Manage channel settings

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

1. Sign in to YouTube Studio.
2. From the left menu, select Settings   Channel.
3. Adjust the channel settings.
4. 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 Program is based on the country/region setting 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” checkbox, you can prevent potentially inappropriate words from being displayed in your videos.

Advertisements

If you select this option, personalized 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 www.youtube.com/c/YouTubeCreators, you can have your shortened URL (www.youtube.com/YouTubeCreators) send viewers to the YouTube Nation channel by entering www.youtube.com/user/youtubenation or www.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 anytime 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.

Third-party training

You can select this option to allow third-party AI companies to use your YouTube content to train AI models they develop. Learn more about third-party training.

For this setting, you can choose from a list of companies to allow or allow all third-party companies:

• Selected companies only: Only grants permission to the companies you select from the dropdown menu.
• All third-party companies: Grants permission to all third-party companies.

Note: Third-party training settings can be changed anytime. There can be a delay of up to 7 days for changes to be reflected in the publicly accessible interface (YouTube Data API). Learn more.

Other settings

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

 Feature Eligibility

Check eligibility

Make the most out 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 need additional verification steps. Verifying your identity helps us reduce abuse and spam on YouTube.