Watch deleted videos on YouTube with WayBack Machine

Looking for a way to view deleted YouTube videos? Even if the video no longer exists, you can still watch it again using the WayBack Machine (also known as the Internet Archive – a website that stores the content of web pages over time) as long as you have the URL of that video. This wikiHow article will show you how to view deleted YouTube videos using the Wayback Machine and URL.

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Access deleted videos. You need a URL or link to view the video with the Wayback Machine. A few places that you can check out include:

Your YouTube History
Videos you’ve liked
Any playlists you’ve created or followed that contain deleted videos
Messages on Facebook or messages you send to friends or to yourself
An old social media post you sent to share that video
Once you have the URL, copy and paste it into the Wayback Machine.

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Visit https://archive.org/web in a browser to download the Wayback Machine. ^{[1] X Research Source}

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Paste the URL of the deleted video into the address bar and click Browse History . This button is located in the top center of the screen.

A schedule will be uploaded showing all the days that the Wayback Machine has archived that URL.

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Find a date when that video is still online. Use the slider at the top of the page to see previous years.

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Click a date. You will see the video as it was before it was deleted.

If you don’t know or can’t find the URL, you can also search for keywords in the video to see if anyone has uploaded it.

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