IMPORTANT:
- After 5 December 2019 “Liked videos” in YouTube are private by default.
- YouTube provided an option to DISPLAY to other users – but so far it hasn’t worked.
- CURRENT STATUS: YouTube have removed the option to DISPLAY liked videos to other users.
Check for any updates on the YouTube Help page My liked videos list suddenly private and can’t change it?
THESE INSTRUCTIONS DO NOT CURRENTLY WORK AND WON’T UNTIL YOUTUBE RESTORES THIS FUNCTIONALITY.
YouTube previously displayed a list of “Liked videos” on account video channels. In December 2019 it was changed to NOT display the list – but can be changed.
To SHOW liked videos to the public:
- Go to https://myaccount.google.com/u/0/privacycheckup/10
- Scroll down to ‘Manage what you share on YouTube’
- Under ‘Liked and subscriptions’
- Untick ‘Keep all my liked videos private’
- Liked videos will now appear in your profile video list – e.g. https://www.youtube.com/user/username/videos
HELP! The setting wont save
If the changed setting won’t save – try
- using another browser (e.g. Google Chrome or Firefox)
- using the browser in “private” or “incognito” mode – which forces you to login from fresh
- this link https://www.youtube.com/account_privacy/?disable_polymer=1
Me too. My liked videos are stuck on private no matter what I do. Why do they have to do this. It’s really depressing.
Bruh, if i change my settings it restores back to default (whatever google wants you to have). Nice job giving people choice!
My account is not giving me the option to keep my liked videos private, which is reallllly pissing me off.
Yeah mine’s stuck on private too. I go to uncheck the ‘keep all my liked videos private’ box and i get the notifications at the bottom saying saving settings and settings saved but upon refresh it has not actually registered as any change having taken place or being saved as there’s still a check mark where it should be unchecked.
My Liked Videos playlist is stuck on private. Nothing I do can fix this, any suggestions?
Mine, too. The change appeared recently, maybe past week. I don’t even have the option to edit the privacy for the “Liked videos” and it’s private by default.
Mine is stuck on Public with no way to change to Private!
can your subscribers see them?
With ‘Keep all my subscriptions private’ enabled only the account can view what it has subscribed to. There are two messages YouTube uses to confirm this ‘If your subscriptions are private, they will not be posted to your activity feed.’ and ‘You don’t have any public subscriptions, so this will not appear on your
channel. To add content, subscribe to a channel and make sure that your
subscriptions aren’t set to private in your Privacy Settings.’ There doesn’t appear to be a way to have a public and private subscription list either, but if that’s something someone is aiming for I would suggest having separate accounts to separate the public and private activities.