Add or remove access to your YouTube channel

If you have a Brand Account, you can now use channel permissions to add or remove access to your YouTube channel instead. Note that Brand Accounts using channel permissions, including owners, temporarily can't use Live Control Room. Learn more.

You can have multiple people manage your channel without giving them access to your Google Account. Inviting someone to manage your channel:

• Is safer than sharing your password.
• Lets you give only the amount of access they need.
• Is less confusing by making the user comment or view videos on YouTube with their own channel.

Limitations

Right now, people you’ve invited to manage your channel:

• Can only manage your channel in YouTube Studio on computer or partially on mobile.
• Can’t manage via YouTube.com or YouTube APIs.
• Can’t do certain actions in YouTube Studio (See the table below).

• Owners can still make people moderators where they can reply and moderate within YouTube.com and the YouTube app.

Note: Channel permissions are still in development, so check back here to see if new features are supported.

Category	Feature	YT Studio Permissions	YT Studio Mobile Availability
Granular permission control	Viewer only role
	Viewer (Limited) role
	Editor (Limited) role
	Subtitle Editor role		—
Video management	Upload videos		—
	Understand the video’s performance in YouTube Analytics or Artist Analytics
	Manage videos (metadata, monetization, visibility)
	Add a video to a playlist / create a playlist
	Manage playlist order	—	—
	Live stream as the channel		—
	Classic features: Captions, Private video sharing		—
Channel management	Customize / manage the channel homepage (excluding custom URL management and changing channel title)		—
Community engagement	Create a post	—	—
	Manage Community posts, including deleting posts		—
	Reply to comments as the channel from YouTube Studio
	Comment on another channel's videos as the channel	—	—
	Use Live Chat as the channel from Live Control Room		—
	Create a story	—	—
Artists specific	Official Artist Channel features (for example, concerts)		—

Channel Permissions in YouTube Studio: Invite People to Help Manage Your Channel

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To add access:

1. Go to studio.youtube.com.
2. On the left-hand side, click Settings.
3. Click Permissions.
4. Click Invite and enter the email address of the person you’d like to invite.
5. Click Access and select the role you’d like to assign to this person:
    

   Role	Supported	Not supported
   Owner	Can do everything on all platforms, including: Delete the channel Manage live streams and live chat Manage permissions	Can't transfer ownership to other users
   Manager	Can view all channel data Can manage permissions 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’t delete channel Can't link Google Ads accounts
   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’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 Can't link Google Ads accounts
   Editor (Limited)	Same permissions as Editor	Same limitations as Editor Can’t access revenue data (includes chat revenue and viewer activity tab)
   Subtitle Editor	Can add, edit, publish and delete subtitles on eligible videos	Same limitations as Editor Can’t edit anything (except for video subtitles) Can’t access revenue data (includes chat revenue and viewer activity tab) Can’t upload and publish content (except for 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 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 viewer activity tab)

6. Click Save.

To remove or change access:

1. Go to studio.youtube.com.
2. On the left-hand side, click Settings.
3. Click Permissions.
4. Go to the person you’d like to remove and click the Down arrow.
5. Select a new role or click Remove access.

Note: Channel permissions don't support some parts of Studio just yet. Even though the owner can access these features, invited users can't access:

• Features that aren’t built into Studio, like Community post creation.
• YouTube.com, YouTube Music, YouTube Kids app, or YouTube APIs.

We plan on supporting these features in the future.

To find the channel owner’s name and email:

If you manage a channel, you can find out the channel owner’s name and email. You may need this info, for example, to ask them to phone-verify their channel to get access to certain features.

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

1. Go to studio.youtube.com
2. Click Settings Permissions.
3. You’ll view the name and email of everyone that has access to this channel. Make note of the owner’s info.