Do you want to erase your presence on YouTube and make a fresh start? Since Google integrated into your YouTube account with Google+, you must delete your Google+ profile to delete your account. This will not affect Gmail, Drive, your Google+ photos, or any other Google products. If you have multiple channels on YouTube, you can delete your secondary channel without having to delete your Google or Google+ information.
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Method 1 of 2: Deleting Your YouTube Account
Step 1. Visit the Google Account Management page
Go to google.com/account in a browser. Google has associated every YouTube account with a Google+ account. The only way to delete your YouTube account is to delete the Google+ profile associated with that YouTube account.
- Deleting your Google+ account will not affect other Google products such as Gmail or Drive. Your saved emails and files will not be deleted. All photos uploaded to Google+ are still accessible via Picasa.
- You will never lose your contacts, even if they are no longer organized by Circles.
- You won't lose any Google+ pages you own or manage.
- You will lose access to your Google+ profile and all your +1's.
Step 2. Click the "Data tools" tab
Step 3. Click the "Delete Google+ profile and features" link
Step 4. Confirm that you want to delete everything described by checking the "Required" box at the bottom of the page
Step 5. Click "Remove selected services"
Your Google+ profile will be deleted, which means your YouTube channel will also be deleted.
Your comments and messages will be permanently deleted
Method 2 of 2: Deleting One of Your Channels
Step 1. Log in to YouTube with the channel you want to delete
Each channel you create will have its own account on YouTube and Google+.
- This only works if you have multiple channels.
- To switch accounts, click the image next to your name in the upper right corner of the YouTube page. Select the channel you want to delete.
Step 2. Click your profile picture in the top right corner of the YouTube page
Click the Gear icon below your channel name.
Step 3. Click the "Advanced" link
It's located under your channel name in the Overview section of the Settings page.
Step 4. Click the "Delete channel" button
You'll need to sign in again with your basic Google account, then the "Delete channel" page will open. You will be shown the number of videos and playlists to delete, and the number of subscribers and comments that will be lost.
- Click the "Delete channel" button again to delete the channel.
- Your Google account will not be deleted.
Step 5. Visit the Google+ site
Even if the channel has been deleted, you can still sign in to YouTube with your associated Google+ page, which has the same name. To actually remove it, you'll need to go to the Google+ site.
Step 6. Sign in with the Google+ page you want to delete
You cannot delete the basic Google+ profile of your Google account.
Step 7. Hover over the Home menu and select Settings
Step 8. Scroll down and click the "Delete page" link
