Private Video Checker
Check a video's privacy status, embed permission, upload status and licence as the public API sees them — and what each status means for who can watch.
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Frequently asked questions
Unlisted videos play for anyone with the link but don't appear in search or on the channel. Private videos play only for the uploader and Google accounts they invited.
No, and no tool can. Private videos are only visible to invited accounts. We report the status the public API can see.
YouTube returns nothing for private, deleted and non-existent videos alike, so the tool cannot tell those three apart.
Whether embedding is allowed, the upload status, the licence, the made-for-kids flag and any region restriction.
No. Every tool is free and needs no account. Nothing you paste is stored: the request is processed and the result is sent back to your browser.
The shared YouTube Data API quota resets daily. If it runs out, open Advanced options and paste your own YouTube Data API v3 key; it is used for that one request and never saved.