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 other people access to your channel data, tools, and features in YouTube and YouTube Studio, with five different levels of access. Multiple people can manage your channel without having access to your Google Account. They can manage your channel on YouTube directly or in YouTube Studio, on a computer or mobile device. Granting permissions to someone:

• Is safer than sharing your password or other sensitive sign in info.
• Allows you to specify their access level so you can have more control over who can view or update your channel.

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 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 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)

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, monetization, 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	Customize / manage the channel homepage
Community engagement	Create a post	—	—
	Manage Community posts, not 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 (for example, concerts)		—	—

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 as their personal account that they’re signed in with.
  • Private actions include searching, watching videos, and purchases. Learn more.

Visual indicators will help delegate users 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.

 Add access on a computer

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 from the table below.
6. Click Done.
   • Note: Once an invite is sent, it expires after 30 days.

Add access on YouTube Studio app

1. Open the YouTube Studio app .

2. Tap your profile picture .
3. Tap Settings in the menu.
4. Tap Permissions in the settings menu.
5. Tap Invite and enter the email address of the person you’d like to invite.
6. Select the role you’d like to assign to this person from the table below.
7. Tap Send invitation.
   • Note: Once an invite is sent, it expires after 30 days. 
8. Click Save.

Remove access to your channel

Remove or change access on a computer

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.

Remove or change access on the YouTube Studio app

1. Open the YouTube Studio app .

2. Tap your profile picture .
3. Tap Settings in the menu.
4. Tap Permissions in the settings menu.
5. Select the person you’d like to remove.
6. Select a new role and tap Save or Remove.

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
• 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 other 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 channel.
• Viewing subscriptions.
• Purchases (for example: Movies and Shows, Premium).
• Purchase history.

Find channel owner details

Find the channel owner’s name and email on a computer

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 see the name and email of everyone that has access to this channel.

Find the channel owner’s name and email on the YouTube Studio app

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