My friend has a Google Account, iwantthis
. She has the iwantthis@gmail.com
e-mail address, but at registration, she wasn't able to register the iwantthis
YouTube name, insted she has iwantthisplussomething
.
I checked youtube.com/iwantthis
and it responds with 404, so it seems like nobody is using it, neither a Google+ public profile exists.
Is it possible to register (or put in practice) the YouTube name iwantthis
somehow?
Best Answer
YouTube seems to be cleaning up inactive accounts. There have been a couple accounts that I have followed personally as to await when they will be deleted. As of recently, they have all 404'd, which means YouTube closed these accounts due to inactivity.
On that note, I would also assume the same rules applies to when one closes their account manually, you will not be able to register for the same username again. That is, it appears to be taken but the account has been closed and it is not being released back to public.
Why is this so? Not sure, as with other Google products, Google is very stubborn (imho) when it comes to allowing users to change their username.