Losing a Youtube account whether accidentally or by Youtube terminating your account can be devastating especially if you have so much to do there. The fact that you can only sign in through your Google account makes it easy to recover your youtube account. If you are using android, and you deleted your Youtube account by mistake, all you have to do is to visit Playstore, download, and sign in via your Gmail account to recover your Youtube account on android.
So, quickly, how do you recover youtube accounts on android? To recover your youtube account on Android, you need to have access to the google account that was linked to it. If you no longer have access to it, you will have to recover it because, without it, you can’t recover your youtube account. To get started here is how to recover your Gmail account for Youtube
How To Recover Gmail Account For Youtube
- On your browser visitgoogle.com
- Click forgotten email below the email address box
- Type the email address or phone number if you can’t remember the email
- Click Next and enter the name on your google account
- Request for a verification code by clicking send
- Copy it and paste on the box displaying on your screen
- The email address and name on the account will display
- Click on it
- Add the password
- If you can’t remember, click on Forgotten password
- And follow the instructions to reset your password
With this, you will recover your Gmail account for youtube. Now, let's proceed to how to recover Youtube accounts on android.
- On your smartphone, Go to Playstore app
- Download and install youtube
- Sign in with your recovered google account
- If you don’t remember your password, click on Forgot Password
- Follow the steps that will be initiated to reset it
- Once done, log in with your Google account and password
- And your lost Youtube account will be recovered on android.
How To Recover Youtube Account With Username
Before now, it was easy to simply sign in to your Youtube account with just your username. However, at the moment a Youtube username is not enough to recover a Youtube account. To recover a youtube account with a username, you will have to meet other requirements. To get started with recovering a youtube account with a username,
- visit com
- Enter your username or email in the forgotten field
- Click submit at the bottom
- Enter the CAPTCHA style verification code when prompted
- Click continue to confirm you are human
- Choose a method to access your account
- Either select a password reset link to be sent to a secondary email address or answer security questions
- Follow the on-screen instructions and click continue at the bottom
- If you selected the password reset link, open the email account whose address you had entered previously and follow the instructions
- If you chose the security questions answer them to recover your youtube account
And that’s it! Once the step is completed, you will be able to recover your youtube account with your username.
How To Claim Youtube Channel
If you created your account before May 2009 and you haven’t signed in since 2011, Youtube has automatically connected your account to a Brand Account. you will have to link the Brand Account to an existing Google account to claim a youtube channel. This is how to go about it:
- Visit google.com/Login
- Sign in to the google account you would like to link to your Youtube.
- Go to https://www.youtube.com/gaia_link
- On the left corner is a box, enter your youtube username and password
- Select Claim Channel
- Log into your Youtube account with the google account you connected by clicking on Sign in at the Top corner
And you will land on your Youtube channel. With this, you have claimed your youtube channel.
How to Recover Youtube Account Password
With the evolution of so many online platforms these days, it is quite easy to forget your youtube password. The good news is that you don’t need to be worried about forgetting your youtube password. With just a few easy steps, you can reset a new password but you can’t recover the old Youtube account password. So, here we go;
- On your browser, visitcom
- Click on Sign in
- Enter your email address and click Next
- Click on Forgotten password
- Google will verify if it’s your account by asking you security questions
- If this goes well, you will receive a mail with steps on how to complete the password discovery process.
How to set up Youtube Account Recovery Phone Number
Youtube account recovery phone number helps you gain access to your youtube account easily if you lose it. To set up a youtube account recovery phone number, all you need to do is to follow these steps;
- On your smartphone, open your setting app
- Go to google
- Select manage your google account
- Tap on “We Keep Your Account Secured”
- Select Sign-in and Recovery
- Under ways to verify it’s you, Tap recovery phone number
- You will be taken to the Sign-in page
- Sign in
- Then add a recovery phone number and verify
- If there is an old phone number there, you can also change your recovery phone number to a new one
- Click on next to access your phone number
With these steps, you have easily set up a Youtube account recovery number
How to Recover Youtube Account Without Email or Password
It’s quite easy to recover a youtube account without an email or password. All you need to know the simple methods involved. To recover a Youtube account without an email or password, here is what you have to do.
- Visit google.com
- In the email box, if you remember the email, include it
- If you don’t, click on Forgotten email
- On the next page, click on Forgotten password
- Select try another way
- Google will send a verification notification to your phone
- Click yes once the notification pops up
- If it doesn’t come, click on the another way
- A verification code will be sent to the phone number associated with the google account
- Enter the code on the on-screen box requesting for it
- Click on Next and you will be directed to where you can create a new password
- Confirm the Password and ensure it’s up to 8 characters at least
- Click on Save password when done
And without stress, you will recover your youtube account without email or password
How To Recover Suspended or Terminated Youtube Account
Once your account has been suspended or terminated by Youtube, It becomes a bit challenging to get it back. Your youtube account can get suspended or terminated if you repeatedly violate community guidelines, copyright infringement, or violate terms of service. If your youtube account ever gets suspended or terminated, you can retrieve your terminated youtube account by appealing through this form
To recover a suspended youtube account, follow these steps;
- Tweet @Teamyoutube on TwitterTwitter about the suspension
- They will respond with a link to a google form you have to fill
- This your best shot, take your time and fill it properly
- Submit and wait for review
- All things being equal, the suspension will be lifted and your account will back
- Once that happens, get a good hard drive and back up all your videos
It’s quite simple to recover a suspended or terminated youtube account. However, depending on what youtube thinks about your account, the suspension or termination may not be lifted especially if you had violated their policies after they had warned you via an email.
How to Recover Youtube Account Using Yahoo Mail
If you had opened a youtube account back in the days when youtube accepted any email address, you will not have access to that account now unless you recover it using the Yahoo Mail you used when you were creating it. To recover your Youtube account using Yahoo mail, here is what you need to do.
- Open a new Gmail account
- Go to settings
- Click on ‘Accounts and Imports’
- Select ‘Import Mail and contacts’
- A new tab will be open
- Enter your yahoo mail and click continue
- A continue option will appear again, click on it
- The yahoo page will open, log in to your yahoo account
- Click on agree
- After successful authentication
- Close the window and wait for a few seconds
- Click on the Start Import button
- Click Okay to finish
- All your yahoo mail and contacts will be imported to Gmail
- When done, sign in to your youtube with the Gmail account
With these simple steps, you can recover youtube accounts depending on any method you wish to use. We hope this was helpful.
