YouTube permission propagation delay?

Is this your situation?

The short answer

What you see, and why

Check these first

• Check whether the change went through a cleanup tool review. After submitting a cleanup tool review, YouTube makes the requested changes, usually within a few hours.Verify: Check the cleanup tool review status.
• Check whether recovery info was recently changed. Changing account recovery info may take up to 7 days to take effect.Verify: Check the date the recovery info was changed.
• Check whether a new phone number was recently added. It may take up to 7 days for Google to trust a new 2-Step Verification phone number.Verify: Check when the phone number was added.

How YouTube handles this

• After submitting a cleanup tool review, YouTube makes the requested changes, usually within a few hours.
• If recovery info is changed, it may take up to 7 days for those changes to take effect.
• Recent changes to authentication or recovery factors may take up to 7 days to take effect.
• A trusted passkey or security key may speed up the process for Google to trust a new factor.

Which path applies to you?

1. Did the change follow a cleanup tool review? After submitting a cleanup tool review, YouTube makes the requested changes, usually within a few hours.
2. Did you recently change recovery info? If a user changes their account recovery info, it may take up to 7 days for those changes to take effect.
3. Did you add a phone number for 2-Step Verification? It may take up to 7 days for Google to trust a phone number added for 2-Step Verification.
4. Do you have a trusted passkey or security key already? Having a trusted passkey or security key may speed up the process for Google to trust a new 2-Step Verification phone number.

Step by step: finding the cause

1. Identify the kind of change. Note whether it was a cleanup review, a recovery info update, or a new 2SV phone number.Where: Cleanup tool → permissionsConfirm: Check the Permissions list for your change.
2. Check the cleanup tool review. Allow time for processing.Where: Cleanup tool → permissionsConfirm: After submitting a review, YouTube makes changes within a few hours.
3. Check when recovery info changed. Recovery info changes can take time to take effect.Where: Google Account → Security & sign-inConfirm: Recovery info changes may take up to 7 days to take effect.
4. Check when a 2SV phone was added. A new number may not be trusted right away.Where: How you sign in to Google → Turn on 2-Step VerificationConfirm: It may take up to 7 days for Google to trust a new phone number.
5. Check for a trusted passkey or key. A trusted method may speed up trust for a new one.Where: How you sign in to Google → Turn on 2-Step VerificationConfirm: A trusted passkey or security key may speed up trust for a new phone number.
6. Wait out the stated window. Compare elapsed time against the figures above.Where: Cleanup tool → permissionsConfirm: Check the Permissions list again after the window.If this fails: If it still has not appeared, move to escalation.

Common mistakes

• Expecting a cleanup tool change instantly. You expect the review you submitted to finish right away.Why it happens: After submitting a cleanup tool review, YouTube makes the requested changes, usually within a few hours.
• Assuming recovery info failed to save. You check the setting again soon after changing it.Why it happens: Changing account recovery info may take up to 7 days to take effect.
• Assuming a new phone number is untrusted permanently. You see the new number is not yet trusted and assume it never will be.Why it happens: It may take up to 7 days for Google to trust a new 2-Step Verification phone number.

Quick reference

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