YouTube to shut down ‘Stories’ feature next month
San Francisco (IANS) | Google-owned YouTube has announced that it will be shutting down ‘YouTube Stories’ on June 26. The company aims to focus on other essential areas such as shorts, community posts, live videos, etc. Starting June 26, 2023, the option to create a new YouTube Story will no longer be available, YouTube said in a blogpost on Thursday. Stories that are already live on that date will expire seven days after they were originally shared.
Furthermore, the company said that creators will be notified about the shutdown through various channels, including forum posts, in-app messages, reminders in YouTube Studio, and more.
The Google-owned video platform suggested that both community posts and YouTube shorts are great options that can provide viewer connections and conversations.
According to the company, for creators who want to share lightweight updates, start conversations or promote their YouTube content to their audience, YouTube Community posts can be a great option.
In addition, the company said that if users are looking to create short video content or reach new audiences, YouTube Shorts is the way to go, comparing Stories among creators who use both Shorts and Stories. has many times more subscribers than the average for shorts.
Meanwhile, Google has clarified that it will not remove accounts containing YouTube videos, after announcing that it will remove personal accounts and their content that have not been used or signed in for at least two years.
The company updated its blog post to say, “At this time, we have no plans to remove accounts containing YouTube videos.”
–IANS
