YouTube This Content Isn’t Available: How to Fix

After uploading a video to my YouTube channel, I tried to play it to see how it looks from the user’s point of view. However, I was greeted with the “This content isn’t available. Try again later” error message. This really left me stunned because the video was still visible on my Studio and profile, but on the user-facing side, it couldn’t be viewed. Initially, I assumed that I might have broken some policies, so my video got shadow-banned, but that wasn’t the case either.

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Then I went to numerous social media channels, only to find out many other users were also facing the same issue. While this gave me a huge sigh of relief [as there’s nothing wrong with my channel], I also had to now put on my debugging hat and find what exactly is the reason behind this and, more importantly, how to fix it. For the past few weeks, Google has been making some server-side changes to prevent background playing via unofficial ways [such as using Brave and Samsung browser ].

Along the same lines, the ability to download videos has also been nullified by the tech giant, with the likes of 4K Video Downloader currently having quite a tough time. Along the same lines, it is also clamping down on numerous ad blockers. So all of these changes being implemented at the same time seem to be behind the “This Content Isn’t Available” error in YouTube. Fortunately, we managed to grab hold of a couple of nifty workarounds that will help you address this problem. So without any further ado, let’s get started.

  • Fix YouTube: This Content Isn’t Available FIX 1 FIX 2

Fix YouTube: This Content Isn’t Available

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It is recommended that you try out each of the below-mentioned workarounds and then see which one spells out success. So with that in mind, let’s get started.

FIX 1

  1. To begin with, download and install the AdGuard Extension on your browser.
  2. Launch it > go to its Settings menu > select User Rules from the left-hand side.
  3. Copy-paste the below script in that section and hit Save. Then reload YouTube.
www.youtube.com#@%#(()=>{const t={construct:(t,e,c)=>{try{const n=e[0];let o=e[1]?.body;if(!n?.includes("youtubei")||location.href.includes("/shorts/")||location.href.includes("youtube.com/tv")||location.href.includes("youtube.com/embed/")||!o)return Reflect.construct(t,e,c);if(o.includes('"contentPlaybackContext"')||o.includes('"adSignalsInfo"')){const n=JSON.parse(o);if(!n.context?.client)return Reflect.construct(t,e,c);n.playbackContext&&(n.playbackContext.adPlaybackContext={pyv:!0}),n.playerRequest&&(n.playerRequest.playbackContext.adPlaybackContext={pyv:!0}),o=JSON.stringify(n),e[1].body=o}}catch(t){}return Reflect.construct(t,e,c)}};window.Request=new Proxy(window.Request,t)})();

www.youtube.com#@%#(()=>{const e={apply:(e,t,n)=>{if(location.href.includes("/shorts/")||location.href.includes("youtube.com/tv")||location.href.includes("youtube.com/embed/"))return Reflect.apply(e,t,n);try{let o=n[0];if(o&&(o.includes('"contentPlaybackContext"')||o.includes('"adSignalsInfo"'))){const c=JSON.parse(o);if(!c.context?.client)return Reflect.apply(e,t,n);c.playbackContext&&(c.playbackContext.adPlaybackContext={pyv:!0}),c.playerRequest&&(c.playerRequest.playbackContext.adPlaybackContext={pyv:!0}),o=JSON.stringify(c),n[0]=o}}catch(e){}return Reflect.apply(e,t,n)}};window.TextEncoder.prototype.encode=new Proxy(window.TextEncoder.prototype.encode,e)})();

www.youtube.com#@%#(()=>{const t={apply:(t,e,n)=>{if(location.href.includes("/shorts/")||location.href.includes("youtube.com/tv")||location.href.includes("youtube.com/embed/"))return Reflect.apply(t,e,n);try{const a=n[0];if(!a?.context?.client)return Reflect.apply(t,e,n);a.playbackContext&&(a.playbackContext.adPlaybackContext={pyv:!0}),a.playerRequest&&(a.playerRequest.playbackContext.adPlaybackContext={pyv:!0}),n[0]=a}catch(t){}return Reflect.apply(t,e,n)}};window.JSON.stringify=new Proxy(window.JSON.stringify,t)})();

www.youtube.com#%#(()=>{const t={construct:(t,e,c)=>{try{const n=e[0];let o=e[1]?.body;if(!n?.includes("youtubei")||location.href.includes("/shorts/")||location.href.includes("youtube.com/tv")||location.href.includes("youtube.com/embed/")||!o)return Reflect.construct(t,e,c);if(o.includes('"contentPlaybackContext"')||o.includes('"adSignalsInfo"')){const n=JSON.parse(o);if(!n.context?.client)return Reflect.construct(t,e,c);n.playbackContext&&(n.playbackContext.adPlaybackContext={adType:"AD_TYPE_INSTREAM"}),n.playerRequest&&(n.playerRequest.playbackContext.adPlaybackContext={adType:"AD_TYPE_INSTREAM"}),o=JSON.stringify(n),e[1].body=o}}catch(t){}return Reflect.construct(t,e,c)}};window.Request=new Proxy(window.Request,t)})();

www.youtube.com#%#(()=>{const e={apply:(e,t,n)=>{if(location.href.includes("/shorts/")||location.href.includes("youtube.com/tv")||location.href.includes("youtube.com/embed/"))return Reflect.apply(e,t,n);try{let o=n[0];if(o&&(o.includes('"contentPlaybackContext"')||o.includes('"adSignalsInfo"'))){const c=JSON.parse(o);if(!c.context?.client)return Reflect.apply(e,t,n);c.playbackContext&&(c.playbackContext.adPlaybackContext={adType:"AD_TYPE_INSTREAM"}),c.playerRequest&&(c.playerRequest.playbackContext.adPlaybackContext={adType:"AD_TYPE_INSTREAM"}),o=JSON.stringify(c),n[0]=o}}catch(e){}return Reflect.apply(e,t,n)}};window.TextEncoder.prototype.encode=new Proxy(window.TextEncoder.prototype.encode,e)})();

www.youtube.com#%#(()=>{const t={apply:(t,e,n)=>{if(location.href.includes("/shorts/")||location.href.includes("youtube.com/tv")||location.href.includes("youtube.com/embed/"))return Reflect.apply(t,e,n);try{const a=n[0];if(!a?.context?.client)return Reflect.apply(t,e,n);a.playbackContext&&(a.playbackContext.adPlaybackContext={adType:"AD_TYPE_INSTREAM"}),a.playerRequest&&(a.playerRequest.playbackContext.adPlaybackContext={adType:"AD_TYPE_INSTREAM"}),n[0]=a}catch(t){}return Reflect.apply(t,e,n)}};window.JSON.stringify=new Proxy(window.JSON.stringify,t)})();

FIX 2

  1. To begin with, download and install the AdGuard extension on your browser.
  2. Launch it > go to its Settings menu > select User Rules from the left-hand side.
  3. Then copy-paste the below script in that section and hit Save: youtube.com##+js(set, yt.config_.openPopupConfig.supportedPopups.adBlockMessageViewModel, false) youtube.com##+js(set, Object.prototype.adBlocksFound, 0) youtube.com##+js(set, ytplayer.config.args.raw_player_response.adPlacements, []) youtube.com##+js(set, Object.prototype.hasAllowedInstreamAd, true) youtube.com##+js(json-prune, auxiliaryUi.messageRenderers.enforcementMessageViewModel) youtube.com##+js(set, ytInitialPlayerResponse.auxiliaryUi.messageRenderers.enforcementMessageViewModel, undefined) youtube.com#$##cinematics.ytd-watch-flexy {display:none} googlevideo.com/videoplayback$xhr,3p,method=get,domain=www.youtube.com youtube.com##+js(set-constant, yt.config_.OPEN_APP_INTERSTITIALS, false) youtube com##+js(set-constant, setTimeout, noopFunc) youtube.com#@##player-ads @@||youtube.com/api/stats/qoe?$xhr @@||youtube.com/api/stats/playback?$xhr @@||youtube.com/api/stats/watchtime?$xhr @@||youtube.com/s/player/$script @@||youtube.com/youtubei/$xhr @@||youtube.com/yts/jsbin/$script youtube.com##+js(nano-stb, setTimeout, *, *, 0) youtube.com##+js(nano-stb, Promise.resolve, 1, *, 0) youtube.com##+js(nano-stb, resolve, 1, *, 0) youtube.com##+js(aopr, yt.ads) youtube.com##+js(set, ytInitialPlayerResponse.adPlacements, undefined) youtube.com##+js(set, playerResponse.adPlacements, undefined) youtube.com##+js(set, ytInitialPlayerResponse.adPlacements, undefined) youtube.com##+js(set, playerResponse.adPlacements, undefined) youtube.com##+js(set, playerResponse.adSlots, []) youtube.com##+js(set, ytInitialPlayerResponse.adSlots, []) youtube.com##.ytp-ad-player-overlay youtube.com##.ytp-ad-module
  4. Now close all YouTube tabs, clear the cookies and site data of YouTube, and restart your browser.
  5. Now open YouTube, but don’t sign in for the next 24-48 hours. Once the said time frame elapses, you can then sign in.
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