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I hate how removed videos don't retain a title. It's one thing for a video to be taken down, it's another to see a mystery box taunting me from my favorites playlist. What forbidden knowledge (cat video) is forever lost to time?


https://youtuberecover.com/ is a project designed to preserve the metadata of YouTube videos, searchable via original url.

They have a decent database, and you can add videos to it!

No affiliation, I just found it recently, and it may suit your use-case.


Thanks! Trying it on a few links it worked on a newer video from a terminated account but no dice on old stuff. It looks like they remade their account so that's definitely a win!


That will come in handy, thanks!


Depending on how long ago it was removed, if you Google the YouTube video ID, you may find the title in the search results.


That's what I did, I managed to recover dozens of music titles from my favourite playlist.


Does the Wayback Machine help here?

Otherwise: I've got the same complaint. I've learnt not to rely on YouTube as a durable reference. I should remember to try the Archive more often.

Unfortunately, many third-party sites haven't, and frequently point at dead links.


Have you tried archive.org?


Ah, good idea! I had figured the odds of it being indexed were unlikely but it's there from 2011. Seeing older YouTube is always nostalgic.




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