Use the Content Verification tool

Note: If you don't have a Content Verification Programme (CVP) account yet, you can check your eligibility by filling in this form.

The Content Verification tool is found in YouTube Studio Content Manager. To access it, make sure that you're signed in to your Content Manager account.

The tool allows you to use our enterprise webform, which is similar to our webform for copyright removal requests, but includes a feature to search public YouTube videos for content that you own the rights to. If you find videos that match your content, you can submit copyright removal requests directly from the enterprise webform.

Find videos that match your content

To search for videos that match your content using the Content Verification tool:

1. Sign in to Studio Content Manager.
2. From the left menu, select Manual claiming .
3. In the filter bar , enter keywords, video IDs or select a filter APPLY.
   • Use the minus symbol ('-') to exclude keywords from your search.
   • You can also search by @username or channel ID to find videos from a particular uploader.
   • You can select from these filters:
     • Allowlisted (whether the video is/isn't on your allowlist)
     • Channel ID
     • Claim status (whether it is/isn't claimed by you or others)
     • Live stream (whether the video is/isn't a live stream)
     • Publishing date
     • Reviewed (whether the claim has been reviewed)
     • Video length (<4 minutes, 4–20 minutes or >20 minutes)
4. (Optional) In the search results list, you can click Sort by  to sort the results based on relevance, published date or total views.

Tip: To see more results on a single page, click the number next to Rows per page to change it from 30 (default) to 10, 50 or 100.

Submit copyright removal requests

Before submitting a removal request, make sure that you understand what personal info becomes part of a copyright removal request.

Before you submit, make sure that you understand what personal information is required in a copyright removal request.

Submit a removal request

To submit a removal request for one video:

1. On the Manual claiming page, click a video's row to expand it.
2. Click the Takedown tab at the top of the row.
3. Click SELECT ASSET.
4. Using the tabs at the top, you can choose Select asset to choose an existing asset or Create asset to make a new one. Learn how to create assets.
5. If you're selecting an existing asset, click SELECT. If you're creating a new asset, click CREATE.
6. In the Signature box, enter your first name and surname (not a company name).
7. Under Acknowledgement, read the statement, then click the tick box to acknowledge the statement.
8. Click TAKEDOWN.

Submit multiple removal requests

You may be able to submit copyright removal requests in bulk. To request removals of more than one video associated with a single asset:

1. On the Manual claiming page, click the tick boxes next to the videos that you want to submit a removal request for.
   • You can select a maximum of 100 videos at once. To do this, at the bottom of the page, make sure that Rows per page is set to 100, then click the tick box above the search results.
2. At the top of the page, click TAKEDOWN.
3. Click SELECT ASSET.
4. Using the tabs at the top, you can choose Select asset to choose an existing asset or Create asset to make a new one. Learn how to create assets.
5. If you're selecting an existing asset, click SELECT. If you're creating a new asset, click CREATE.
6. In the Signature box, enter your first name and surname (not a company name).
7. Under Acknowledgement, read the statement, then click the tick box to acknowledge the statement.
8. Click SUBMIT.

Retract or cancel copyright removal requests

If a removal request has been resolved and resulted in removal of content, it can be retracted. If a removal request has not been resolved yet (for example, delayed takedowns and takedowns under review), it can be cancelled.

To retract or cancel a copyright removal request that was submitted using the Content Verification tool:

1. Sign in to Studio Content Manager.
2. From the left menu, select Claimed videos .
3. Find the video from your original removal request.
   • To find the video faster, click the filter bar   Claim status  Takedown, Delayed takedown or Takedown under review.
4. Click the video's title.
5. In the Claims on video section, next to Takedown, Delayed takedown or Takedown under review, click DETAILS.
6. For takedowns that have not been resolved yet (delayed takedowns and takedowns under review), click CANCEL 1 TAKEDOWN. For resolved takedowns, click RETRACT 1 TAKEDOWN.