Add or remove access to your YouTube channel with channel permissions

If you have a Brand Account, switch to channel permissions to add or remove access to your YouTube channel instead. Learn how to migrate to channel permissions.

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 that 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

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Note: If you give channel access to a teen user (13–17 or the relevant age in your country or region), a guardian supervising the teen will have access to a dashboard with public info about your channel.

Channel permissions role types

Role	Supported	Not supported
Owner	Can do everything on all platforms, including: Delete the channel Manage live streams and live chat Manage permissions Can link Google Ads accounts	Can't transfer ownership to other users
Manager	Can view all channel data Can manage permissions (in YouTube Studio) Can edit channel details Can manage live streams Can create, upload, publish and delete content (includes drafts) Can chat or moderate chat within Live Control Room Can create posts Can comment Can link Google Ads accounts	Can't delete channel
Editor	Can view all channel data Can edit everything Can upload and publish content Can manage live streams Can delete drafts Can chat or moderate chat within Live Control Room Can create posts Can comment Can link Google Ads accounts	Can't delete channel or published content Can't manage permissions Can't enter into contracts Can't delete scheduled/live/completed streams Can't delete or reset stream keys
Editor (limited)	Same permissions as Editor	Same limitations as Editor Can't access revenue data (includes chat revenue and the viewer activity tab)
Subtitle Editor	Can add, edit, publish and delete subtitles on eligible videos	Same limitations as Editor Can't edit anything (except video subtitles) Can't access revenue data (includes chat revenue and the viewer activity tab) Can't upload and publish content (except video subtitles) Can't manage live streams Can't delete drafts Can't chat or moderate chat within Live Control Room Can't manage live streams Can't delete scheduled/live/completed streams Can't chat or moderate chat within Live Control Room Can't view all channel data
Viewer	Can view (but not edit) all channel details Can create and edit YouTube Analytics groups Can view revenue data (including chat revenue and the viewer activity tab) Can view/monitor created streams, pre-live and while live Can view all stream settings except the stream key	Can't manage live streams Can't delete scheduled/live/completed streams Can't chat or moderate chat within Live Control Room
Viewer (limited)	Same permissions as Viewer	Same limitations as Viewer Can't access revenue data (includes chat revenue and the viewer activity tab)

Supported actions

Note: Some actions may not be available at all when acting as a delegate.

Category	Access level/public actions	YT Studio on a computer	YT Studio app	YouTube
Granular permission control	Manager role
	Editor role
	Editor (limited) role
	Viewer-only role			–
	Viewer (limited) role			–
	Viewer-only role		–	–
Video management	Upload videos/Shorts		–
	Create Shorts	–	–
	Understand video performance in YouTube Analytics or Artist Analytics
	Manage videos (metadata, monetisation, visibility)
	Create a playlist
	Add a video to an existing public playlist
	Manage playlists	–	–
	Live stream as the channel		–	–
	Captions, private video sharing		–	–
Channel management	Customise/manage the channel homepage
Community engagement	Create a post	–	–
	Manage Community posts, including deleting posts		–
	Delete Community posts	[Manager only]	–	[Manager only]
	Reply to comments as the channel from YouTube Studio			–
	Comment and interact with comments on another channel's videos as the channel	–	–
	Use live chat as the channel		–
Artists specific	Official Artist Channel features (e.g. concerts)		–	–
Artists specific	Use the Releases tab	[Owners, Managers, Editors and Editors (limited)]	–	–

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 to 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 who you'd like to invite.
In the 'Access' drop-down, select the role that you'd like to assign to this person.
Click DONE.

Note: Once an invite has been sent, it will expire after 30 days.

Remove access to your channel

Sign in to YouTube Studio.
On the left-hand side, click Settings .
Click Permissions.
Go to the person who 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
The 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 another 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 the channel.
Viewing subscriptions.
Purchases (e.g. films 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 address. You may need this, for example, to ask them to phone-verify their channel to get access to certain features.

Note: Only managers and the owner can view the names and emails of people who have access to a channel.

Sign in to YouTube Studio on a computer.
Click Settings Permissions.
You'll see a list of people who have access to the channel.

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