Report inappropriate videos, channels, and other content on YouTube

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

When something is reported, information technology'due south not automatically taken downwardly. 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 24-hour interval, 7 days a week. A video can be reported at any time once uploaded to YouTube. If our review team has non found whatever violations, no corporeality of reporting will alter that and the video volition remain on our site.

  1. Sign in to YouTube.
  2. Below the player for the video you want to written report, clickMore than.
  3. In the drib-down menu, cull Report.
  4. Select the reason that best fits the violation in the video.
  5. Provide whatever additional details that may help the review squad brand their decision, including timestamps or descriptions of the violation.

Report a channel

Yous can report users, inappropriate background images, or inappropriate contour avatars using the reporting menstruum located on the bottom of every channel.

  1. Sign in to YouTube.
  2. Go to the aqueduct folio you want to report.
  3. Click Near.
  4. Click the Report Report.
  5. Select the pick that best suits your issue.

Report a playlist

Yous can written report a playlist if its content, championship, description or tags violate our Community Guidelines.

  1. Sign in to YouTube.
  2. Go to the playlist page.
    1. If the playlist is currently playing, click on its title at the top-right of the role player to visit the playlist folio.
  3. Click More beneath the playlist title.
  4. Select Written report Playlist.
  5. Click Submit.

Report a thumbnail

Y'all can report a video thumbnail that you run across in your feed.

  1. Go to the thumbnail yous'd similar to written report.
  2. Below the thumbnail, click More .
  3. ClickReport.
  4. Select the reason for reporting.
  5. ClickStudy.

Report a link

If you meet a link that violates our Community Guidelines, you lot can report it. From the video watchpage:

  1. Select More and thenStudy.
  2. Select the policy that the link violates.
  3. Bank check the box next to "This applies to links within the video description".

Report a comment

The "Written report spam or abuse" link allows the community to report spam comments left on videos they upload or watch. If plenty users mark a comment as spam, information technology becomes subconscious under a "Marked as Spam" link. By clicking the "Show link" you tin can view the comment again. The video's uploader can "unmark" a annotate equally spam.

  1. Go to the annotate you'd like to written report.
  2. Click More.
  3. ClickReport spam or abuse.
  4. Select the reason for reporting.

Apply the "Report spam or corruption" feature with extreme circumspection. If you misuse information technology, you may be prohibited from using YouTube.

My comment was marked as spam incorrectly

If you believe a comment you made was marked as spam just y'all don't believe it to be, you lot can get in touch on with the video's uploader and ask them to reinstate your comment.

Report a live conversation message

Community members can report inappropriate messages left on live streams.

  1. Go to the message you'd like to report.
  2. Click More.
  3. ClickStudy.
  4. Select the reason for reporting.

Study an advertisement

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

To report the ad, select Info Information on the ad then Why this advertizing and thenReport this advertising, or choose to fill up out and submit this grade. Our team will then review your advertizing report and take action if appropriate.

Reporting ads is but available on YouTube mobile and desktop.

Study content on YouTube from your Television set

You lot tin can written report a video direct from the YouTube Boob tube app.

  1. Select Report on the video player Carte.
  2. A carte du jour will appear to select the reason for reporting the video.
  3. Once you select the reason, you'll come across a confirmation message.

Other reporting options

If the reporting procedure does not accurately capture your issue, we take other reporting mechanisms for yous to use.

Privacy reporting

Legal reporting

To report a legal issue on behalf of yourself or your client:

  1. Get to the sentinel page of the video you lot'd like to study.
  2. Under the video, click the 3 dot Menu.
  3. Click Written report.
  4. Select "Infringes my rights".
  5. Select the relevant issue. If your consequence isn't captured, select "Other legal claim".
  6. Make full 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 corruption of our legal forms may outcome in the termination of your YouTube account.

Moment of death or disquisitional 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 unit member during the moment of decease/critical injury, and yous wish to asking content removal, use our webform.

Requests are carefully reviewed, but continue in mind that we take public involvement and newsworthiness into business relationship when figuring out whether content volition exist removed or non.

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