The ability to directly delete individuals from a channel’s subscriber list on YouTube is not a feature offered by the platform. While channel owners can manage comments and block users, preventing them from interacting with the channel and seeing its content, directly eliminating someone who has already subscribed is unavailable. Essentially, an individual’s decision to subscribe remains under their control, and the channel owner lacks the functionality to forcibly remove them from the subscriber count.
This policy reflects YouTube’s emphasis on user autonomy and the integrity of its subscription metrics. Allowing channel owners to arbitrarily remove subscribers could lead to manipulation of perceived popularity and undermine the platform’s credibility. Historically, YouTube has focused on tools to manage interactions and community moderation, rather than direct manipulation of subscriber numbers beyond legitimate circumstances such as account deletion or bot removal by YouTube itself.
