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Send and receive private messages

Here’s how to send private messages and comments to other people on YouTube:

  1. Visit the channel of the person you want to send a private message to. (Click their username beneath one of their videos, or visit youtube.com/user/theirusername)
  2. Click About
  3. Click the Send message button

Send message button

To read private messages that you’ve received, click your Username in the top right corner of YouTube, then Inbox.

Receive email notifications when somebody sends you a private message.

updated 04/18/2013

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