If your channel is terminated, you may be unable to use, own or create any other YouTube channels. When a channel is terminated, the channel owner gets an email explaining the reason for the termination.
Community Guidelines terminations
Reasons channels can be terminated:
- Repeated violations of the Community Guidelines or Terms of Service
- A single case of severe abuse (such as predatory behaviour or spam)
- Channels dedicated to a policy violation (like hate speech, harassment or impersonation)
If you believe that your channel was terminated by mistake, you can appeal using this form.
- Don't submit an appeal request more than once. Multiple requests increase the volume to review and cause delays in our response.
- Fill in the form as completely as possible including your Channel ID. The more information that you give us, the easier it will be to process your request.
Copyright terminations
If your channel was terminated due to copyright infringement claims and you think that the claims are incorrect, you may file a counter notification. This process is still available for creators with terminated channels, but the counter notification webform will be inaccessible. You may submit a free-form counter notification.
For more information on the counter-notification process, visit the Copyright Centre.
Note: Filing a counter notification begins a legal process.