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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.
Open YouTube Studio
You can go directly to YouTube Studio or follow these steps to get to YouTube Studio:
- Sign in to YouTube Studio.
- In the top-right, select your profile picture
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- Select YouTube Studio.
.Note: You might be asked to re-authenticate when logging in.
Dark theme
Dark theme allows you to tone down your screen's glare and experience YouTube Studio with a dark background.
- Sign in to YouTube Studio.
- In the top-right, select your profile picture
- Select Appearance
Dark theme. You can also choose Use device theme to use your device's dark theme setting.
Dark theme. You can also choose Use device theme to use your device's dark theme setting.Get around
Use the top of the screen in YouTube Studio to:
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Search your videos and go directly to a video detail page
Upload a new video or go live
Get help
Upload a new video or go liveManage your channel
Use the left-hand menu to manage your videos and channel.
- 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 and live streams.
- Playlists: Create and manage your playlists.
- Analytics: Monitor the performance of your channel and videos with metrics and reports.
- Comments and mentions
- Subtitles: Add subtitles to videos or crowdsource them from your community.
- Monetisation: (If eligible) Update merchandise and membership settings.
- Customisation: Customise your channel's layout, branding and basic info.
- Audio Library: Get music and sound effects to use in your videos.
Manage your videos
In YouTube Studio, you'll see different tabs in the left-hand menu depending on whether you're viewing your entire channel or a specific video. 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 translated titles and descriptions to your videos.
Navigation tips
Switch between the video and channel levels
Some tools, like the video editor, only appear when you've selected a specific video. To see more options, try switching between the channel and video levels.
To view options at the video level, click a video's title or thumbnail. To return to the channel level, select the back arrow in the top left-hand corner of YouTube Studio.
Quickly open your channel or video
Search for your videos
Hover over info to see more options
View on YouTube 
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 that you can take.
Get the latest updates
Use the YouTube Studio Dashboard for the latest updates, including:
- Creator updates
- YouTube Studio release notes
- Updates from the YouTube Creators channel
- Updates from the Creator Insider channel
Get help
Send feedback
- Sign in to YouTube Studio.
- In the left-hand menu, select Send feedback.
- Type in your feedback and select Send.
Watch how to navigate YouTube Studio
Watch the following video from the YouTube Creators channel on how to navigate YouTube Studio.