Manage channel settings

You can manage your channel settings in YouTube Studio. Change everything from your country/region to your channel's visibility.

Sign in to YouTube Studio.
From the left menu, select Settings Channel.
Adjust the channel settings.
Click Save.

Basic info

Country of residence

You can choose the country/region for your YouTube channel using the down arrow

. Eligibility for the YouTube Partner Programme is based on the country/region setting that you choose here.

Keywords

You can add keywords related to your channel with this setting.

Advanced settings

Audience

Simplify your workflow by setting an audience for your channel or videos. This setting will affect existing and future videos.

If you choose not to select an audience setting, you'll get certain restrictions and will be required to identify which videos on your channel are Made for Kids.

Google Ads account linking

You can link your YouTube channel to a Google Ads account to allow ads to run. These ads are based on interactions with your channel's videos and give access to insights.

Automatic captions

Automatic captions occasionally make mistakes. If you select the 'Don't show potentially inappropriate words' tick box, you can prevent potentially inappropriate words from being displayed in your videos.

If you select this option, personalised ads based on viewer's interests or remarketing ads will be turned off. Turning off this setting may reduce your channel's revenue. In addition, earned action reports and remarketing lists will stop working for your channel.

Clips

The 'Allow viewers to clip my content' option allows your viewers to clip your content. If you deselect this option, existing clips of your content will be disabled. In the same way, selecting this option will re-enable existing clips of your content.

Channel redirect

You can use a shortened version of your custom URL to redirect your audience to another channel. In the Redirect URL field, enter the URL of the website that your redirect URL should lead to.

Note: Redirect URLs are available to partners and advertisers who have this feature turned on by their partner manager or sales representative.

For example, if your URL is youtube.com/c/YouTubeCreators, you can get your shortened URL (youtube.com/YouTubeCreators) to send viewers to the YouTube Nation channel by entering youtube.com/user/youtubenation or youtube.com/channel/UCUD4yDVyM54QpfqGJX4S7ng in the Redirect URL field.

Channel visibility

You can temporarily make your channel hidden by selecting this option. Your videos, playlists and channel details will no longer be visible to viewers.

As a channel owner, you can still see:

Your channel page
Your channel art and icon
Your videos and playlists
Your comments and analytics
Your community posts

You can make your channel visible again at any time and your content will be public to viewers.

Note: Channel visibility is available to partners and advertisers who have this feature turned on by their partner manager or sales representative.

Other settings

You can manage your presence on YouTube and permanently remove your content with these settings.

Feature eligibility

Check eligibility

Make the most of your content with additional tools and features. Here, you can check if you are eligible for standard, intermediate or advanced features. To keep the YouTube community safe for everyone, getting access to intermediate and advanced features needs additional verification steps. Verifying your identity helps us to reduce abuse and spam on YouTube.

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