The Content Verification Tool is found in YouTube Studio Content Manager. To access it, make sure you're signed in to your Content Manager account.
The tool allows you to use our enterprise webform, which is similar to our webform for copyright removal requests, but includes a feature to search public YouTube videos for content that you own the rights to. If you find videos that match your content, you can submit copyright removal requests directly from the enterprise webform.
To search for videos that match your content using the Content Verification Tool:
- Sign in to Studio Content Manager.
- From the left menu, select Manual claiming
.
- In the filter bar
, enter keywords, video IDs, or select a filter
APPLY.
- Use the minus symbol "-" to exclude keywords from your search.
- You can also search by @username or channel ID to find videos from a particular uploader.
- You can select from these filters:
- Allowlisted (whether the video is/isn’t on your allowlist)
- Channel ID
- Claim status (whether it is/isn’t claim by you or others)
- Livestream (whether the video is/isn’t a livestream)
- Publish date
- Reviewed (whether the claim has been reviewed)
- Video length (<4 minutes, 4–20 minutes, or >20 minutes)
- (Optional) In the search results list, you can click Sort by
to sort the results based on Relevance, Published date, or Total views.
Before submitting a removal request, make sure you understand what personal info becomes a part of a copyright removal request.
Submit a removal request
To submit a removal request for one video:
- On the Manual claiming
- Click the Takedown tab at the top of the row.
- Click SELECT ASSET.
- Using the tabs at the top, you can choose Select asset to choose an existing asset or Create asset to make a new one. Learn how to create assets.
- If you're selecting an existing asset, click SELECT. If you’re creating a new asset, click CREATE.
- In the Signature box, enter your first name and last name (not a company name).
- Under Acknowledgment, read the statement, then click the checkbox to acknowledge the statement.
- Click TAKEDOWN.
Submit multiple removal requests
You may be able to submit copyright removal requests in bulk. To request removals of more than one video associated with a single asset:
- On the Manual claiming
- You can select a maximum of 100 videos at once. To do this, at the bottom of the page, make sure Rows per page is set to 100, then click the checkbox above the search results.
- At the top of the page, click TAKEDOWN.
- Click SELECT ASSET.
- Using the tabs at the top, you can choose Select asset to choose an existing asset or Create asset to make a new one. Learn how to create assets.
- If you're selecting an existing asset, click SELECT. If you’re creating a new asset, click CREATE.
- In the Signature box, enter your first name and last name (not a company name).
- Under Acknowledgment, read the statement, then click the checkbox to acknowledge the statement.
- Click SUBMIT.
If a removal request has been resolved and resulted in removal of content, it can be retracted. If a removal request has not been resolved yet (for example, delayed takedowns and takedowns under review), it can be cancelled.
To retract or cancel a copyright removal request that was submitted using the Content Verification Tool:
- Sign in to Studio Content Manager.
- From the left menu, select Claimed Videos
.
- Find the video from your original removal request.
- To find the video faster, click the filter bar
- To find the video faster, click the filter bar
- Click the video’s title.
- In the Claims on video section, next to Takedown, Delayed Takedown, or Takedown under review, click DETAILS.
- For takedowns that have not been resolved yet (delayed takedowns and takedowns under review), click CANCEL 1 TAKEDOWN. For resolved takedowns, click RETRACT 1 TAKEDOWN.