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- YouTube now allows content creators the flexibility to customize their channel’s name and photo without affecting their Google account identity. Creators are no longer constrained to having matching names across YouTube and other Google services like Gmail.
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Apr 22, 2021 · YouTube is making it easier to change the name on channels by separating it from the name on your Google account. Here’s how to do it.
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May 1, 2021 · It's now easy to change your YouTube channel name and profile picture to better reflect your content -- without updating the name and photo associated with your Google account. The change...
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- Overview
- Name
- Handle
- Description
- Add or change your pronouns
- Translation for channel name & description
- Channel URL
- Watch how to manage your channel’s basic info
You can manage basic info about your YouTube channel such as channel name and description, translations, and links.
You can change your YouTube channel name, just make sure it follows our Community Guidelines. After changing your name, it may take a few days for the new name to update and display across YouTube. If you change your YouTube channel name and picture, it will only be visible on YouTube. You can change your Google Account name and picture here (with no changes made to your YouTube channel name).
Note: You can change your channel name twice within a 14-day period. Changing your name will remove your verification badge. Learn more.
1. Sign in to YouTube Studio.
2. From the left menu, select Customization Basic info.
3. Enter your new channel name.
4. Click PUBLISH.
A handle is a unique identifier that makes it easier for you to establish and maintain your distinct presence on YouTube.
Note: You can change your handle twice within a 14-day period.
1. Sign in to YouTube Studio.
2. From the left Menu, select Customization Basic info.
3. Under Handle, you can view or change your handle.
4. If you change your handle, click PUBLISH to confirm it.
You can change your YouTube description, just make sure it follows our Community Guidelines. Your description is accessible in the channel header.
1. Sign in to YouTube Studio.
2. From the left menu, select Customization Basic info.
3. Enter your new channel description.
4. Click PUBLISH.
Get video description tips for creators.
You can add your pronouns to your channel so that they are displayed on your channel page. You can choose whether to display your pronouns to everyone or only show them to your subscribers.
Pronouns are a critical part of personal identity and expression. Some jurisdictions have laws related to gender expression. Keep your local laws in mind when using this opt-in public feature on YouTube.
If pronouns are not available on your channel page, we’re working to expand this feature to more countries/regions and languages.
Note: The pronouns feature is not available for workspace or supervised accounts.
1. Sign in to YouTube Studio.
2. From the left menu, select Customization Basic info ADD PRONOUNS .
You can add translations for your channel name and description to help your videos reach a global audience.
1. Sign in to YouTube Studio.
2. From the left menu, select Customization Basic info ADD LANGUAGE.
3. Select the Original language, then select the Translation language.
4. Enter the translations for your channel name and description.
5. Click DONE.
Your channel URL is the standard URL that YouTube channels use. It uses your unique channel ID, which is the numbers and letters at the end of the URL.
Channel profile links
You can showcase up to 14 links on your channel Home tab, just make sure they follow our external links policy. Your first link will be prominently displayed in the profile section near the subscribe button, and your remaining links will show when your audience clicks to see more links.
1. Sign in to YouTube Studio.
2. From the left menu, select Customization Basic info.
3. Under Links, click Add link and enter the title and URL of your site.
Watch the following video from the YouTube Creators channel on how to change your channel name and description, translations, and links.
Customize Your Channel Branding & Layout: Add a Profile Picture, Banner, Trailer, Sections, & more!
Apr 23, 2021 · YouTube creators will now be able to have a channel name and profile picture that is different from what is shown on their Google account. Until now, changing your YouTube channel...
Apr 23, 2021 · YouTube is now making it even easier to change your channel name without needing to make any sort of alterations to your Google account.
Apr 23, 2021 · If you want to change your Google Account’s information but not your YouTube Channel’s, sign in to myaccount.google.com and edit your name or profile icon from the “Personal info” tab.
YouTube is finally allowing YouTube creators to change their channel’s name and profile picture without the edits affecting their linked Google Accounts. Prior to this change, a YouTube channel’s...
