Sep 04, 2019
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When signing into YouTube some PASD users are receiving the notice "Your Primary/Secondary (K-12_) School Brand Account is Suspended"
To resolve this issue, please do the following based on the device you are using.
Mac Devices
- Open Safari (these directions work best using Safari)
- Goto youtube.com and sign in with your PASD account
- You are prompted with a screen stating "Your Primary/Secondary (K-12_) School Brand Account is Suspended" scroll down to the area of the page "How will my Brand Account be impacted while suspended" and Click YouTube channel switcher link
- Click on your Name (not the Brand Account)
- Now you need to clear out your Safari's cached YouTube data
- In the Menu Bar, click on Safari > Preferences
- Click the Privacy tab
- Click Manage Website Data...
- Search for YouTube
- Click on youtube.com to select it
- Click Remove, then click Done
- Close the Preference window pane
- In YouTube's left Navigation, click Settings
- Click Advanced Settings
- Verify that under account information it states " You don't currently have a channel."
- At this point YouTube should be working for you.
iOS Devices
- Open Safari (these directions work best using Safari)
- Goto youtube.com and sign in with your PASD account
- You are prompted with a screen stating "Your Primary/Secondary (K-12_) School Brand Account is Suspended" scroll down to the area of the page "How will my Brand Account be impacted while suspended" and Click YouTube channel switcher link
- Click on your Name (not the Brand Account)
- Now you need to clear out your Safari's cached YouTube data
- Open the Settings app
- Scroll down to Safari
- Touch Advanced, then touch Website Data
- In the Search box type Youtube
- Swipe on youtube.com from right to left to expose the Delete button
- Touch delete
- Go back to Safari and sign back into YouTube
- If you are prompted with the notice again, click on the YouTube channel switcher link again and touch your Name
- At this point YouTube should be working for you.