# Youtube privacy

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-privacy/614790>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 5, 2012, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-privacy/614790 "2012-03-05T05:37:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![snailboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/97f17d/32.png) [@snailboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snailboy)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-privacy/614790/1 "2012-03-05T05:37:36Z")

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Is it possible for me to set it so that I can link people to videos I upload to Youtube without them being able to see my subscriptions, favorites, etc?

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**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-privacy/614790/2 "2012-03-05T05:55:54Z")

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In the [account sharing](https://www.youtube.com/account_sharing) settings, uncheck all the boxes.

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**Author:** ![snailboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/97f17d/32.png) [@snailboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snailboy)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-privacy/614790/3 "2012-03-05T07:03:36Z")

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Hmm… Those are unchecked and someone told me a while back that she could see all my subscriptions and such, but when I log out now, I can’t. Either Youtube changed that or she was mistaken. Thanks though.

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**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-privacy/614790/4 "2012-03-05T07:07:17Z")

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> [@snailboy](#):
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> Hmm… Those are unchecked and someone told me a while back that she could see all my subscriptions and such, but when I log out now, I can’t. Either Youtube changed that or she was mistaken. Thanks though.

Hmm. Does it make a difference if she’s subscribed to you? I don’t know.

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**Author:** ![snailboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/97f17d/32.png) [@snailboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snailboy)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-privacy/614790/5 "2012-03-05T07:32:25Z")

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She isn’t subscribed to me. I’m looking at my subscriptions and I can’t see all of their favorites and subscriptions, so she was probably mistaken.