YouTube Studio is the home for creators. You can manage your presence, grow your channel, interact with your audience, and make money all in one place.
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Manage your channel
- Sign in to YouTube Studio.
Use the left menu to manage your videos and channel.
- Dashboard : Get a high-level overview of new activity on your channel, along with what's new on YouTube.
- Content : Find an overview of your videos, live streams, posts, and playlists.
- Analytics : Monitor the performance of your channel and videos with metrics and reports in YouTube Analytics.
- Community : View and reply to comments on your videos. You can also view mentions that other creators have made of your channel.
- Subtitles : Add subtitles and captions to your videos.
- Copyright : Submit copyright takedown requests.
- Earn : If you're in the YouTube Partner Program, you can manage your monetization settings.
- Customization : Customize your channel’s layout, branding, and basic info.
- Audio Library : Get music and sound effects to use in your videos.
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Manage your videos
To manage a specific video, visit the Content page and click the video's thumbnail. You can also use the search bar to find a video.
- Details: Change your video’s title, description, and settings.
- Analytics: See metrics available at the video level.
- Editor: Trim your videos, add end screens, add audio tracks, and blur your videos.
- Comments: View and reply to comments on that video.
- Subtitles: Add multi-language audio and translated titles and descriptions to your videos.
- Copyright: View and manage copyright claims.
- Clips: Create and manage clips.
Get video equipment tips and video filming tips for creators.
Navigation tips
Open your channel or video
To open your channel homepage, click your profile picture Your channel. To open your video’s watch page, click the video link under your video thumbnail.
If you’re editing an individual video, you’ll see the video thumbnail instead. To quickly open your video’s watch page, click this video thumbnail.
Search for your videos
To find videos quickly, use the search bar at the top of YouTube Studio. You can also find videos on the Content page.
Hover over info to see more options
View on YouTube , Analytics , Comments , and Options icons will occasionally show when hovering over certain info in YouTube Studio.
- View on YouTube icons allow you to quickly view your video on YouTube.
- Analytics icons let you jump to a particular video’s analytics.
- Comments icons take you to your video’s comments.
- Options icons reveal several actions you can take.
Get the latest updates
Use the YouTube Studio Dashboard for the latest updates, including:
- Creator updates
- Policy updates
- Updates from the YouTube Creators channel
- Updates from the Creator Insider channel
Get help
At the top of the screen, select Help .
Send feedback
- Sign in to YouTube Studio.
- In the left Menu, select Send feedback .
- Type in your feedback and select Send.
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