How to Turn Off Monetization on YouTube (Disable Ads or Leave YPP)
Want to turn off monetization on YouTube or leave the YouTube Partner Program (YPP) completely? In this step-by-step tutorial, I show you exactly how to disable monetization per video inside YouTube Studio, and how to remove monetization for your entire channel by leaving the Partner Program.
Whether you want to stop ads on one specific video, disable monetization on all videos, or completely leave the YouTube Partner Program, this guide walks you through the full process.
This tutorial covers:
How to turn off monetization for one video
How to disable ads on multiple YouTube videos
How to leave the YouTube Partner Program
What happens when you leave YPP
How long you must wait to reapply (30 days)
What happens to ads, memberships, merch shelf, and revenue data
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This video explains everything clearly and quickly.
⚠️ Important: When you leave the YouTube Partner Program, monetization features such as ads, channel memberships, merchandise shelf, copyright match tool, and monetization revenue data in YouTube Analytics will be disabled. If you want to rejoin, you must wait 30 days before applying again.
This guide works for creators who:
Want to temporarily stop monetization
Are restructuring their channel
Want to avoid policy issues
Need to remove ads from certain videos
Are testing different monetization strategies
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⏱ CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro (Turn off monetization / leave YPP)
00:10 Open YouTube Studio
00:18 Go to Content (videos list)
00:26 Turn off monetization for one video
00:44 Disable monetization for entire channel
00:58 Leave the YouTube Partner Program
01:10 What you lose when leaving YPP
01:28 Rejoin rule
01:40 Done + final message