get some assistance with his YouTube account. It's special to him and has some important memories, including a loved one no longer around. I will include his message below. I hope someone will be able to direct us to proper support: My 13 year old channel was just removed for "spam, deceptive practices, and scams" despite not posting in over a year and I don't know what to do. The only time I upload to YouTube is to save game clips”
“I want to raise awareness about YouTube hackers, pretending to be sponsors and hijacking channels through gmails associated with the YouTube channel. Here is one thing to note: NO ONE will help you to restore your channel and Gmail only @teamyoutube on X or Google support. Believe me, i tried everything. Don’t fall for the scam that someone can restore it for a fee in the dark web. It’s simply impossible. Only Google can do it. On Sept 23 at around 1 pm I was emailing a person who was acting as”
“Can't log in youtube account -> youtube.com/oops Hello, For the past few days, I have been unable to log in to my YouTube account. Every time I attempt to do so, I am redirected to the following URL: [ https://www.youtube.com/oops\](https://www.youtube.com/oops) , with no explanation provided. I have tried accessing my account from multiple browsers, different computers, and various phones, but the issue persists in all cases. Interestingly, I was able to log in successfully using a diffe”
“Did someone broke into my YouTube account, or is it a bot, or if it’s harmless and I accidentally left my phone like this then… how did it happen and how can I prevent it??? submitted by /u/Mey_Lee [link] [comments]”
“How can we remove a gmail acc from youtube? submitted by /u/The_achieving_soul [link] [comments]”
“Accidentally downloaded a firefox extension that cleared my cookies and it signed me out of my youtube accounts. now i cant sign back into my main one no matter what i do. i keep getting this error no matter what i do. how do i sign in? - it seems like this error only comes up for my main youtube account, the others work fine. - this account only has issues with youtube, other google services like docs work - the account shows as "signed out" for youtube, however on the homepage if i c”
“I don't actually remember what I actually did to sort of lose my Google Account, I think I accidentally deactivated or logged out of it for a bit, and one I can't come back because I don't remember my password. Despite using my Gmail code to login into most websites, the only one that forcefully signed me out is YouTube and the Google chrome; I can definitely live without having an Account on Chrome, But I have a lot of unfinished project for my Channel that I can't post anymore.”
“My mail (hotmail) was hacked like 15 years ago and someone changed my youtube password and i never got the account back. The account has some embarassing videos of me that I would like have taken down, are there someway to do that? Since getting the account restored would be hard I guess since its so old it's not even connected to gmail. please help <3 submitted by /u/Blue1_0 [link] [comments]”
“So, I had a hacker recently breach my YouTube account a few days ago, and I'm trying to recover it, but I'm not sure the e-mail used to create the account. I don't even think there is one since the channel was created back in 2010. How can I figure out what E-mail I used to create the account? The thing is, this was before Google Plus and the channel was linked to my main e-mail for years, but YouTube support says they have no record of it. submitted by /u/coolperez8 [lin”
“yall every time i want to access my main account i cant, the youtube families center ask me always to set up my youtube account with my alt account which is with parental control.and when i press not now and press the button for my main google account it redirects me to the same youtube families center page. how can i fix this? submitted by /u/Dapper-Opinion-930 [link] [comments]”
“Can I ask something.. Is it ok to use personal gmail the only gmail I had for yt channel? I have a yt channel for a long time now I have like 9k Is it safe?”
“To be clear - this isn't "how do I contact support?", it's "support aren't actually answering what I am sending them". So last week, my account was hacked. Someone cracked my email (whole other story), used it to get into Etsy and tried to buy £200 of silver chain. Thankfully there was no active card on the account so it failed. They didn't change the email or password or anything, so I changed it all, got my account unsuspended (which Etsy support said was in”
YouTube struck my account with the Australian age restriction, verified my age and now my channel has been removed from my Gmail. Whenever I go to the “You” page it just tells…
“So I had run my youtube account through a school email that was supposed to be mine forever. In hindsight I should have started with a brand email for my channel. In the end my college screwed all of us. But I had added my personal gmail account and email as a manager of the OG account. When I lost access to my school email the channel functioned as normal and everything was working great. I was about to get monetized and had a couple brand deals for reviews. Now as of last Thursday YouTube is s”
“Basically the title, want to start a new google/youtube account and keep the recommendations I already have submitted by /u/Ok_guy4 [link] [comments]”
“So, it turns out someone managed to get into my channel without using my Google account, somehow unlinked it from my Google account, and now I can't access it. I tried contacting YouTube on Twitter but I have no luck. I did submit a form and it says they're looking into it but I'm not quite sure how long these things take. Any advice? submitted by /u/coolperez8 [link] [comments]”
“So, it turns out someone managed to get into my channel without using my Google account, somehow unlinked it from my Google account, and now I can't access it. I tried contacting YouTube on Twitter but I have no luck. I did submit a form and it says they're looking into it but I'm not quite sure how long these things take. Any advice? submitted by /u/coolperez8 [link] [comments]”
“Hi, my school has temporary blocked YouTube. Its a long story and thats not whats important. The school gmail had a youtube account with VERY important playlist. Videos that i need right now. Can anyone help me recover this playlist? submitted by /u/jojoa20 [link] [comments]”
“YouTube randomly switches my account to my google one rather than the one i regularly use (I even deleted the other channel but it still exists) submitted by /u/SonOfCivic [link] [comments]”
“About 8 years ago, my organization spun off under a new brand. Because our YouTube videos were hosted on the old domain, which has since lapsed and is now owned by someone else, we can't access them. I'm wondering if there's anything we can do to at least recover the videos and create a new channel? Thanks in advance! submitted by /u/ladyspaderis [link] [comments]”
“Hello! I'm trying to change the primary owner of my YouTube brand account, but keep getting a Failed to transfer message. I believe I have met all of the criteria, opting out of YouTube studio permissions and having the new account that is going to be the primary owner set as an owner for more than a week now. If anybody has any tips or info much appreciated!! submitted by /u/Bebe-de-Negro [link] [comments]”
“Source: usernode admin (Bruno) This is needed to be able to recover the account for example”
“So i wanna switch one of my YouTube channels to a different email but I'm having a hard time doing it submitted by /u/Alternative_Way2488 [link] [comments]”
“My google account was created by my parents when I was 8 (so the recovery email/phone belong to them) and nowadays they aren't exactly keen on me YouTubing, so I really would rather not have to go through this verification process which would end up notifying them. However, I'd like to change my YouTube profile pic/channel/handle. Is there any way to bypass this verification prompt? submitted by /u/MenaceToSociety129 [link] [comments]”
“Hi, I was browsing YouTube on my tv and noticed a new account, it has the exact same name as my default profile but with some random numbers. I didn't make this account and I'm the only owner of the email. I've been back and forth with YouTube support and the only conclusion they could come up with is that my account is compromised (which it's not) or someone is making extra accounts. The weird thing is when I delete one of the spare accounts a new one will appear in its place. I”
“I made a youtube account with my childhood friend around 2008, all we needed to do was make a username with a password, back when things were simple. thank GOD im still logged in on my phone, found that it automatically made an email for me ( @ pages.plusgoogle. com ) starting with the username and a random string of numbers. all i did was make a new gmail account in a different tab, then i went to youtube and it signed me out of my youtube account and switched to my new email ?? i never signed”
“Hi guys, I have a Google account with a YouTube channel that I haven’t used for about 2 years. I recently wanted to move/swap the YouTube channel to another email address. The problem is that my Google account was still linked to an old phone number that I don’t have anymore. I changed the phone number in my Google account settings to my new number, and the new number is showing there correctly. However, whenever I try to change the email associated with the YouTube account, or add another email”
“It may sound complicated but some days ago i made a new email account and I accidentally deleted the old one and therefore my Google and YT account.I managed to restore my old email and Google account but my old YouTube channel not restored.Only the new channel which is linked to the new email appears and when I click "accounts" on Yt,where it says "other accounts" it only shows the name of my old email without showing my old channel which was connected to this email.Weirdly,”
“I had to delete and repost because I panicked and thought there was revealing info in the picture but there's not. I'm sorry, I'm really stressed out and anxious right now because of all of this. So, I'm really sorry if this doesn't belong here and this is absolutely a long shot, but I'm completely desperate and have exhausted all other options. My Google account and everything attached to it, including my Discord and my old Youtube account that I cannot remember the url”
“Please help me restore the Zerobio channel account; it was hacked. He creates amazing blender tutorials, and it would be a shame if all his amazing videos disappeared. Here's his channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/zerobiood https://preview.redd.it/oi7e7oikc1mh1.png?width=670&format=png&auto=webp&s=26d860bfe989d56e97fd519f107095f051e2b26d submitted by /u/Easy_Housing_1626 [link] [comments]”
