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How to view deleted Youtube Videos


Will the companies never learn ? How much sense does it make to keep a video that was deleted at youtube on the hard drive ? Youtube apparently does this with some videos and it is possible to call them directly using a nice script that I found at delutube. The system for the end user is pretty straightforward. You supply a id of an youtube video that has been deleted and the site tries to pull it from youtube and display it in a viewer.

It also adds download possibilities which is a nice add-on. A second possibility lets you view random deleted videos right at delutube. Most videos that I watched had some bikini babes and booty shaking in them but there where also some sports and other kinds of videos available. It could be considered not surfer friendly in some countries but it should be fine for most.

So, if you ever come upon the dreaded “This video is no longer available” grab the id from the youtube page and try loading it with delutube. This does not work all the time, if it does not delutube displays a message in the download box saying so. Videos get probably deleted physically as well after a period of time.

A alternative is deletedyoutube which uses the same method.




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31 Responses to “How to view deleted Youtube Videos”

  1. kurt wismer says:

    there’s actually a pretty good reason for youtube to keep the video on the harddrive after deleting it from the site…

    if the video was removed as part of a notice-and-takedown action in response to a dmca complaint, there’s actually a provision for remediation if the uploader contends that the dmca complaint was in error…

  2. kornie says:

    … and it is a great way of distributing video. just upload, delete the video yorself and link to it through a flash flv player from your website…

    by the way searching videos trough google video gets works much better then trough youtube itself..

  3. Fantastic script! This was just what I needed to retrieve old videos that I wanted to check on again. Thanks for the intro.

  4. Many times in the deleted videos are involved girls under 18.
    In my country (Italy) this is a severe crime.
    Please don’t share the links.

  5. Martin says:

    Sergio it is a crime to view dancing clothed girls under 18 in Italy ?

  6. mark says:

    this doesnt work i tried many links such as http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSw4KKad0DE ,this is id oSw4KKad0DE it didnt work

  7. Rishil says:

    Thanks for sharing this tip.. in coming days will try to use this service.. keep up the good work !!

  8. Adam says:

    but what i don’t understand is…if the youtube video is deleted, then how can you get the ID?

    Please help!

  9. Martin says:

    Adam you will notice the id when trying to open the video at youtube.

  10. Wilson says:

    Hello! Its possible recover deleted youtube accounts?? my account was deleted ….. :X and now ?!?

  11. jonny says:

    anyone know why google still indexes youtube video after they have been deleted, like well after 3 months.

  12. If a youtube video has been deleted for over a year and it is not there any more, how am a supposed to copy the ID onto Deletube even if that has dissapeared? Can someone please help me

  13. dadecoders says:

    do you know brother? that google’s you tube is not showing the url of deleted videos so it maight be not posible to watch deleted videos of you tube .but we can see those videos is we find randomly in delutude
    thank you

  14. LemonBaked says:

    I found another site that isn’t broken in some browsers, http://revivetube.com

  15. JonSea31 says:

    Is it possible for me to recover deleted clips that are almost 10 minutes in length? I was hoping to recover and download some clips from the 1980s game show Press Your Luck (some of which are almost 10 minutes in length), but I cannot seem to get them to download properly. What would i have to do to recover the clips? Is the reason for the lack of recovery due to the file size?

  16. suddenly stuck says:

    i deleted my acount, yet found tht the videos i had were still viewable. is there anyway of getting these videos off?

  17. Tim says:

    I recently deleted my youtube account. I was wondering if there is any way to restore/recover the account. If anyone knows how, please let me know.

  18. Unknown says:

    To all who have deleted their accounts, search “Reopen youtube account” on youtube.

  19. Marie says:

    My youtube account got hacked and someone deleted all my videos =[

  20. Twisted says:

    Marie that sounds like a youtube update to me ;)

  21. UCHIHALEADER says:

    There was a video on youtube by lokimlin
    The video name is
    Ghost in the Shell – Halcyon & on & on – Orbital

    what website can i see this video????

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