| how to recover/reclaim youtube channel | AnimalsAsia | 7/25/12 7:22 PM | I work at a nonprofit and a former employee configured a channel for us using our organization name. Then gone without leave us the login info. I would like to recover that channel name as it's a legal name of our organization. How can I do that? Tha |
| Re: how to recover/reclaim youtube channel | JDoors | 7/26/12 4:51 AM | From the reference below: One of our employees left the company and we no longer have access to YouTube. If one of your employees set up your YouTube Account, and you no longer have access to the YouTube Account, you have various options: try reset |
| Re: how to recover/reclaim youtube channel | Arkadi Fomintsev | 10/28/12 3:06 PM | We've got a similar issue: A friend of mine set up a youtube channel by his name (http://youtube.com/sergeigrinko ) and never used it for years. He forgot account details he used to access it and so later he started a new account http://www.youtube.c |
| Re: how to recover/reclaim youtube channel | JDoors | 10/29/12 12:05 PM | Unfortunately, because the channel was not linked to a Google account, you only have the two options original YouTube channels provide for access; Provide a working password, or reset the password using the email address on record. Unlinked channels |
| Re: how to recover/reclaim youtube channel | Arkadi Fomintsev | 11/1/12 4:22 AM | I see.. and two accounts/channels can't be registered with the same e-mail, right? because we've tried to access the old account with apparently the only e-mail my friend is using but it redirects us to a new account. thanks |
| Re: how to recover/reclaim youtube channel | Arkadi Fomintsev | 11/1/12 4:31 AM | ..and than just as an exception-he can submit his IDs, and proove that that was him who has started that channel.. may be you as owners of all the system can let him use his own channel.. there's no point that he'll continue to use one with not prope |
| Re: how to recover/reclaim youtube channel | JDoors | 11/1/12 5:33 AM | YouTube doesn't have a team of investigators to search government records to validate IDs or other forms of proof of identity: You provided a password and email address when the channel was created, they expect you to provide those to sign in. |
| Re: how to recover/reclaim youtube channel | Arkadi Fomintsev | 11/1/12 12:58 PM | ..and.. can a chanel sort of "expire" if no one uses it ..the way it happens with domains? |
| Re: how to recover/reclaim youtube channel | lauschin | 11/1/12 1:05 PM | Youtube's current policy: channel usernames/URL's never expire, and even if they are closed and/or terminated, Youtube considers those names/urls retired; they could not be re-registered again. |
| Re: how to recover/reclaim youtube channel | Arkadi Fomintsev | 11/1/12 2:31 PM | too bad. I think if they or some hacker would ask say $500 for that I think we would just pay. |