YouTube has mobilized content to a great extent over the past decade or so. Users can subscribe to channels of which they enjoy the content, thus making it easier for them to have access to the stuff of their interest. Since there are no caps on the number of channels you end up subscribing to, we often find ourselves being subscribed to many channels we don’t actively watch. This can create a bit of a ruckus that can be frustrating. In this article, we will demonstrate how you can unsubscribe from all the YouTube channels you’re subscribed to at once.
How to unsubscribe from all your YouTube channels at once
- Via the Subscriptions Manager
- Using the Inspect Element
1] Via the Subscriptions Manager
The first, slightly lengthy way to do this is using the subscriptions manager of your YouTube.com account. The process is not automated but it gives you a list of all the channels you’re subscribed to along with an option to unsubscribe from them, so you can filter out the unwanted ones.
- First things first, open YouTube.com and log in with the YouTube account that you want to clean up
- On the left side options pane, click on Subscriptions
- This will open a window showing the latest videos you’ve viewed and what subscribed YouTube channel played them. Now, click on Manage
- Now, you’ll see a list of all the YouTube channels you’re subscribed to. Next to each channel is a button to unsubscribe from that channel, so simply press the Subscribed button to cancel your subscription
- Close the window once you’re done unsubscribing to the unwanted channels
Channels in this list are arranged in alphabetical order and not in the order in which you subscribed to them.
2] Using the Inspect Element
Now, onto the second method. This is a little technical, so you’re required to be precise with your steps. You can use the Inspect Element to automate the process and unsubscribe from all your YouTube channels in one go. Here’s what you need to do:
Open the subscribed channels list as you have done in the first method. Scroll your way down to the last channel to load all the channels on your screen. Now, right-click on the screen and select Inspect (or Inspect Element).
Then, click on the Console tab from the array of tabs on top. Copy and paste the following code on the bottom of the Console window and press Enter:
/**
* YouTube bulk unsubscribe fn.
* Wrapping this in an IIFE for browser compatibility.
*/
(async function iife() {
// This is the time delay after which the "unsubscribe" button is "clicked"; Change it as per your need!
var UNSUBSCRIBE_DELAY_TIME = 2000
/**
* Delay runner. Wraps `setTimeout` so it can be `await`ed on.
* @param {Function} fn
* @param {number} delay
*/
var runAfterDelay = (fn, delay) => new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
setTimeout(() => {
fn()
resolve()
}, delay)
})
// Get the channel list; this can be considered a row in the page.
var channels = Array.from(document.getElementsByTagName(`ytd-channel-renderer`))
console.log(`${channels.length} channels found.`)
var ctr = 0
for (const channel of channels) {
// Get the subscribe button and trigger a "click"
channel.querySelector(`[aria-label^='Unsubscribe from']`).click()
await runAfterDelay(() => {
// Get the dialog container...
document.getElementsByTagName(`yt-confirm-dialog-renderer`)[0]
// and find the confirm button...
.querySelector(`[aria-label^='Unsubscribe']`).click()
console.log(`Unsubsribed ${ctr + 1}/${channels.length}`)
ctr++
}, UNSUBSCRIBE_DELAY_TIME)
}
})()You will observe YouTube channels being unsubscribed one after the other.
If the process is stopped at any point, you can just rerun the code till the subscription list is cleared out.
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How do you clear all history on YouTube?
Another very frequently asked query about YouTube is how its search history can be cleared out, and it has a very simple process in place. On your YouTube app, click on the library button and open YouTube settings. Here, you’ll see an option to clear YouTube history. Similarly, on your computer, you’ll see a history option of the left-side options pane. Click on it and select ‘Clear all watch history’.
Can Internet history be recovered after being deleted?
People believe that nothing is ever fully deleted from the Internet, and that is partly true. If you want to go back and retrieve the internet history that you’ve deleted, several things can be of help to you as a System Restore point or a Desktop Search Program. You can even make use of cookies to trace back your deleted browsing history.
We hope that this article was able to guide you through the process of unsubscribing YouTube channels in bulk and that you will not have any issues with it in the future.
