Certain music unavailable on YouTube and YouTube Music

YouTube and music partners, including music labels, music publishers, and collecting societies, regularly negotiate licensing agreements. These deals allow for music from all over the world to be experienced on YouTube.

YouTube and music partners sometimes cannot agree on new licensing terms. When an agreement cannot be reached, music from that partner is made unavailable on YouTube and YouTube Music, and subsequent content featuring the music may also become unavailable.

What to do if your video contains music no longer on YouTube

If a video you upload, or previously uploaded, contains music that has become unavailable on YouTube, you can use our video editor tools to remove or replace the copyrighted audio that was matched to your video.

You can alternatively choose to dispute the claim if you believe there’s been an error. For example, if you have a valid license for specific music featured in your video.

Manage impacted Shorts

When Shorts you’ve created with our creation tools contain music that becomes unavailable on YouTube, your Short may also become unavailable. Should this happen, video editing tools, like remove or replace audio, are not available for Shorts.

To upload your Short with new audio of your choosing, download your Short from YouTube Studio and upload it again with different audio. If you choose to upload your video again, engagement metrics from the previous video will not carry over.


Learn about licensed tracks in Creator Music

If a licensing agreement expires, tracks that you’ve licensed may no longer be available in countries/regions where the music partner owns that content. YouTube will remove these tracks from the Creator Music storefront, and may block videos you’ve created using the impacted tracks. 

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