Import data (watch history, subscriptions, ...) from YouTube via Google takeout

[MaX-Lo]

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In order to make migration from the Youtube to NewPipe better, I think, importing the watch history from Youtube would be nice.

After a first glance it doesn't seem as simple as with importing subscriptions. Nonetheless Google offers a service called takeout (https://takeout.google.com/settings/takeout) where it's possible to download a bunch of your personal data from Google products, including Youtube. Further you can choose what to download, available are subscriptions, chats, comments, playlists, history and your search history.

If there is interest in such a feature, I would take a look at it. :)

[zilexa]

I would second this, favourites, history etc if I can import this I would switch over instantly!

[MaX-Lo]

@zilexa you can get your favourites already, at least indirectly. If your "liked" videos are set as public in youtube they are visible as a playlist for everyone. This playlist in turn can be added in NewPipe. Only downside is, everyone can figure out which videos you liked...

For the history I'm still somewhat unsure what's the best way to tackle it. Imo it would be nice if videos watched on the youtube website would automatically appear in the history as well, without having to ex- and import the history again and again. But that would be neccessary for my first idea.

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[maholloway]

Personally I'd be happy with importing the playlist(s) and just managing them as RSS going forward, as this would remove dependency on Youtube features to continue handling my playlists. I suppose watch history could be done this way as well but it would become out of sync with the YT playlist immediately, which could confuse or frustrate others.

[WillRieske]

Even if it couldn't be kept in sync with Youtube, having a one-time import would assist users like me who would like to deconvert from using Google apps entirely.

[Divya-Prakash]

Hi, It would be great to have this feature. I am looking for a way to daily sync my history.

[Acetsetebos]

It seems youtube has recently removed the subscription manager, which means that Google takeout is now the only way to download a list of your subscriptions, so I hope this feature gets added soon, or at least a removal of the obsolete link in the import youtube subscriptions section of the app.

[Suncatcher]

So now there is no way to import history from Takeout? I am a little it confused by the discussion

[afusalan]

Still waiting for this feature so me, my family, my tribe, and everybody else i know can switch from youtube

[nbear50]

I just want to import all of my watch history into a new account aswell.

[nico-abram]

@zilexa you can get your favourites already, at least indirectly. If your "liked" videos are set as public in youtube they are visible as a playlist for everyone. This playlist in turn can be added in NewPipe. Only downside is, everyone can figure out which videos you liked...

For the history I'm still somewhat unsure what's the best way to tackle it. Imo it would be nice if videos watched on the youtube website would automatically appear in the history as well, without having to ex- and import the history again and again. But that would be neccessary for my first idea.

@MaX-Lo Is this still true? I tried disabling "private playlists" but my liked videos are still marked as private. And I don't see them as a specific playlist in the channel manager to mark them as pubic. I found this video which claims to have a solution but I'm not seeing the "keep all my liked videos private" option in my settings

[caltrop2075]

IMPORT SUBSCRIPTIONS is fine but what we really need is IMPORT PLAYLIST, Watch Later or whatever

[anonaddict]

status?

[gasb91]

I would like to know more about this?

[CapnHanSolo]

+1 for importing watch history. This could make it really easy for new comers to migrate

[Bluscream]

Thanks for leading me here, is there any progress on this? As stated in my issue. I have watched my fair share of videos on a channel and i don't want to click on anything again by mistake

[icecream17]

@zilexa you can get your favourites already, at least indirectly. If your "liked" videos are set as public in youtube they are visible as a playlist for everyone. This playlist in turn can be added in NewPipe. Only downside is, everyone can figure out which videos you liked... For the history I'm still somewhat unsure what's the best way to tackle it. Imo it would be nice if videos watched on the youtube website would automatically appear in the history as well, without having to ex- and import the history again and again. But that would be neccessary for my first idea.

@MaX-Lo Is this still true? I tried disabling "private playlists" but my liked videos are still marked as private. And I don't see them as a specific playlist in the channel manager to mark them as pubic. I found this video which claims to have a solution but I'm not seeing the "keep all my liked videos private" option in my settings

Google changed it so that liked videos are always private: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6336092?hl=en

[Eclair9124]

Any news on this? Maybe it's not possible or there is a good reason it's not happening? Thanks

[Bluscream]

Any news on this? Maybe it's not possible or there is a good reason it's not happening? Thanks

Use grayjay if you want this feature