How to Find Deleted YouTube Videos with or without URL (2026 Update)

We may accidentally delete some YouTube videos, or YouTube just deleted the videos due to different reasons. It seems that deleted YouTube video recovery is impossible, since there is no trash bin or deleted list available in YouTube. Yet luckily, there are still some quick and effective ways to find deleted YouTube video with or without URL.

Key takeaways

• To find deleted YouTube videos with URL, you can use WayBack Machine, use online YouTube video finder or find via shared resources.
• To find deleted YouTube videos without URL, 2 options are available: recover the deleted YouTube video title online, then search across WayBack Machine, or download the deleted YouTube video from mirror sites.
• To recover deleted YouTube videos from your own channel, you can use a dedicated deleted YouTube video finder tool, check a backup, or contact YouTube support.

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Can We Really Recover Deleted YouTube Videos?

Yes, we can, but only in some cases.

First up, we need to figure out where and how the YouTube video is deleted. Not all deleted YouTube videos can be found back, the chance greatly depends on which situation you are in:

How to Find Deleted YouTube Videos with URL?

If you have a record of the video URL or link, it is much easier to recover and download your deleted YouTube videos. 

Where to Get the URL of Deleted YouTube Video?

First of all, let's show you how to get the URL of the deleted YouTube videos, some potential places are covered as below:

• Browser History: Taking Google Chrome for example, click the 3-dots icon on the navigation bar of Google browser > go to History > look for the deleted YouTube video from the list of browsing history > click on it to get the URL at the address bar.
• YouTube Watch History: Head over to the three-lines icon on YouTube > History > find your deleted video under Watch history > choose it to obtain the video link located in the address bar.
• YouTube Playlists: Navigate to Library > Playlists > right-click on your deleted YouTube video > select Copy link address.
• YouTube Liked Videos: Tap on the three-lines icon > go to Liked vidoes > locate the deleted video > get the link from its address bar.

Now that you've gotten the URLs ready, you can use the following 3 methods to get back your deleted YouTube videos. If you fail to access the video URL, just skip and move to the next part.

Method 1. Use WayBack Machine 

WayBack Machine is using archiving to save digital copies of published work on the Internet, including web pages, books and texts, audios, videos, image, even software programs. If a YouTube video was published but deleted, we can find the archived video page back in WayBack Machine and watch again.

Recovery rate: the longer the YouTube video has been published and archived (at least 7 days), the higher the recovery rate is.

1. Visit https://web.archive.org.
2. In the search box of WayBack Machine, paste the deleted YouTube video URL and press “Enter” to start searching online.
3. (Optional) If pasting the deleted YouTube video URL doesn’t work, you can just input the URL of YouTube website, then choose the specific time to find the deleted one. 
4. Once you have found the archived page of the deleted video, you can watch or bookmark it for later watching.

Method 2. Use Online YouTube Video Finder

There are also online YouTube video finder available to search all resources for a deleted YouTube video, if it was archived online before.

Findyoutubevideo.thetechrobo.ca is one of the most reliable one, which is designed to find back deleted video pages by searching across Wayback machine, Archive.org, GhostArchive, Filmot, Odysee, etc. 

Recovery rate: same as WayBack Machine, the longer the YouTube video has been published and archived (at least 7 days), the higher the recovery rate is.

1. Visit the https://findyoutubevideo.thetechrobo.ca/.
2. Copy and paste the URL of your deleted video to the search bar, and click SEARCH FOR CAPTURES.
3. This online YouTube Video Finder will start searching across several platforms, and list you the available resources.
4. Visit the available resource, watch or download the deleted YouTube video according to your need.

Method 3. Find Deleted YouTube Video via Shared Resources

Another popular trick on the web, which also helps you get the deleted YouTube video back, is searching the video name in Google, and then find a copy or link you once shared onto other social media/ video streaming platforms.

Recovery rate: the more you shared the YouTube video, the higher the recovery rate is.

1. Open Google Chrome on your computer.

2. Copy and paste the YouTube video url to Chrome, then copy the video name according to Google search results.

3. Then open Facebook, Vemeo, Dailymotion or any other possible platforms that you’ve shared the deleted YouTube video, paste the video name and search.

4. Open the video, find back or watch as you like.

How to Find Deleted YouTube Videos without URL?

The URL of your deleted YouTube video is not available? Then we can make use of following types of YouTube urls to find back a deleted YouTube video, or download the deleted YouTube videos by title.

Method 1. Find Deleted YouTube Videos via Channel ID/Username

What Kind of YouTube URLs is Useful for Deleted YouTube Video Recovery?

When the complete YouTube video url is not available, we can use the channel ID or user name to search deleted YouTube videos:

YouTube Channel ID URL, for example: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeAH2Jscqs7_vNH0-ju-76g

YouTube Channel Handle URL, for example: https://www.youtube.com/@CisdemInc

YouTube User URL, for example: https://www.youtube.com/user/Cisdem

1. Navigate to https://web.archive.org/.
2. Copy and paste the YouTube channel ID/user name url into the address bar.
3. Then find the snapshot according to the time when the deleted YouTube video was deleted.
4. Open the video and watch.

Method 2. Find Deleted YouTube Videos from Playlist

If you want to find back a deleted YouTube video from a known playlist, you can recover the video title first, then copy and paste the video title into WayBack Machine for recovery. 

1. First, go to https://www.recovermy.video/ and register a free account.
2. Allow “read only” YouTube access.
3. By clicking on Recover now, it will list and send you the titles of deleted YouTube videos on your playlist.
4. Visit https://archive.org.
5. Copy and paste the deleted YouTube video title in the search box of WayBack Machine, then press Enter.
6. If it finds you the video, open the archived YouTube video to watch.

Recover Deleted YouTube Videos from My Own Channel

If the YouTube video was deleted from your own channel and created by you, there are 3 solutions to restore.

Method 1. Use The Best Deleted YouTube Videos Finder 2026

If the deleted YouTube video is created by yourself, you can recover the video file first, then re-upload. And things can be much easier if you pick the best deleted YouTube Video Finder & Recovery Tool.

A professional data recovery program helps to find and recover deleted or lost files from both internal and external storage device.

Cisdem Data Recovery for Mac and Windows is a robust and extremely user-friendly tool to recover a variety of file types, no matter the files are deleted, lost or formatted on internal or external storage device. Even, it repairs unplayable videos due to corruption or unknown reasons. The success rate of this software is more than 95%, which means you have a bigger chance to find and restore deleted YouTube videos with Cisdem.

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• Recover files lost due to deletion, formatting, virus attack, power off, system upgrade, factory reset, etc.
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• Find files fast using filters
• Allow previewing files before recovery
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How to Recover Deleted YouTube Videos?

1. Download and install Cisdem Data Recovery on your Mac or Windows.
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2. Choose a location.
   Go to Harware Disk, select the location where you deleted or lost the YouTube videos on the device.
3. Scan and find the YouTube videos.
   Click on Search for lost data to start finding YouTube videos. Go to Type > Videos > MP4 folder, or use filter to search deleted YouTube videos quickly. 
4. Preview and recover deleted YouTube videos.
   After the scan, you can preview by double clicking on the file, then select the YouTube videos and click Recover button to restore.
5. (Optional) Repair a recovered YouTube video that you cannot open.
   If the recovered videos cannot be opened, you can use the Video Repair tool to repair with one click. 

Method 2. Recover Deleted YouTube Videos from Own Channel via Backup

If you have backed up the original YouTube videos, you can find and restore deleted YouTube videos from your own channel via a backup.

For Mac Users

1. Connect the Time Machine backup drive to your Mac.
2. Enter Time Machine.
3. Go to Finder, check Documents, Desktop or any folder that stores the deleted YouTube video on your Mac.
4. Select the file and press Space Bar to preview.
5. Click “Restore” to recover deleted YouTube video on Mac. 

For Windows Users

1. Connect the backup drive to your PC.
2. Open Control Panel > All Control Panel Items > File History, then click on Restore personal files.
3. Find the copies of the deleted YouTube videos in the folder where you stored the files, click on Restore button to recover the videos.

Method 3. Recover Deleted YouTube Videos from YouTube Support

The last but not the least useful way to recover deleted YouTube videos from your own channel is seeking help from Creator Support Team.

1. Visit youtube.com and click “Help" from the toolbar on the left.
2. Navigate to Contact us, fill in your information.
3. Then start chatting with the support or sending emails to get the deleted video back. 

FAQs

1. Can I recover a deleted YouTube video without a link?

Yes.

You can either recover a deleted YouTube videos via YouTube channel ID/username, by pasting the ID or username into WayBack Machine to find an archived version.

Or if you know the playlist that contained the deleted video, you can use online tool “recovery.video” to restore the video title first, then paste the video title to WayBack Machine or Google Chrome to get an archived/shared version.

2. Is possible to find deleted YouTube channels?

Yes, it is possible, as long as the YouTube channel has been archived by WayBack Machine.

3. Can I recover someone else's deleted YouTube video?

Yes. As long as the deleted video has been indexed by WayBack Machine, you can regain access to an archived version.

4. Can I recover a deleted YouTube video from my own channel?

Yes. You can either re-upload the file to your YouTube channel if you have the file. Or use a data recovery program like Cisdem Data Recovery if you’ve deleted the original video file from your drive, and re-upload it to your channel.

5. Does Wayback Machine save YouTube videos?

WayBack doesn’t save a YouTube video itself, it archives them, saving their urls, titles, thumbnails, and helping you verify their existence and watch a deleted YouTube video from reliable sources.

6. Is there any deleted video finder for YouTube extension?

As of Jul 28th, 2026, there isn’t any reliable deleted YouTube video finder extension we can install in our browser to find the videos.

7. Which online deleted YouTube video finder has a higher recovery rate, WayBack Machine VS Archivarix VS Findyoutubevideo?

WayBack Machine has the highest recovery rate. It has been crawling YouTube pages for many years, much longer than the others, it contains video page snapshot, title, thumbnail, url, uploading time, even embeded video files.

Summary

This article offers a detailed introduction on how to recover deleted YouTube videos by using url in 3 ways, and without using url in 2 ways. Also 3 reliable ways to restore deleted YouTube videos from own channel. It is possible to recover a deleted YouTube video, but we need to pick an appropriate solution.