How warnings and strikes add up
YouTube may take the video down and give the account a strike.
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What triggers it
Any Community Guidelines violation in a video, thumbnail, description, link or post.
What YouTube says
“3 strikes in the same 90-day period may result in your channel being permanently removed from YouTube.”
How to fix it
Fix the flagged issue before upload; if a video is removed, appeal rather than re-uploading it.
Can FYProof spot it?
A check doesn't look for this one. What a check finds is an estimate, not a guarantee.
- Video: not for this rule
- Speech: not for this rule
- On-screen text: not for this rule
- Caption: not for this rule
- Hashtags: not for this rule
Part of this rule depends on your account or on what happens after you post, which a check before posting can't see.
Related YouTube rules
Platforms change their rules often. This page sums up what YouTube publishes; it isn't legal advice.