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, so other users can't tell who made the report.

When something is reported, it'due south not automatically taken downward. Reported content is reviewed along the post-obit guidelines:

  • Content that violates our Community 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 twenty-four hours, 7 days a week. A video can exist reported at any fourth dimension 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. Sign in to YouTube.
  2. Beneath the role player for the video you lot want to written report, clickMore.
  3. In the drop-down menu, choose Written report.
  4. Select the reason that all-time fits the violation in the video.
  5. Provide any boosted details that may help the review team brand their decision, including timestamps or descriptions of the violation.

Report a aqueduct

You can report users, inappropriate background images, or inappropriate contour avatars using the reporting flow located on the bottom of every aqueduct.

  1. Sign in to YouTube.
  2. Become to the aqueduct page you desire to report.
  3. Click About.
  4. Click the Study Report.
  5. Select the option that best suits your issue.

Report a playlist

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

  1. Sign in to YouTube.
  2. Go to the playlist page.
    1. If the playlist is currently playing, click on its championship at the top-correct of the role player to visit the playlist page.
  3. Click More than below the playlist title.
  4. Select Report Playlist.
  5. Click Submit.

Report a thumbnail

You can report a video thumbnail that y'all see in your feed.

  1. Go to the thumbnail you'd like to report.
  2. Beneath the thumbnail, click More .
  3. ClickReport.
  4. Select the reason for reporting.
  5. ClickReport.

Report a link

If you see a link that violates our Community Guidelines, you can report information technology. From the video watchpage:

  1. Select More and thenReport.
  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 "Report spam or abuse" link allows the community to study spam comments left on videos they upload or watch. If enough users mark a comment as spam, it becomes hidden under a "Marked as Spam" link. By clicking the "Show link" you tin can view the comment again. The video'southward uploader can "unmark" a comment as spam.

  1. Get to the comment you'd like to study.
  2. Click More.
  3. ClickReport spam or abuse.
  4. Select the reason for reporting.

Use the "Report spam or abuse" characteristic with farthermost caution. If yous misuse it, you may exist prohibited from using YouTube.

My comment was marked as spam incorrectly

If y'all believe a comment you made was marked equally spam only you don't believe it to be, you can get in touch with the video's uploader and inquire them to reinstate your annotate.

Report a live conversation message

Community members tin report inappropriate messages left on alive streams.

  1. Go to the message yous'd like to report.
  2. Click More than.
  3. ClickReport.
  4. Select the reason for reporting.

Report an advertising

If you see an ad that is inappropriate or even violates Google'due south advertisement policies, y'all can written report it.

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

Reporting ads is only bachelor on YouTube mobile and desktop.

Report content on YouTube from your TV

You can study a video directly from the YouTube Goggle box app.

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

Other reporting options

If the reporting process does non accurately capture your upshot, nosotros have other reporting mechanisms for yous to use.

Privacy reporting

Legal reporting

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

  1. Get to the picket page of the video you'd similar to written report.
  2. Nether the video, click the 3 dot Menu.
  3. Click Report.
  4. Select "Infringes my rights".
  5. Select the relevant issue. If your event isn't captured, select "Other legal claim".
  6. Fill out the course and submit.

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

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

Moment of death or critical 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 unit member during the moment of death/critical injury, and y'all wish to request content removal, use our webform.

Requests are carefully reviewed, but keep in mind that nosotros have public interest and newsworthiness into account when figuring out whether content volition be removed or not.

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