YouTube removal, through the process that fits.
YouTube handles privacy, harassment, copyright, and legal complaints separately, each under its own rules. We work out which one your video fits, and tell you plainly when none of them do.
Send the video’s link and the moments you appear. Links only, no files.
$2,750 per video 48-hour acceptance review refunded in full if we can’t accept it
How YouTube video removal works
Which YouTube process fits your video.
Each process has its own filing rules and evidence, and some can be undone. Sorting your video into the right one decides everything after it.
Your face or voice is in it and you didn’t agree: privacy.
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The test is whether you are uniquely identifiable, enough in the video for others to recognize you; public interest and newsworthiness are weighed, and a first name alone or a fleeting image is unlikely to qualify.
YouTube’s privacy guidelines also cover AI or other tools used to alter or generate your voice or image without permission, and weigh whether the content is disclosed to viewers as altered or synthetic.
- Your face or voice, no consentprivacy
- An AI-altered face or voiceprivacy
- Your address read outharassment
- Footage you owncopyright
- False claims about younot on its own
Your address on screen, or footage you own.
Your home address or phone number shown or read out: harassment, which covers sharing someone’s non-public personal information. This can succeed on the exposed details while the rest of the video stays up.
You own the footage that was used: copyright, filed by the owner or an authorized representative, under penalty of perjury.
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The uploader can counter-notify, and the video can be reinstated. Being in a video doesn’t by itself make you its owner, so we never file copyright on a video you appear in but don’t own.
A false claim alone doesn’t remove a video.
The video makes false claims about you: no process applies on its own.
It is intimate content of you: a private case with its own one-time price, never through this checkout. A person reviews it within 48 hours of payment.
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YouTube says it does not remove videos over allegations of defamation; a court order you already have is a different, narrow request. Whether it is defamation is a question for a lawyer.
Adults only: anything involving a minor is never commercial and goes to NCMEC and law enforcement.
You file. We prepare what you file.
We aren’t your legal representative, so we don’t submit complaints in your name. We prepare everything around the submission: the moments in the video, what makes you identifiable, and the policy it maps to. You submit it under your own name.
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YouTube may give the uploader time to remove or edit the video before it reviews a privacy complaint. We track the outcome and prepare any follow-up; privacy and harassment outcomes are YouTube’s decisions.
- LinkThe video and the moments you appear
- MatchPrivacy, harassment, or copyright
- DraftThe complaint, prepared for you
- SubmitYou submit it under your own nameYou file
- TrackThe outcome, and any follow-up
What you get
The process that fits
Privacy, harassment, and copyright complaints are separate processes with different rules and different ways of being reversed. Which one fits yours is written down before any work begins.
Prepared for you to submit
We prepare the complaint and the policy language it maps to; you submit it under your own name, because YouTube takes complaints from the person in the video.
One price per video
One video is $2,750. Every paid order gets a 48-hour acceptance review before any work begins; if we can’t accept it, you are refunded in full.
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What YouTube’s help pages say
Who may file, and which requests YouTube says it won’t act on.
Privacy complaints have to come from the person in the video, with narrow exceptions such as a parent, guardian, or legal representative, and that person has to be uniquely identifiable in it.
YouTube: privacy guidelines (opens in a new tab)YouTube: privacy complaint process (opens in a new tab)
YouTube may give the uploader time to remove or edit the video before it reviews a privacy complaint. Its harassment policy separately covers sharing someone’s non-public personal information, such as a home address, and threats against an identifiable person.
YouTube: privacy guidelines (opens in a new tab)YouTube: harassment policy (opens in a new tab)
More from the official pages (2)
YouTube says it does not remove videos over allegations of defamation, points to Section 230(c), and says it may comply with a court order requiring the creator to remove the video. It only considers legal complaints from the party in question or their authorized legal representative.
YouTube: defamation (U.S.) (opens in a new tab)YouTube: other legal complaints (opens in a new tab)
Copyright removal requests come from the copyright owner or an authorized representative and include a statement made under penalty of perjury. If the uploader counter-notifies, the claimant has 10 U.S. business days to show a court action, or the video is reinstated.
YouTube: copyright removal request (opens in a new tab)YouTube: counter notification (opens in a new tab)
Sources checked
Do it yourself first: How a YouTube privacy complaint works
Price
YouTube video removal price
One video is $2,750.
- Refund
- Full refund if we can’t accept it; each video not verified removed within 30 days is refunded.
- Done when
- Source removed, verified for the accepted video, or for the accepted limited portion when the provider narrows the action.
Included
- A private review before work starts
- Written scope confirmed at acceptance, before work begins
- Correspondence kept in your private case file
- A written result receipt on completion
Not covered by this price
- Truthful news reporting and official court records: generally outside fixed-price scope, so we decline them and refund before work begins.
- Cases that would need a court order — we tell you at the 48-hour review and refund
- Anyone under 18: that goes to NCMEC, never to a paid service.
How the payment runs
Your card is charged at checkout on Stripe’s page. Every order then gets a 48-hour acceptance review, and anything we cannot accept is refunded in full before work begins. Hosts, platforms, and search engines make the final decision.
What we won’t do
We aren’t your legal representative, and we don’t sell an outcome YouTube says it doesn’t provide.
- File as your legal representative; we are not a law firm.
- File a copyright claim on a video you appear in but don’t own.
- Sell a defamation claim as a way to get a video removed.
- Contact the uploader or the channel for you.
- Promise a video will come down, or advertise a removal percentage.
What we do
Work out which process your video fits, and say so before any work begins. Prepare the complaint: the moments in the video, what makes you identifiable, and the policy it maps to. Track the outcome, and prepare the follow-up if the first complaint is turned down. Handle search delisting separately when the video stays up but shows in your name.
Read on
Do it yourself first with our free guide, or read the pages next to this one.
How a YouTube privacy complaint worksIf a channel is posing as youIf the same claim is repeated in articles or threadsCheck us before you pay
Education, not legal advice
This page is education, not legal advice. We are a removal agency, not a law firm; for advice on your specific situation, consult an attorney — or ask us privately and we'll tell you honestly what your case needs and what it costs.
YouTube video removal FAQ
How do I get a YouTube video about me removed?
It depends on which of YouTube’s processes the video fits. The privacy process applies when you are uniquely identifiable in it, and YouTube’s privacy guidelines also cover AI or other tools used to alter or generate your voice or image without permission. The harassment policy applies when the video shares your non-public personal information or threatens you. Copyright applies only if you own the footage. A claim that the video is false does not, on its own, lead to removal.
Can you file the complaint for me?
No. Privacy complaints come from the person in the video, with narrow exceptions such as a legal representative, and YouTube only considers legal complaints from the party in question or their authorized legal representative. We are a removal agency, not a law firm. We prepare the complaint: the moments in the video, what makes you identifiable, and the policy language it maps to. You submit it under your own name.
The video is lying about me. Isn’t that defamation?
It may be, and that is a question for a lawyer. YouTube says it does not remove videos over allegations of defamation, points to Section 230(c), and says it may comply with a court order requiring the creator to remove the video. So we don’t sell defamation as a way to get a video removed. If the video fits another process, such as privacy or exposed personal information, we work on that instead, and we tell you before any work begins if it doesn’t.
Can’t you just file a copyright claim to get it down faster?
No. A copyright removal request comes from the owner of the footage or an authorized representative, with a statement under penalty of perjury. Being in a video doesn’t by itself make you its owner, and a false claim exposes the person who files it: you.
How much does it cost, and can the video come back?
One video is $2,750. Every paid order gets a 48-hour acceptance review before any work begins; if we can’t accept it, you are refunded in full. On reversal: privacy and harassment outcomes are YouTube’s decisions, while a copyright removal can be answered with a counter notification, and the video is reinstated unless the claimant shows a court action within 10 U.S. business days. Where that risk applies, it is written into your scope. Results vary; your written scope says what counts as done.
Start with the video’s link.
Send the link and the moments you appear. If no YouTube process fits, you’ll hear that before any work begins.
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