How to delete liked videos on YouTube Mobile app?


Established in 2005, now YouTube has become one of the most popular video platforms today. It is a free platform on which millions of users around the globe have created their accounts on YouTube that allows them to Upload, watch, like and share videos.

YouTube allows its users to like videos made by others; users can see their Liked videos in the future, and they appear in sequence from most recently liked video to last recently liked.

Any viewer who finds the video interesting or informative can hit the Like button. Similar calls to action (like) appear in most of the YouTube videos and we hit the like button to show appreciation. YouTube maintains an automatic playlist on the channel, called "Liked videos", which has all the videos that are liked by channel viewers.

A time comes when the number of liked videos reaches numbers that are hard to navigate and difficult to manage. There are some limitations set by the YouTube community, such that the maximum number of liked videos cannot exceed 5000.

Therefore, deleting all or at least some of the liked videos on YouTube is a necessary process.

In this article, I will tell you how to delete liked YouTube videos on YouTube mobile App.

Delete liked videos on the YouTube App one-by-one

As you already know it is possible to delete the liked videos from the YouTube automatic playlist. In this method deleting of the YouTube Liked videos from the playlist is done one by one. If you have many liked videos in the list, this will be a hard method to follow. But, for a small amount (less than 100 items) this will be an easy method.

The step-by-step process to delete liked videos is −

Step 1

Open YouTube App and tap on Library.

Step 2

Tap and open Liked videos playlist.

Step 3

Liked video playlist will open.

Step 4

Select the video you want to remove and tap on three dots beside that.

Step 5

Tap on option of Remove Video.

Step 6

The video will be deleted.

Delete YouTube Likes on YouTube App at once

As shown above, deleting videos one by one is a tedious task. Follow the steps down below to delete all liked videos on YouTube mobile one at a time, all videos of date or all videos at one click.

Step 1

Open the YouTube app on your phone.

Step 2

Select your channel profile picture in the top right-hand corner of the screen. Then select Settings.

Step 3

In the settings, select History & privacy.

Step 4

Select Manage all activity. This will load your account on Google.

Step 5

Manage history tab will open.

Step 6

Select and tap on Interactions in the top menu.

Step 7

Select View Likes and Dislikes.

Step 8

If you want to delete videos one by one, tap on cross icon to remove that individual video.

Step 9

The video has been removed.

Step 10

If you want to delete videos of a particular date, then tap on the cross icon beside the date option.

Step 11

The video had been deleted from the playlist.

Step 12

You can see that all the video of date 19th September had been deleted easily.

Step 13

To delete all liked videos, select the 3 vertical dots at the top of the screen and tap on it.

Step 14

After that tap on Delete all.

Step 15

YouTube will confirm for the actions. Tap on delete.

Step 16

All the videos are being deleted.

Step 17

Your liked videos are deleted in the fast forward way. You can see down below that videos are getting deleted.

You should not worry if your liked videos are still there, it may take a few hours for your data to stop showing on YouTube after you delete them.

Why to Delete YouTube Liked videos?

If the Liked videos of your channel are only visible to you, then why bother deleting them? Well, there are many reasons to delete. firstly, it is about privacy. Sometimes we use shared devices for many activities. The other person who has access to this shared device will see what you have watched and liked. This may lead to many problems. Secondly, some people may use public devices for watching YouTube. If you have not signed in to your YouTube account do not worry about anything. If you have logged in, your data can become public. Thirdly, the number of liked videos increases, making it difficult to manage. So, these are some of the reasons why people may consider deleting YouTube-liked videos.

Conclusion

The reason behind the deletion of YouTube Liked videos largely remains personal. There are several methods to delete YouTube Liked videos. Removing liked videos one by one manually can be painful. But that can be done with ease by deleting them with one click. So, use any of the above methods to clear up your liked video playlist.

Updated on: 29-Nov-2022

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