Today I was browsing the web like any other normal day. I stumbled on a website that has an interesting video title. Actually I seldom watch videos in YouTube unless people forward it to me. I had a little time so I thought what the heck, I’ll just play it and if it’s not interesting, I’ll stop the video and continue surfing the web. When I clicked the play button, I got the message “We’re sorry, this video is no longer available.”
Recover deleted youtube video

I remembered that I once read an article that it is possible to view deleted YouTube videos. How is this possible? Well when a video has been removed from YouTube, it is not immediately deleted from their servers. Just like our hard drive. When we delete a file and empty the recycle bin, is it not really deleted. It is only marked as deleted and is ready to be overwritten. So if it is not being overwritten, we can still view the videos but of course not from youtube.com.

Viewing removed YouTube videos is easy. Here’s how to do the impossible.

Before you learn how to view deleted youtube videos, please be informed that MOST of the deleted videos are unsafe for children to watch. (You know what I mean)… If you don’t believe me, try loading a few random deleted videos and check them yourself.

First of all, you need to know the Video ID which is at the end of the YouTube link. An example of a YouTube video link is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzeV1Ux5YlI

The video ID for the link above is UzeV1Ux5YlI

Just copy and paste it in the ID text box and click view video. Here are a few sites that is able to play deleted YouTube videos. Surprisingly, they are all not the same. I’ve tested a deleted video ID on all 3 sites but one of it reported that it could not find deleted video. So if you desperately need to watch a deleted video, try on all of the sites and you might get to watch it.

1. UndeleTube
Watch video that has been deleted from youtube
- A normal deleted youtube video viewer. Works well.

2. DeletedYoutubeViewer
Deleted YouTube Viewer
- This is a bit special compared to the other two because you are able to search for deleted YouTube video through the VideoID or YouTube User. If you know the user that uploaded the deleted video, you can search the user name.

3. Delutube
View removed youtube video
- This is quite famous because a lot of blogger promoted this site. I did not like this site so much because there are full of advertisements. Before get to watch a video, I need to wait 4 seconds. Not only that, this is the site that couldn’t find the deleted youtube video that I am looking for.

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