Why is my YouTube
watch list filled with videos I haven't watched?
Symptoms:
My YouTube History watch
list continues to be filled with unwatched videos. Why are there videos
showing up in my history that I have not watched? Did my account get hacked?
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Example of hacked Google Youtube Account Video History:
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How to find the issue:
1. Go to this URL
YouTube Video History
2. Look
for videos that you did not watch / foreign for example, YoutUbe videos from
India or China that are not English.
3. If
you find a video that you did not watch, document the estimated date that the
video was watched.
4. IF
you find foreign videos in your history,
Troubleshooting: Basic
5. IF
your account was compromised / you find foreign videos in your history:
a.
Go to https://myaccount.google.com/security?nlr=1
b.
change your password and turn on 2FA
c.
You can also Check your security here:
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https://myaccount.google.com/security-checkup/3
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https://myaccount.google.com/security?nlr=1
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https://myaccount.google.com/device-activity
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https://myaccount.google.com/notifications?pli%3D1=
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https://myaccount.google.com/connections?filters=3,4&hl=en
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Troubleshooting: Intermediate:
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Remove all Extension on every browser client
that supports extension, normally every windows machine.
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Disable all mobile apps that have access to youtube
account such as YouTueb Vanced or SmartTube.
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Disable all YouTube alternative apps on Android
TV
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If above does not work, disable and logout of
every deice for target Google Account: AndroidTV, Mobile and PC.
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Use strong passwords, Undo Sync, Remove unwanted extensions and toolbars, Disable autoplay mode
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Troubleshooting: Advanced:
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Create custom Google Script or Azure app to send
alert when YouTube Watch history is updated with video anomaly, for example:
Send email when a video shows in History that includes an Indian or Chinese
language title.
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See below refs for YoutUbe API examples:
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https://groups.google.com/g/google-apps-script-community/c/NLiA-Cu9V3I
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY8dhl1EQfI
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https://www.youtube.com/feed/history
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https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30849284/how-to-get-watched-history-of-youtube-user-using-youtube-javascript-api
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https://stackoverflow.com/questions/73241866/how-to-get-watched-history-of-a-music-video-on-youtube-using-youtube-api
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https://atonce.com/blog/how-to-get-youtube-api-key
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https://saturncloud.io/blog/how-to-get-a-youtube-video-thumbnail-from-the-youtube-api/
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https://github.com/matt8707/youtube-watching
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https://www.reddit.com/r/YoutubeMusic/comments/w8naqu/youtube_ytmusic_history_api/
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https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/live/guides/auth/installed-apps
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https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs
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https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/sample_requests
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https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23600372/how-to-get-all-your-watch-history-from-youtube?rq=4
