Any Way To Recover Deleted Youtube History From Youtube Apps?

Restore YouTube Watch History

So, you accidentally cleared your YouTube watch history or you lost your device or something. If the latter is the case, it is extremely easy to get your watch history back. But if you manually cleared it, things are going to be a bit tough. No worries, we will look into the possible methods you can follow to get your favorite videos in your video history once again. If you spend a lot of time searching for a solution and still couldn't figure it out, have a look at the following methods for restoring your YouTube watch history.

For these steps to work, you should make sure that you didn't turn off the YouTube Watch History in the settings. If you have, YouTube will not store any of your histories. In that case, these steps will not work as there is nothing stored as history in the first place.

1. Manually Cleared YouTube Watch History

If you manually cleared your YouTube watch history, you have to go through a bit tough path to see if you can get them back. If you don't know, in addition to the watch history on YouTube, Google stores all your web activity. We can make use of that feature to see if something is in there and possibly get your YouTube history back. This will not just restore all the history back to YouTube but will let you browse through your favorite videos and save them for later.

Go to Google My Activity page.
Click on the Filter by date & product option.
In the popup, choose YouTube and click Apply. It will list all your activity on YouTube.
Scroll through the history and find what you are looking for.

You may also filter the results by Date, or just search some part of the video title that you remember slightly. If you are just looking for a certain video that were in your YouTube watch history that you accidentally removed, this is a great way to get it back.

2. Device is Lost or Uninstalled YouTube

Did you uninstall YouTube or your device is lost and want to recover the YouTube watch history on your smartphone? It is very easy to do so. Follow the steps given below.

If you Uninstalled YouTube

If you just uninstalled YouTube, all you have to do is going to the PlayStore and installing the YouTube application once again. They sign back in using your Google account. All your watch histories will be restored on your YouTube app as long as you use the same Google account to login to the device. No additional steps are required.

If you changed the device

As mentioned in the previous methods, Google automatically stores your YouTube watch history and syncs it with your Google account. That means, whichever device you use, if you sign in with the same device, you will be able to access the watch history either from the app or from your Google My Activity page.

So, while setting up the new device, make sure to provide the email address of your Google account that you were using on your old smartphone or tablet. When asked if you want to sync the account data, make sure to tap Yes. Depending on the speed of your internet connection, all the synced account data including the watch history on YouTube will be restored on your new device.

YouTube Search History

The YouTube search history is different from that of watch history. That means, even if you weren't able to recover the watch history and the YouTube search history is still there, it might lead you to your favorite videos. You can go through the YouTube search history. The YouTube search history will be also stored in your Google My Activity page along with many other Google products usage data.

So, all you have to do is visiting the YouTube search history section on the Google My Activity page following the link. Then scroll through the results. It will list almost all of your Google activity unless you manually cleared it. So, good luck with finding your favorite videos.