YouTube personality That Star Wars Girl, who has over 114,00 subscribers, reported that she had mistakenly been demonetized on YouTube.
ThatStarWarsGirl took to Twitter to indicate that she had been seeking out information on the YouTube Partner Program when she “clicked on something to learn more.” She notes a “pop up appeared telling me I was no longer part pf [sp?] the program.” She then states her whole channel had been demonetized.
@YTCreators @YouTube PLEASE HELP! I was trying to learn more about the partners program and I clicked on something to learn more a pop up appeared telling me I was no longer part pf the program and my whole channel is now demonietized!? Please help me fix this ASAP!
— thatstarwarsgirl77 (@thatstarwarsgrl) August 1, 2019
That Star Wars Girl would then report that an individual trying to assist her told her that they were unable to help her.
Well @YTCreators after trying to reinstate my partnership/monitization I was told very rudely by the person “assisting me” in the chat window that they couldn’t help me. There’s got to be a way to fix this since I was a partner an hour ago.
— thatstarwarsgirl77 (@thatstarwarsgrl) August 1, 2019
YouTube would respond indicating that she had removed herself from YouTube Partner Program and instructed her to reapply. They did note that “we’ll also look into this further and let you know if there’s anything we’re able to do on our side.”
Looks like you have removed yourself from the YouTube Partner Program, which is why your channel got demonetized. You can go ahead and reapply–we’ll also look into this further and let you know if there’s anything we’re able to do on our side. Thanks for your patience!
— TeamYouTube (@TeamYouTube) August 1, 2019
ThatStarWarsGirl would go into detail about the demonetization and ask YouTube to assist her in rectifying the situation.
Yes I was looking for more info on the partner program and accidently clicked on the wrong button and now my channel has been demonetized. There was not a single safeguard that alerted me to this or asking if I would like to go back. Just that my channel had been removed.
— thatstarwarsgirl77 (@thatstarwarsgrl) August 1, 2019
I was a partner earlier today and just by clicking the wrong button I have lost partnership and monetization. This is why I need your help to reinstate my partnership. I was previously approved so there should be a way to reverse this situation.
— thatstarwarsgirl77 (@thatstarwarsgrl) August 1, 2019
This all sounds like a simple mistake. Let’s hope that YouTube is able to rectify the problem and That Star Wars Girl’s YouTube channel will be monetized once again.