A search engine for deleted YouTube videos (1.5B+ indexed since 2005)

In plain words

This search engine indexes over 1.5 billion deleted YouTube videos dating back to 2005, allowing users to discover and access content that is no longer available on the platform. It serves researchers, archivists, and anyone interested in finding removed videos. The tool stands out by providing access to a massive historical archive spanning more than two decades of YouTube's history, making it valuable for those seeking videos that have since been taken down.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

From the sources

Archivarix Tube Search is a search engine for finding deleted, removed, and unavailable YouTube videos. We search the Wayback Machine , Common Crawl , and other web archives to recover video metadata, thumbnails, subtitles, and links to archived video files. Over 1.5 billion YouTube video records indexed since 2005. Enter a YouTube channel URL or handle (@channelname) to find all archived videos from that channel. Discover deleted videos along with their original titles, descriptions, view counts, and thumbnails. Look up a specific deleted YouTube video by pasting its URL or 11-character video ID. View archived metadata, thumbnail images, and check if subtitles or the video file itself has…from tube.archivarix.net

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