With channel permissions, you can grant people access to your channel data, tools, and features in YouTube and YouTube Studio. Multiple people can be granted five different levels of permissions to manage your channel without needing access to your Google Account. Granting permissions to someone:
- Is safer than sharing your password or other sensitive sign in details.
- Lets you specify their access level so you can have more control over who can view or update your channel.
Channel Permissions in YouTube Studio: Invite People to Help Manage Your Channel
Channel permissions role types
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Not supported |
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Owner |
Can do everything on all platforms, including:
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Manager |
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Editor |
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Editor (Limited) |
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Subtitle Editor |
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Viewer |
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Viewer (Limited) |
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Supported actions
Public vs. private activity on YouTube
While acting as a delegate for a channel directly on YouTube, there’s a distinction between public and private actions.
- Public actions: Delegates can perform these actions for the channel owner and the action will be attributed to the channel.
- Public actions are listed in the table above.
- Private actions: Delegates perform these actions on their personal account that they’re signed in with.
- Private actions include searching, watching videos, and purchases.
Visual indicators will help delegate users know how the action is attributed.
Grant access to your channel using permissions
If you have a Brand Account, you must first migrate to channel permissions.
- Sign in to YouTube Studio.
- On the left-hand side, click Settings .
- Click Permissions INVITE.
- In the “Email” field, enter the email address of the person you’d like to invite.
- In the “Access” drop-down, select the role you’d like to assign to this person.
- Click DONE.
Remove access to your channel
- Sign in to YouTube Studio.
- On the left-hand side, click Settings .
- Click Permissions.
- Go to the person you’d like to remove under "Role", click the down arrow .
- Select a new role or click Remove access.
Note: Channel permissions don't support some parts of YouTube just yet. Even though the owner can access these features, invited users can't access:
- YouTube Music
- YouTube Kids app
- YouTube APIs
Private actions on YouTube
Below are actions that are considered private, and would be associated with a delegate’s personal account:
Video management
- Downloading other channel’s videos onto a mobile device with YouTube Premium.
- Downloading your own videos onto a mobile device.
Community engagement
- Liking, disliking, or voting on a post.
Curation/consumption
- Searching for content or accessing search history.
- Watching a video or accessing watch history.
- Blocking users on channel.
- Viewing subscriptions.
- Purchases (for example: Movies and Shows, Premium).
- Purchase history.
Find channel owner details
If you manage a channel, you can find out the channel owner’s name and email. You may need this, for example, to ask them to phone-verify their channel to get access to certain features.
- Sign in to YouTube Studio on a computer.
- Click Settings Permissions.
- You’ll see a list of people that has access to the channel.