How to fix the Wrong Message Count bug in YouTube! — Current

[Kaz8693]

IT WORKED<3

[cartoonnexttopmodel]

Thanks SOOOOOOOOO much !!!!!!!!! :D

[RealEveryDay]

Wow! I thought I'd be stuck with that forever! It's been a problem for me since 2007!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jedmiester]

Thanks a lot, that (1) was really pissing me off!

[ginaximmortal]

It worked!! Finally! Thank you!

[KiNgOfPoPLiVeS1]

Thank you! This works for me! That was so annoying!

[mzapalova]

thank god

[katmarrob]

thanks alot! this was really annoying me :)

[imBohLT]

... it didn't work for me but mine is a "Shared with You". Someone help?

[dontbreakthatpromise]

@imBohLT I have the same issue, so I had someone share a video with me, and did these instructions that way. Still nothing. This reply isn't going to help you, but I feel your pain D:

[x3ICEx]

@dontbreakthatpromise @imBohLT I don't think youtube allows multi-replies like twitter does, so I'm duplicating my comment to let you know too:

It does work for "Shared with You" as well. I used this workaround a minute ago to clear my glitchy counter. google.com/support/forum/p/you­tube/thread?tid=0ff23471f1ef61­3e

[dontbreakthatpromise]

@x3ICEx I've tried 20 or so times. Doesn't work for me. Thanks though. 

[Cherokee85]

@dontbreakthatpromise Yeah, me too... Fuck, this is pissing me off

[dontbreakthatpromise]

@Cherokee85 Same. I figure eventually they'll fix whatever is wrong manually... because none of these fixes work for me.

[dontbreakthatpromise]

@Cherokee85 Oddly enough, it just went away for me....

[x3ICEx]

@imBohLT @dontbreakthatpromise

It does work for "Shared with You" as well. I used this workaround a minute ago to clear my glitchy counter. google.com/support/forum/p/you­tube/thread?tid=0ff23471f1ef61­3e

[o0Brilliance0o]

IT WORKED!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH! I WUV U!

[los4blancos]

it worked ! thanks a lot

[Oscar301]

Thanks man, it worked!

[Exterminator888]

Thanks so much for this man! Shame about the bug though.....

[Sakanakao]

Thanks! This fixed it for me.

[hardmous]

This is so fucked. Youtube needs to fix this.

[tonkslpslover]

Yay! Only I had to do it twice, because mine said two XD

[alltehstuffs]

thanks!!

[TehFlaavour]

Sooo Easy Cheers

[Henshrow]

Thankyouu! :D

[csgrambauer]

Oh thank you soooooooo much. My inbox was saying there were 2 unread messages when there wasn't. Anyway I followed your directions and it got rid of 1. Then I re-followed your directions a second time and the second message number disappeared - so I got rid of both of them. Thanks again for saving my sanity. Lol. :D

[BeaSilverStudios]

OMG- TX TX ♥ It help me- I had this Inbox(1) for 1 month- and i was anoyed ;[[[ But you helped me ♥♥ TX wery much ;*

[Crazedredheadboy]

Wow it worked

[DoctorKrabs]

Worked.

[xXBostonLoboXx]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!! it helped me, thanks again!

[viewCR]

You're a star, thanks a lot!

[GuitarMannnnnn]

Thanks man, worked like a charm!

[INFOMASTER666]

This does not work for me. No way, whatever i do, it says Inbox(3) all the time.

[chris3145]

It works!!

[chinonononozu]

this worked yes yes yes yes

[lindseytalksmakeup]

Thank you!

[iGlitchLP]

Thanks worked perfectly ;)

[steveoondyou]

crazycrazy. too magical.

[aces551]

IT WORKED FOR ME. THANK YOU!

[JelhifyGaming]

I love you... :)

[TheHeavenlySkies]

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!

[deathwalker8000]

Thanks man!

[ZeroFossilFuel]

This bug still exists and this fix still works. Thank you for sharing.

And SHAME on YouTube.

[bikenutter1]

Does not work. Nov 2011.

[kernell32bcn]

Perfect! Wow :-)))

[MsSoCaLSAVAGE]

Worked for me :D I WAS SOOO ANNOYED LOL thanks<3

[TurretsFTW]

THANK YOU, YOU HANSOM PERSON!

[Mattyj1994]

Thankyou very much :)

[xclickxreal]

thank you so much <3

[Ernestboy5]

Thanx. Finally my inbox is fixed :)

[DJGodmanDJ]

THANK YOU!

[AlashMasry]

I followed the instructions and it worked :D

Thank you very much :)

[DeepFriedPoopHeads]

thank you so much

[matthewcrissall]

YOU LEGEND!! WOOOOOOOO! IM SO HAPPY NOWWWW!!

[bethflintjock]

omg thanks so much!

[imaginryPenguin]

Holy god thank you sir.. been trying to get rid of this for ages :)

[MW3TheaterHD]

worked for my thankyou so much!

[subtitlecomedy]

Worked on my YT inbox, thanks!

[Zerksez]

OMG THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

[BI6RICK]

Thank you thank you thank you.

[Akashmash]

YES! Thank you man, had to deal with this minor annoyance for almost a year -_- *liked* *faved*

[downieman117]

thank you so much this was a big help!!!!

[thefrogger161]

Does this work for friend invites?

[esymes]

3rd attemt and it worked! YAY!

[FrigginFluffyFursona]

I'm... gonna... try... again x_x...

[jefferlope1]

Oh my God. It worked. Thank you, you are a life saver!

[Ashrafster]

I love you.

[DudeRocksTV]

Thanks for the vid.

[thesh00ter]

awesome thanks dude

[1XDylanX1]

OMG THANKS DUDE!!!

[isaiah3818]

Finally that annoying thing gone, thanks!



[QuileuteElizabeth]

I love you.

[icekat83]

Yea!!! Thank you....finally it worked!!!

[ThAtLaDyNoTtOm3sSwIt]

thnxx this works

[SuperPixieLottfan2]

My inboz says "1 friend request", can this video still fix the problem for friend requests?

[icekat83]

@SuperPixieLottfan2 I don't know how to do it but there is a vid around about that too. Just do a search and good luck. :)

[SuperPixieLottfan2]

@icekat83 its ok now i found that video, thanks =)

[InfamousKnights]

Thanks for sharing this..It Helped out alot (c=

[OrangeOrangeOrange5]

you tube keeps saying that I have 1 new message but I don't. Help!? Does anyone know how to fix this problem?

[jamiekennywicked09]

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU :D

[TimothyParadox1]

does not work... btw what do you mean by "open and close that message"? I can click on the mail I sent myself, but there is no button to "close" it.

[BouJser]

@TimothyParadox1 Click the same way as you would open the message and you will close it.

[nickyjam770]

i want to have sex with you (NO HOMO) hahaha thnks man

[NoXiousAMV]

OMG it worked O.o thank you :3 had the same problem with friend invites but it went away somehow but was still stuck with one annoying invisible message O.o THX ;3

[MisterChipmunk2000]

I followed every step and it still shows 1 in the inbox and 1 in the friend invites. I've tried clicking the friend invite instead of comments & it still didn't do anything?.

[karanjhalaguy16578]

does not work for friend invites

[Joshuaxiong2]

This is old. The javascript doesn't work.

[joshinvents]

@Joshuaxiong2 This is not old. Try the instructions in the video, which is an alternative to the javascript. If you tried that, then try again.

[Joshuaxiong2]

Go to the unrefreshed window? You just told us to refresh both windows.

[bySorzah]

Doesn't work for me and i did it step by step

[kaiteCOD1213]

what about friend invites... mine is doing the same thing,... but with pm's and friend invites..

[TVsmasher66]

@kaiteCOD1213 Then go to friend invites instead of comments. see how that works.

[xLove2Mileyx]

I FREAKING LOVE YOU. <333

[aeroman10]

Not sure you have to do ALL this. I just sent a message to myself - went back to the inbox in the same window and deleted and the message count is correct now. No need to open different windows, go to comments, etc....

[ImperialGeorge]

Thanks, it worked.

[xxmaddogmickxx]

:| i cant even compose a message :(

[Gattsu5]

Worked, awesome.

[EditsByFury]

works :D

[NuckenFoob]

Omg thanks alot :D

[BotRots]

If I weren't a man, I'd have your baby. Thank you so much.

Smiling ear to ear with all thank to you.

[Antar1011]

What can I say that hasn't been said before? You're awesome, dude.

[michaelwesten87]

HOLY SHIT I LOVE YOU

[HoTBreakZ]

Thanx Mate!!! It Really Helped...

[2BunnyReturns]

Good Call - this one actually works.

+1

[shakutaiko]

Hi Joshinvents, Thanks a million. IT worked! Finally got rid of the annoying reminder.

Once again, Thank you.

[rockstarhinata]

OMG.....THANK YOU!!! my inbox has been saying this for the last year i think

[madisonmiley123]

Did I mention I love you?! None of the tutorials work on how to remove the glitch, but for the first time, one actually worked. That means alot! It's a smart and simple way to remove the inbox glitch without waiting for YouTube to fix it. THANK YOU!!!

[joshinvents]

@madisonmiley123 Thanks!! Glad to help! =D

[StarSupernova1]

It worked. Thanks

[BlackOwlAngel]

God, I love you now.

[BlackOwlAngel]

And here I was dealing with it for 9months or more. Rofl.

[VivaceExpressivo]

wow hey thanks you like totally rock!!!! it WORKED!!!!

[tehnewfilms]

Thank you for being helpful unlike Google!

[ahmadhamad]

It worked!...for now.

[athanasiadis24]

That was, like, a miracle!!

[Dp153]

I LOVE YOU

[greytale]

Thanks for posting that! This bug has been pissing me off for about 3 months... same as it did for you. I finally had enough, and that idiotic "var = blah blah blah" java console crap didn't work, no matter what I did, and I'm pretty good with computers.

THANKS! :) Your solution was a LOT easier, and... it WORKED.

[joshinvents]

@greytale No problem, man! Glad to help!

Nice channel, by the way. I love Star Wars!

[greytale]

@joshinvents Thanks, glad you are enjoying it! In fact... my associate and I are *JUST* about to released a "saber combat" DVD project tomorrow... which is... *drumroll*, lol... May the Fourth... :)

[jalapena2007]

THIS WORKED!! Thank you so much. This has been irritating me for months. I tried another person's instructions and it failed so I'm super excited that this worked. Thanks again.

[p00njabiHD]

It worked!!! Thanks

[aplfisher]

You are a gem. Much love and #chodes to you!

[magnusbon]

Finally thx alot man ^^

[newdarnaccount]

Two years. Still not fixed. Huh? Anyway, it worked for me. Thanks.

[NevinJarek]

I even deleted and reopened my account to see if it fixed it. That didnt work but this method did work, thanks a lot. Though you could add more tags, like 'incorrectly 1/one unread message'. Not everyone calls it phantom message.

[AmberheartDaMeddyCat]

Mine had "1 new message" for a whole year until yesterday it miraculously vanished... then I got it again today, freaked, then found this. XD THANK YOU!

[PureLightHealer]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

[jokingpenguin]

YES YES YES! I FRIKIN LOVE YOU MAN!

[TopNotchGFX]

It worked. Thanks.

[DarkSamus288]

dude thank you it worked!!!

[RecoilzFX]

Yay :D

[HighEndCinema]

I love you!

[DJMusicJammer]

I remember having this problem back in 2009 and it recently happened again.

I knew I saw a fix last time, and this was the video that came up in my search. Thanks for helping me fix this again.

[MrRamazanLale2]

THANKS!

[SimpleLittlePleasues]

WTF, this is absurd - I'll admit I gasped out loud that it actually works though =)

[Venthoz]

i wish i would of known this before i ereased my whole inbox :(

thank you sooo much anyways, this was bothering me soooo much

[TheModernWish]

Thank you man :D

[0rangehoof]

Thank you soo much!! took me a couple of times to get it right but it worked! <3

[TurquoiseStar17]

It worked! You are my hero, man!

I got this for the first time this morning and wasn't sure what to do, so thank you so much.

[joshinvents]

@TurquoiseStar17 no problem!!



[gizmog]

awesome!!! Thanks!!!

[Hidden559]

Thanks!

[dorkzruledawrld]

i love you

[njc67]

Pardon the language I can't contain myself...

Well fuck me dead said foreskin head....! I'm fixed...!

Thank you so much, if I were a Lady I'd have your baby!

[blogprincess]

I stinking love you!!

[GreatFailsMontana]

Thanks man

[derektroter]

thanks a lot, it worked for me ;)

[abbienetvision]

My problem is that my messages somehow disappeared, and the count is 90 (should be higher)but I am not getting the arrows to see more than the first 15 messages..help me, I have to get my messages back! Thanks

[AMFForumvideo]

wow it worked thank you!! :D

[RS11raptor11]

THANK YOU

[HKshipsForTeresaTeng]

Thank you. I followed your directions and the One Personal Message thingy disappeared afterwards. 

[kisszac]

Thank you so much. This worked perfectly. Hated seeing that notification for the longest time. Thankfully its gone now! :D

[xXHaloReacherXx]

THANK YOU

[Ale7it]

YEEEAAAHHH

[mileymuffinxo]

FINALLY! it was sooo annoying!! thanksssssss! <3

[rainonmebi]

okay wait.. so i did this, and right after i did this my entire inbox disappeared from the main page wtf

[joshinvents]

@rainonmebi I dont know what you did differently, but try again or something.

[rainonmebi]

THANK YOU MAN!!

and apparently, 2 miserable assholes didnt follow the directions carefully.

[freeze427]

Awesome!!!!!

[DruSkiN666]

thanks no more fucking 1 PM :<3

[thriller008]

Worked ; Like A Boss

[femaleprodigy1978]

Thank you Thank you Thank you! This is the second time this has happened to me. The first time I went for MONTHS not being able to fix it then one day it was gone. Then about a month ago it happened again. I decided to check out the help pages and found a link to this video! You have saved my sanity!

[xFalloutVids]

Thank you SO much!!!!!

[worthtaker]

thank you very much :)

[missgriffin777]

I had to do it three times due to (3) phantom messages stuck in my inbox for months!~~Thank you!

[Rikco91]

THANK YOU!!!

[YourDarkAccomplice]

Sounds like it works. Now if only I can get my "1 shared video" glitch fixed. >.<

[parkviewmanagement]

thank you soooooo much. that has been bothering me for over a year :]

[joshinvents]

@parkviewmanagement no problem!

[Bethintx1]

Thanks! I tried the directions from another video & it did not work. Your video is much clearer & It does work! Thank You!!!!! adding to Fav's so I can use this when it happens again!

[joshinvents]

@Bethintx1 haha, thanks! Anytime!

[TheAINDREW]

Thanks dude, this has been bothering me all week. Great fix!

[rd1999]

success thankyou

[LutherStorms]

MANY THANKS THERE

[360tutorialsTV]

thnx a lot

[nickrock2323]

thanks dude, this has been bothering me for a year !!! worked like a charm

[Liisakee]

thank you so much! it worked perfectly :D