YouTube TV app ‘disappears’ from Roku: Here’s how you can fix it

The YouTube TV app on Roku devices is causing trouble for some users. Affected users have reported that the app has mysteriously vanished from the home screens of their Roku devices. Over the last day, several users who are facing this issue took to Reddit, Google support pages, and Roku forums to highlight the widespread nature of this issue. While the exact cause remains unclear, neither YouTube nor Roku has officially acknowledged the issue, which seems to be quite widespread. However, a Roku community moderator has recommended a temporary fix that affected Roku users can try out to restore their access and get back to streaming the YouTube TV app.

According to a report by 9to5Google, a Roku community moderator has suggested a temporary workaround to fix the YouTube TV app issue on Roku devices. The moderator has asked users to check for Roku OS updates if their YouTube TV app has disappeared.
Several affected users also noted that updating to a newer OS version restores the YouTube TV app. However, as the exact cause remains unclear, this fix suggests that the issue may lie with Roku. It can be possibly related to how the Roku store functions on older OS versions, the report noted.

One users took to Reddit to noted: “The app icon disappeared from my list of apps, and I'm unable to add it back in to my list. Reset the TV already, will stream from phone onto TV until fixed.”
“I wanted to watch YouTube TV on our Roku TV, but when I looked for it, it had suddenly disappeared. When I searched for it through the app search function, it was still there, but I could not open it. When I restarted it came back for a second but then disappeared again. Does anyone know why this is? This is our most used streaming platform, so we really need to know,” another Reddit user highlighted.
Meanwhile, a third user wrote: “Weirdest thing, the app is no longer on the Home Screen, go to add the app and put in the password, and it says that it can’t be added at this time. We didn’t delete the app or remove it from the device. Tried restarting with no luck. Has anyone else ever had this happen and been able to fix it?”