A newbie question about YouTube

[davidma]

If i had a YouTube channel elligibile for monetization (enough subs and watch hours), could i delete all my previous content and still get approved by AdSense?

 

[djsobuj]

If i had a YouTube channel elligibile for monetization (enough subs and watch hours), could i delete all my previous content and still get approved by AdSense?

Yes, If you have enough watch hours (4K) after you delete your videos

 

[rajiced]

No when you delete videos all watch time acquired by videos will be lost

 

[mrnixdorf]

If i had a YouTube channel elligibile for monetization (enough subs and watch hours), could i delete all my previous content and still get approved by AdSense?

Deleting Videos = Decrease of watch hours = Demonetization if Watch hours goes back to less than 4k hours

 

[davidma]

Deleting Videos = Decrease of watch hours = Demonetization if Watch hours goes back to less than 4k hours

Okay thanks

 

[iamtheepxert]

Generally people will delete their videos to match the requirements of YPP. If that is the case, proceed with Delete option. Otherwise, I would suggest not to delete.
As mentioned by @mrnixdorf you will loose watch hours unnecessarily.

 

[achiever2011]

No when you delete videos all watch time acquired by videos will be lost

Did not know about this . Does it apply to deleted shorts also ?

 

[rajiced]

Did not know about this . Does it apply to deleted shorts also ?

Shorts watch time won't be counted for required public watch hours(4000 hours)
Deleting shorts does not have impact on public watch hours

 

[Lukmat]

If i had a YouTube channel elligibile for monetization (enough subs and watch hours), could i delete all my previous content and still get approved by AdSense?

I have done it with aged channel. I faced then broken channel, nothing ranked any more and it was total disaster. Never delete content