How To Unlink Your Novel Youtube Channel From A Google+ Profile
Note: every bit of Nov 2015, every bit long every bit you lot role your Google describe of piece of job organisation human relationship mention (aboutme.google.com) your channel is already disconnected from Google+. Learn to a greater extent than inward the YouTube Help Center.
Note: every bit of Jan 9, 2014 this procedure volition NOT function for newly created YouTube channels connected to a Google+ Profile or channels that accept been connected to Google+ for longer than fourteen days. If you lot don't desire to role your existent mention on YouTube, you lot tin enquire YouTube back upward to disconnect your channel from your Google+ Profile as well as connect it to an existing Google+ Page instead.
Note: this is a slightly edited version of a ship I originally made inward the Google+ assist forum inward July 2013.
Do you lot non desire to role your existent mention on YouTube? Unlink your YouTube channel from your Google+ Profile.
If you lot accept created your YouTube channel using a Google+ Profile identity you should live able to unlink your YouTube channel from Google+ as well as either role YouTube username or switch to using a Google+ Page identity. Note that if you lot created your YouTube channel alongside a Google+ Page (by choosing the "business or other name" option), your YouTube channel cannot live unlinked from Google+.
Do NOT seek alter the mention of your Google+ Profile to a brand, describe of piece of job organisation or organization. Violating the Google+ Profile mention policy tin travail your Google+ Profile - as well as linked YouTube channel - to live suspended.
There are 3 steps to unlinking your novel YouTube channel from a Google+ Profile:
1. Add a custom URL to your YouTube channel inward your advanced describe of piece of job organisation human relationship settings (www.youtube.com/account_advanced)
Note: every bit of Nov 2014 it is no longer possible to add together a custom URL this way.
2. Go to your describe of piece of job organisation human relationship settings (www.youtube.com/account) as well as lead the choice to unlink your channel from Google+.
3A. (optional) Link your YouTube channel to a Google+ Page from your YouTube channel's advanced settings (www.youtube.com/account_advanced)
OR
3B. (optional) Delete your Google+ Profile
Each of these steps is shown inward especial below.
1. The commencement measuring is to add a custom URL to your YouTube channel if you lot accept non done thus already.
Note: every bit of Nov 2014 it is no longer possible to add together a custom URL to your channel this way. Learn to a greater extent than nigh the novel Custom URL option, which adds a custom URL to both your channel as well as the connected Google+ Page or Profile.
The choice to add together a custom URL is inward your YouTube channel's advanced settings: www.youtube.com/account_advanced
Keep inward heed that the custom URL for your YouTube channel cannot live changed, thus lead carefully!
If your YouTube channel had a YouTube username earlier you lot linked your channel to Google+, that is your channel's custom URL.
Instructions on how to add together a custom URL to your YouTube channel:
2. Once your YouTube channel has a Custom URL you lot should as well as thus live able to unlink your Google+ Profile inward your YouTube settings
Go to your YouTube settings: www.youtube.com/account
Click: "Return mention to [custom URL/YouTube username], as well as disconnect Google+ profile"
When you lot accept unlinked your YouTube channel from Google+, it volition live using the custom URL you lot laid every bit your YouTube channel username.
You tin halt at this point, merely YouTube volition to maintain suggesting you lot link your YouTube channel to Google+ again.
3. If you lot produce non wishing to role Google+ as well as you lot are 100% positive that your YouTube channel is non linked to a Google+ Profile or Google+ Page, you lot tin delete your Google+ describe of piece of job organisation human relationship at this step.
Do NOT delete Google+ if you lot are non sure as shooting whether your YouTube channel is unlinked or not!
You tin delete your Google+ describe of piece of job organisation human relationship yesteryear next these instructions inward the Google+ Help Center:
Delete my Google+ profile (NOTE: every bit of Apr 2, 2019 all consumer Google+ Profiles as well as Pages volition live deleted yesteryear Google)
Delete my Google+ profile (NOTE: every bit of Apr 2, 2019 all consumer Google+ Profiles as well as Pages volition live deleted yesteryear Google)
Note that YouTube volition leave of absence along to encourage you lot to link your YouTube channel to Google+ yesteryear showing you lot a popup - commonly when you lot are adding a comment or performing another activity. The means to dismiss the prompt is to click the X inward the upper right-hand corner of the popup:
Alternatively, if you lot would similar to link your YouTube channel to Google+, merely don't desire to role your personal Google+ Profile name, you lot tin link you lot channel to a Google+ Page instead.
Updated March 2019.
