These features are only available to partners who use YouTube Studio Content Manager.
When Content ID finds a video that matches your asset's reference file, a claim is created. A claimed video is a video that has one or more claims on it.
Find claimed videos
- Sign in to Studio Content Manager.
- From the left menu, select Claimed videos .
- To refine the list of claimed videos, click the filter bar at the top and select a filter, such as:
- Claim ID
- Claim status: Learn more about claim statuses.
- Claim type: To filter by whether the claim was for the audio, visual or audio visual.
- Latest claim created / Latest claim updated: To filter by the date when your last claim on a given video was created or updated.
- Number of my claims / Number of my active claims / Number of my inactive claims: To find videos with more than one claim.
- Publish date: To filter by the publishing date of the claimed video.
- Click a claimed video. A details page will open and show an overview of that video's claims, organised by status. You can also click the History tab at the top to view past activity.
- Under Claims on video, click an individual claim to view more details about it.
Manage claimed videos
- Sign in to Studio Content Manager.
- From the left menu, select Claimed videos .
- To refine the list of claimed videos, click the filter bar and select a filter.
- Click a claimed video. A details page will open and show an overview of that video's claims, organised by status.
- Under Claims on video, click Active – Yours. Choose from the following actions:
- Release a claim: Select RELEASE (#) CLAIM(S) to remove one or more claims from the video.
- Release and exclude claim: Click the arrow next to RELEASE CLAIM. Select Release and exclude claim to release the claim and exclude part of the reference that created the claim.
- Submit a takedown request: Click TAKEDOWN CLAIMED VIDEO to submit a copyright takedown request to YouTube to request a removal of the video.
- Change the claim policy: Click the Policy tab then click SET CLAIMED VIDEO SPECIFIC POLICY.
- To set an existing policy, select the policy from the list, then click APPLY.
- To set a new policy, click SET CUSTOM POLICY, create your policy, then click SAVE APPLY.
- Reopen the claim: Sometimes you can reopen inactive claims by clicking RECLAIM (#) CLAIM(S). For example, in some cases you can reclaim manually closed claims and expired potential claims.
- Note: You can't reopen claims that were manually released in the dispute process.
Learn more about reviewing and taking action on claim issues.
Note: It's not possible to change the distribution setting for videos uploaded by other channels. Learn how to change video distribution for your own videos.
Export claimed videos data
To download a file containing information about claimed videos:
- Sign in to Studio Content Manager.
- From the left menu, select Claimed videos .
- (Optional) Click the filter bar at the top and apply filters to refine the list of claimed videos.
- Select the claimed videos that you want to export.
- To select individual claimed videos, tick the boxes in the left column.
- To select all claimed videos on the page, tick the 'Select all' box at the top.
- To select all claimed videos on all pages, tick the 'Select all' box at the top and click Select all matching.
- Note: You can export a maximum of 1 million claimed videos at a time.
- In the top banner, click Export and select:
- Claimed videos (.csv) or Claimed videos (Google Sheets) to export a list of claimed videos with one video per row.
- Claims (.csv) or Claims (Google Sheets) to export a list of claims with one claim per row.
The file will begin processing. You can navigate away from the page or perform other bulk actions while the file is processing.
- When the file has finished processing:
- For a .csv file: Click DOWNLOAD from the top banner.
- For a Google Sheets file: Click OPEN SHEETS IN NEW WINDOW from the top banner.