Study inappropriate videos, channels, and other content on YouTube

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

When something is reported, it's non automatically taken downwardly. Reported content is reviewed forth the following guidelines:

  • Content that violates our Customs Guidelines is removed from YouTube.
  • Content that may not be appropriate for younger audiences may be age-restricted.

How to flag content

Report a video

YouTube staff review reported videos 24 hours a mean solar day, seven days a week. A video can exist reported at any time in one case uploaded to YouTube. If our review team has non found any violations, no amount of reporting will change that and the video will remain on our site.

  1. Get to the video yous'd similar to report.
  2. Tap More at the elevation of the video.
  3. Tap Report .
  4. Select the reason for reporting.

Written report a channel

To report a channel, yous must do so on a computer. Click the Computer tab and follow the instructions under "Report a channel".

Report a playlist

You can written report a playlist if its content, championship, description or tags violate our Customs 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 tin can report a video thumbnail that you see in your feed.

  1. Go to the thumbnail y'all'd similar to report.
  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 equally spam, it becomes subconscious under a "Marked as Spam" link. By clicking the "Show link" you tin can see the comment once more. The video'south uploader can "unmark" a annotate as spam.

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

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

My comment was marked as spam incorrectly

If yous believe a comment you fabricated was marked as spam but yous don't believe information technology to be, you can make it touch with the video's uploader and ask them to reinstate your annotate.

Written report a live chat message

Community members tin can study inappropriate letters left on live streams.

  1. Become to the message y'all'd similar to report.
  2. Tap More than beneath the comment.
  3. Tap Written report.
  4. Select the reason for reporting.

Report an ad

If yous see an ad that is inappropriate or even violates Google'south advertisement policies, you lot can written report information technology.

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

Reporting ads is only available on YouTube mobile and desktop.

Report content on YouTube from your TV

You can report a video directly from the YouTube TV app.

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

Other reporting options

If the reporting process does not accurately capture your issue, we have other reporting mechanisms for yous to utilise.

Privacy reporting

Legal reporting

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

  1. Go to the scout page of the video yous'd like to report.
  2. Nether the video, click the three dot Menu.
  3. Click Study.
  4. Select "Infringes my rights".
  5. Select the relevant issue. If your issue isn't captured, select "Other legal merits".
  6. Fill out the form and submit.

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

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

Moment of decease or disquisitional injury footage

We 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/disquisitional injury, and you wish to request content removal, employ our webform.

Requests are carefully reviewed, merely keep in listen that we have public interest and newsworthiness into account when figuring out whether content will be removed or not.

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