Your YouTube Short has been muted and marked as Unlisted


Received an email regarding a short published on YouTube.

"We wanted to let you know that the privacy setting for your YouTube Short has been switched to Unlisted because the video you sampled audio from has either been deleted or opted out by its original creator."

Ouch...

As it was one of the highest viewership clips to date.

YouTube Short Unlisted — Key Points

  • Status changed to Unlisted

    • Your YouTube Short has been automatically switched from public to Unlisted.

    • It will not appear in the Shorts feed or YouTube search results.

  • Why this happened

    • Your Short used sampled audio from another YouTube video.

    • The original video was either:

      • Deleted by the original creator, or

      • The creator opted out of having their content sampled/remixed.

    • YouTube therefore removed the sampled audio from your Short.

  • Audio has been muted

    • YouTube automatically muted the sampled audio in your Short.

  • Short will be deleted

    • The muted Short will be automatically deleted after 30 days.

    • You can download the muted version from YouTube Studio before September 30, 2026, if the download option is available.

  • Important re-upload warning

    • You may not have permission to re-upload the Short using the original sampled audio.

    • The safest approach is to replace the audio with:

      • Your own original music

      • YouTube Audio Library music

      • Properly licensed music

      • Other audio you have permission to use

What you should do

If the Short is worth keeping:

  1. Download the muted version before September 30, 2026.

  2. Replace the original sampled audio.

  3. Re-edit/re-upload the Short with new, authorized audio.

  4. Avoid relying on the deleted/opted-out video's audio for future Shorts.




Notes:This is the original version. If not mistaken was using Digidi Digidi or Big Boom for the uploaded version.

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