Report inappropriate videos, channels, and other content on YouTube

We rely on YouTube community members to report, or flag content that they find inappropriate. Reporting content is anonymous, and so other users tin can't tell who made the report.

When something is reported, it'southward non automatically taken down. Reported content is reviewed along the following guidelines:

  • Content that violates our Customs Guidelines is removed from YouTube.
  • Content that may non be appropriate for younger audiences may be age-restricted.

How to flag content

Report a video

YouTube staff review reported videos 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. A video can be reported at any time once uploaded to YouTube. If our review team has not found any violations, no amount of reporting will change that and the video volition remain on our site.

  1. Go to the video you'd like to report.
  2. Tap More than at the meridian of the video.
  3. Tap Report .
  4. Select the reason for reporting.

Report a channel

To report a channel, y'all must do and then on a calculator. Click the Computer tab and follow the instructions under "Written report a channel".

Study a playlist

You lot tin written report a playlist if its content, title, description or tags violate our Community Guidelines.

  1. Sign in to YouTube.
  2. Go to the playlist page.
  3. Tap More at the height right of the screen.
  4. Select Report Playlist.
  5. Select Submit.

Report a thumbnail

You lot tin report a video thumbnail that you lot run into in your feed.

  1. Go to the thumbnail y'all'd like to study.
  2. Below the thumbnail, tap More .
  3. TapReport.
  4. Select the reason for reporting.
  5. TapReport.

Report a comment

The "Report spam or corruption" link allows the community to report spam comments left on videos they upload or watch. If enough users mark a comment every bit spam, information technology becomes hidden nether a "Marked as Spam" link. By clicking the "Show link" yous tin can meet the comment over again. The video's uploader tin "unmark" a comment as spam.

  1. Go to the comment yous'd like to report.
  2. Tap More below the comment.
  3. Tap Report.
  4. Select the reason for reporting.

Use the "Report spam or abuse" feature with extreme caution. If you misuse it, you lot may be prohibited from using YouTube.

My annotate was marked as spam incorrectly

If you believe a annotate you made was marked equally spam but you don't believe it to be, you tin can get in affect with the video'south uploader and ask them to reinstate your comment.

Report a live chat message

Community members can report inappropriate messages left on live streams.

  1. Go to the message you'd like to report.
  2. Tap More beneath the comment.
  3. Tap Report.
  4. Select the reason for reporting.

Report an advertizing

If you lot see an advertizement that is inappropriate or even violates Google'southward ad policies, you tin can written report information technology.

To study the advertizing, select Info Information on the ad so Why this advertizing and thenReport this advertising, or choose to make full out and submit this course. Our team will and so review your ad report and have activeness if advisable.

Reporting ads is simply bachelor on YouTube mobile and desktop.

Report content on YouTube from your TV

Yous can report a video directly from the YouTube Boob tube app.

  1. Select Study on the video player Menu.
  2. A carte will appear to select the reason for reporting the video.
  3. One time you select the reason, you'll see a confirmation message.

Other reporting options

If the reporting process does non accurately capture your issue, we take other reporting mechanisms for you lot to use.

Privacy reporting

Legal reporting

To study a legal upshot on behalf of yourself or your client:

  1. Go to the lookout folio of the video y'all'd like to study.
  2. Under the video, click the three dot Card.
  3. Click Written report.
  4. Select "Infringes my rights".
  5. Select the relevant upshot. If your issue isn't captured, select "Other legal claim".
  6. Fill out the form and submit.

To expedite our ability to investigate your claim, we encourage you to submit your claim using our webform, rather than by fax or post.

Note that abuse of our legal forms may result in the termination of your YouTube account.

Moment of death or critical injury footage

Nosotros attempt to respect the wishes of families in regards to footage of their loved ones being critically injured. If you've identified content showing a family fellow member during the moment of death/critical injury, and you wish to request content removal, use our webform.

Requests are carefully reviewed, but keep in mind that we take public interest and newsworthiness into business relationship when figuring out whether content will be removed or non.

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