Google YouTube Remove Sort Video by Date 2022-02
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](i/YouTube_sort_by_oldest_2023-04-02.jpg)
![YouTube removed sort oldest 2023-04-02](i/YouTube_removed_sort_oldest_2023-04-02.jpg)
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](i/YouTube_remove_view_history_2023-04-02_WwnvS.jpg)
Creator Insider
Apr 5, 2022
User Comments
![Google YouTube removed view history 2023-04-02 dSW6Q](i/Google_YouTube_removed_view_history_2023-04-02_dSW6Q.png)
around 2023-06-19, YouTube added back the sort by date.
![YouTube sort by date 2023-11-29](i/YouTube_sort_by_date_2023-11-29.jpg)