Search Deleted Videos by YouTube Channel

The most powerful way to use Tube Search is to look up an entire YouTube channel. You'll see every video we know about — live, deleted, and with varying levels of archived metadata.

Open Tube Search

Go to tube.archivarix.net. You'll see the search bar in the center of the page.

Enter the channel identifier

Type one of the following into the search bar:

Channel URL — e.g. https://www.youtube.com/@JREClips
@handle — e.g. @JREClips
Channel ID — e.g. UCnxGkOGNMqQEUMvroOWps6Q
Legacy URL path — e.g. /user/fletcher2008 or /c/LinusTechTips

You don't need the full YouTube URL — just the path is enough. All legacy formats are supported: /user/name, /c/name, /channel/UCxxx, and /profile?user=name.

Wait for the search to complete

After clicking "Search", the system runs a multi-phase background pipeline. A progress bar shows the current stage and percentage. Results appear in real time as videos are discovered — you don't need to wait for the full scan to finish.

How the Search Pipeline Works

When you search for a channel, Tube Search automatically scans multiple web archive sources to find every video it can:

Channel resolution — identifies the channel and finds all known aliases
Archive scan — searches the Wayback Machine and Common Crawl for archived channel pages, playlists, and RSS feeds
Status check — determines which videos are still live on YouTube and which have been deleted
Metadata enrichment — extracts titles, descriptions, dates, and other details from archived pages
Video file detection — checks if the Wayback Machine has the actual video file stored

How Long Does It Take?

Search time depends on the channel size and whether it has been scanned before:

Channel size	First scan	Repeat scan
Small (under 100 videos)	30 sec – 2 min	5 – 15 sec
Medium (100 – 1,000 videos)	2 – 5 min	15 – 30 sec
Large (1,000 – 5,000 videos)	5 – 15 min	30 sec – 1 min
Very large (5,000+ videos)	15 – 40 min	1 – 2 min

For large channels, the scan continues in the background even after you close the browser tab. Come back later — the results will be ready.

Where to Track Progress

Progress bar — shows the current pipeline stage and completion percentage in real time
Result counter — the "X videos found so far" counter updates as new videos are discovered
Search history — registered users can check Profile → Search History to see the status of all their searches (completed, running, or failed) and the number of videos found

Browse the results

Results appear as videos stream in. You'll see a channel summary card at the top with the channel name, avatar, stats, and known aliases. Below that, each video shows:

Thumbnail (from archives or YouTube)
Title and upload date
Status badge: Live (still on YouTube) or Deleted (with metadata level)
Duration, view count, and category
Action links (Watch on YouTube, Watch on archive.org, Subtitles)

Filter and sort

Use the tabs at the top of results to filter: All, Live, Deleted, Has Video (file available on archive.org), Has Subtitles. Sort by date or title using the dropdown.

If the channel was terminated or deleted, you can still search for it by Channel ID. Tube Search will find archived videos even if the channel no longer exists on YouTube.

Understanding Video Status

Live — The video is still available on YouTube
Deleted + Meta — The video was removed, but we recovered its title, description, and other metadata from archives
Deleted + ID Only — The video was removed and we only know its video ID (no metadata recovered yet)
Checking — YouTube status not yet verified

When a whole channel is gone rather than one video, see what each kind of unavailable means.

Likes and Dislikes

Many videos show the likes and dislikes they had on a given date, and the date sits right next to them. The side that won is coloured, so the reception reads at a glance.

Deleted YouTube videos with their like and dislike counts and the date they were recorded

This is the one thing on the card you cannot look up anywhere today. YouTube stopped showing dislike counts on 13 December 2021, so a video removed after that keeps no public trace of them.

Not every video has these numbers. When nothing was ever recorded, nothing is drawn: an empty spot means we know nothing, not that the video had no votes.

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