How to Delete a YouTube Account

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Visit the Google Account Management page.

   Visit google.com/account in a browser.
   
   Google has linked every YouTube account with a Google+ account.
   
   The only way to delete your YouTube account is to delete the Google+ profile associated with it.
   
   Deleting your Google+ account will not affect other Google products such as Gmail or Drive.
   
   Your emails and stored files will not be deleted.
   
   All photos uploaded to Google+ will still be accessible via Picasa.
   
   You will not lose your contacts, though they will no longer be organized by Circles.
   
   You will not lose any Google+ pages you own or manage.
   
   You will lose access to your Google+ profile and all of your +1s.
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   Step 2: Click the "Data tools" tab.

   ,,, Your Google+ profile will be deleted, which means your YouTube channel will be deleted as well.
   
   Your comments and messages will be permanently deleted.
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   Step 3: Click the "Delete Google+ profile and features" link.

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   Step 4: Confirm that you want to delete everything described by checking the "Required" box at the bottom of the page.

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   Step 5: Click "Remove selected services".

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