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About this tool
Build the exact search-operator queries that surface videos, comments and profile pages exposing your identity or location.
This query builder converts identifiers you already own — your name, YouTube handle, channel ID, email, city, employer — into ready-to-run search-engine queries using real operators such as site:, inurl: and quoted exact-match phrases, so you can see what a stranger finds when they look you up. It groups the queries by exposure area (channel pages, videos about you, comments, location hints, contact details, handle reuse elsewhere) and flags any query that crosses Google's roughly 32-word cutoff. Everything is generated locally in your browser; no identifier is transmitted or stored.
Open YouTube Self Exposure Query Builder on AltFTool — it loads instantly in your browser.
Add your input to the workspace.
Adjust the options until the result looks right.
Copy or download the output and put it to work.
Queries use site:, inurl:, OR and quoted phrases exactly as Google and Bing parse them.
Channel, video, comment, location, contact and cross-platform findings stay separate instead of one long list.
Query strings are assembled with plain JavaScript — no lookup service ever sees your name or email.
Mostly no. Google indexes very few YouTube comments because they load after the initial page render, so the reliable route is YouTube's own search plus opening a suspect video, clicking through to load all comments, and using your browser's find-in-page. Treat any Google hit on a comment as a bonus, not as coverage.
Search site:youtube.com/watch "Your Name" on Google to limit results to watch pages rather than your own channel tabs, then repeat the same phrase in YouTube search because YouTube surfaces recent uploads Google has not crawled yet. Add your city or employer as a second quoted phrase to catch videos that identify you indirectly.
Handle reuse is the fastest way to link accounts. Running "yourhandle" -site:youtube.com shows forums, marketplaces, code repositories and old blogs using the same string, and a single match there can attach a legal name to a pseudonymous channel.
YouTube's privacy complaint process accepts reports about content that reveals personally identifiable information such as a home address, phone number or image of your house, and the uploader is normally given 48 hours to act before review. This tool only helps you gather the URLs; for threats, stalking or harassment contact local law enforcement, and consult a lawyer for anything involving defamation or legal remedies.