Manage your government ID & selfie video in your Google Account
Important:
- Not all verification options are available in all regions, accounts or devices.
- If you’re a YouTube creator, learn about managing your ID or selfie video for YouTube advanced features.
If you’ve completed ID verification or have taken a selfie video to access additional services, features, or for other purposes, your data is safely saved in your Google Account. You can delete it at any time.
Important: If you remove your video verification or valid ID before you establish your channel history, you'll lose access to advanced features. To regain access, you’ll need to build your YouTube channel history or complete verification again. If you use YouTube advanced features, learn about managing your ID or selfie video for YouTube.
Your ID or video verification will be automatically deleted from your Google Account within 2 years. It’s usually deleted in a few months after you’ve built sufficient channel history, or after 1 year if you haven’t used advanced features.
Delete an ID
- In your Google Account, go to IDs.
- Tap the ID you want to delete.
- Tap Delete Deleteand then Delete.
- Your ID will be deleted from your Google Account. However, if you’ve violated a Google policy, we may save your ID for a while so that we can enforce our policies.
Delete your selfie video
- In your Google Account, go to Selfie video.
- Next to the selfie video you want to delete, tap Delete Delete and then Delete.
- Your selfie video will be deleted from your Google Account after a period of time. However, if you’ve violated a Google policy, we may save your selfie video for a longer period of time to enforce our policies.
Manage your optional selfie setting to improve Google services
When you submit a selfie video, you have the option to allow Google to use your video and related data to help ongoing efforts to develop and improve facial recognition, age estimation, and other verification methods that may use your physical features or movement. We won't be able to use this information to access any of your other personal data. Any data, including data used for analytics purposes, used by Google will be done in accordance with Google’s Privacy Policy.
If you previously selected this option and later change your mind, you can revoke this permission at any time. If you didn't select this option when you submitted your selfie video and would like to help improve Google services, you can turn this setting on in your Google Account.
To change this setting:
- In your Google Account, go to the Selfie video page.
- Turn Improve Google services (optional) on or off.