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YouTube channel got hacked? This is how you can recover it

If your Youtube channel is hacked then his is how you can get it back

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Modern day hackers are very smart and can hack your personal accounts and details from you. If you are on youtube and you do not want your channel to not get hacked then you should be very careful, and use all the protective measures you can. But if your channel is already hacked then this is how you can recover youtube channel.

Just follow these steps and you should be able to recover your YouTube account.

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Act immediately 

As soon as you get to know that your channel or account has been hacked you don’t have to panic and just act as quickly as possible. TwitterWrite on your social media platforms about it so that if the hacker uses it for wicked intention then your followers already know that they do not have to fall for the trap. Use Twitter and Instagram to reach out to Google and YouTube and ask for help.

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Read also: How to start a YouTube channel?

Try to reset the password

If your account ever gets hacked the first thing that you should always do is reset the account password and change the password. passwordWhile changing the password you should always remember that the new password is completely different from the previous one, it would make it difficult for the hacker to guess and hack again. The password should contain both upper cases and lower case letters with special characters and numbers along with it. The combination of letters, numbers, and characters will make the password stronger.

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Report that channel is hijacked 

Reporting that your channel or account has been hijacked is also a very important step to remember if your channel gets hijacked. You should report about channel hijack as early as possible so that you can get the channel very soon. You can report channel hijack by the given step

  1. Open the YouTube support page on the browser, and click get support on the top right corner of the screen.
  2. Go to get Creator Resources then go to Channel access issue and select Get help with a hijacked account.
  3. Then follow the upcoming steps to recover your YouTube account. 

And this is how you can recover your YouTube account if it gets hijacked. But, as they say, prevention is better than cure. So, you should always be careful with your YouTube account and use a strong password and 2-factor authentication on your account. 

Read also: After 750 million, hacker puts another set of 93 million hacked databases for sale: Report

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