YouTube has a grey exclamation mark

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So I am trying to watch this one video but whenever I click on it nothing on the page loads and the video just has a grey exclamation mark.

Here is a screenshot of what happens on this one video

Best Answer

It happens when a video is unavailable for some reason.

There might be some reasons for it, for example:
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  • The video was deleted
  • It's restricted in some way (blocked by country, device)
  • Internet speed
  • Video quality
  • etc.

If you'll try to access a non-existing YouTube link, such as this, you'll get the same as in your screenshot:

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Or this kind of error in the old YouTube design:

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Since you managed to access the video after sometime, it could be caused from something about your network, video quality or a temporary restriction that was changed.

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