Google YouTube Remove Sort Video by Date 2022-02

By Xah Lee. Date: . Last updated: .

around 2022-02-26, YouTube removed the option to view the oldest video of a channel.

Before and after:

YouTube sort by oldest 2023-04-02
before
YouTube removed sort oldest 2023-04-02
after

it is now very hard to watch any early video of any person who created when they started doing video on YouTube. The only way, is if you keep scrolling for few minutes.

basically that means, they are trying to erase history.

YouTube Official Announcement

YouTube remove view history 2023-04-02 WwnvS
Video Sorting by Content Type, Timed Reactions Expansion, Clarification on Live Streaming Expansion!
Creator Insider
Apr 5, 2022

User Comments

Google YouTube removed view history 2023-04-02 dSW6Q
Google YouTube removed view history 2023-04-02 dSW6Q

around 2023-06-19, YouTube added back the sort by date.

YouTube sort by date 2023-11-29
YouTube sort by date 2023-11-29