Delete, unlist, privatize videos.

[Gaijillionaire]

So can some one explain simply and clearly, what happens to you view counts and watch times, and number of videos displayed on your profile, if you choose to delete a video, or just make it private, or make it unlisted. If you unlist, then can it still be seen by subscribers or only those with the link?


thanks! and its been w while since I've seen a real technical question here. I like talking these things

 

[Conso1727]

I can talk from my experience, since I decided to delete a pair of videos, one of which got quite some views (pictures ahead):

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These are my lifetime views (you can see the peak when I had the infamous video online)

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This is my Top 10 videos (the removed one appears as "Unidentified video")

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And this currently the top of my dashboard:

So it seems like when you remove a video the details remain stored in the lifetime analytics (or if you consider the time period the video was in) but the general details (so I suppose also the amount of views in your channel page) gets updated accordingly. It should be pretty much the same with watch times.

On the topic of unlisting, yes, only people with the link can see it. I used it a bunch of times to share stuff with friends.
EDIT: Altered the formatting a bit to make it clear where pictures end and begin

 

[Gaijillionaire]

Hmm. Interesting. Thanks Don't plan on deleting but still interesting. I wonder what happens to watched minutes of you edit down some videos?

 

[Galvin Lee]

Deleted videos means deleted views. Unlisted and private videos are hidden views as well. Only public videos shows public views.

 

[morelikecappuccino]

Deleted videos means deleted views. Unlisted and private videos are hidden views as well. Only public videos shows public views.

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I have a rather embarrassing video that has 30k views and a bazillion likes. I made private lost all my public views. The views on the vid remain however.

 

[Gaijillionaire]

I guess I should ask next if you make private then public again does the posting date change ?

 

[morelikecappuccino]

I guess I should ask next if you make private then public again does the posting date change ?

It changes nothing. No one will ever know you hid it.

Why not upload a test video, put 4 views on it and mess around with it that way?

 

[Galvin Lee]

I guess I should ask next if you make private then public again does the posting date change ?

It changes nothing. No one will ever know you hid it.

Why not upload a test video, put 4 views on it and mess around with it that way?

Nope it definitely will not change the publish date.

 

[Gaijillionaire]

Good answers thanks everyone