We rely on YouTube community members to report or flag content that they find inappropriate. Reporting content is anonymous, so other users can't tell who made the report.
What happens after I report content?
When content is reported, it’s not automatically taken down. Reported content is reviewed along these guidelines:
To check if a video that you reported has been removed, you can view your
Report history.
How to report content
Report a Short
YouTube reviews reported videos 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. A video can be reported anytime after it’s uploaded to YouTube. If our review team doesn’t find any violations, no amount of reporting will change that, and the video will remain on our site.
You can report YouTube Shorts from the Shorts Player.
- Sign in to YouTube.
- Go to the Short that you want to report.
- In the bottom-right corner, click More
Report 
.
- Select the reason that best fits the violation in the video.
- Click Next.
- Give any other details that may help the review team make their decision. Include timestamps or descriptions of the violation, if possible.
- Click Report.
Report a channel
You can report users, inappropriate background images, or inappropriate profile avatars.
- Sign in to YouTube.
- Go to the channel page that you want to report.
- At the top, click ABOUT.
- Click Report user .
- Select the option that best fits why you want to report the channel:
- Report channel art
- Report profile picture
- Report user
- Optional: The window that opens may ask you to enter more details. Enter any other details that you want to share.
- Click SUBMIT.
Note: When you report a channel, we don’t review the channel’s videos. We use the videos that you may attach to your report to understand more about the channel, but we don’t check the videos for violations. Channel features that we review include, but aren't limited to, the channel’s profile photo, handle, and description. If you think that a channel’s specific videos violate our policies, you should
report the specific videos.
Report a playlist
You can report a playlist if its content, title, description, or tags violate our
Community Guidelines.
- Sign in to YouTube.
- Go to the playlist that you want to report.
- Below the playlist’s title, click More
Report playlist .
- Click SUBMIT.
Report a thumbnail
- Sign in to YouTube.
- Point to the thumbnail that you want to report.
- Below the thumbnail, click More
Report .
- Select the reason why you want to report the thumbnail.
- Click REPORT.
Report a link in a video’s description
- Sign in to YouTube.
- Go to the video with the link in the description that you want to report.
- Below the video, click More Report .
- Select the policy that the link violates.
- Check the box next to This applies to links within the video description.
- Click NEXT.
- Give any other details that may help the review team make their decision. Include descriptions of the violation, if possible.
- Click REPORT.
- Sign in to YouTube.
- Go to the video with the comment that you want to report.
- Next to the comment, click More Report .
- Select the reason why you want to report the content.
- Click REPORT.
- Optional: As a Creator, after you report a comment, you can prevent that individual’s comments from showing on your channel. Check the box next to Hide user on my channel click OK.
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Report a live chat message
To report an ad from a video:
- Point to the ad.
- At the bottom left, click Why this ad
.
- Click Report this ad .
- Fill out and submit the form. Our team will review your ad report and act if appropriate.
Note: You can only report ads on YouTube mobile or on a computer.
Report content on YouTube from your TV
You can report a video directly from the YouTube TV app.
- Open the YouTube app
.
- Go to the video that you want to report.
- Go to Settings
Report.
- Select the reason that you want to report the video.
- After you select the reason, a confirmation message shows.
Other reporting options
If the reporting process doesn’t accurately capture your issue, we have other reporting mechanisms you can use.
Privacy reporting
To report a legal issue on behalf of yourself or your client:
- Go to the video that you want to report.
- Under the video, click More Report .
- On the list that appears, click Infringes my rights.
- From the drop-down menu, select the relevant issue. If your issue isn't captured, click Other legal issue.
- At the bottom, click NEXT.
- Fill out the form, and submit it.
To expedite our ability to investigate your claim, we encourage you to submit your claim through our webform rather than by fax or post.
Note that abuse of our legal forms may result in the termination of your Google Account.
