Upload videos

You tin upload videos to YouTube in a few like shooting fish in a barrel steps. Utilise the instructions below to upload your videos from a computer or from a mobile device.

Notation: This feature may not be available with supervised experiences on YouTube. Acquire more hither.

Upload videos

Use the YouTube iPhone and iPad app to upload videos past recording a new video or selecting an existing one.

YouTube iPhone and iPad app

  1. Open the YouTube app .
  2. Tap Create""and then  Upload a video.
  3. Select the file you'd similar to upload and tap Next.
    • If your video is 60 seconds or less and has a square or vertical aspect ratio, it will be uploaded every bit a Short. Learn more.
    • (Optional) If your video is longer than 60 seconds and has a square or vertical aspect ratio, y'all can tap "Edit into a Short" to trim your video and upload it as a Short. Learn more.

​If you lot close the upload experience earlier you lot finish choosing your settings, your video will be saved every bit a draft on your Content page.

Details

Add together important details to your video.

Thumbnail The image viewers volition see before clicking your video.
Championship The title of your video.
Clarification

Info that shows below your video. For video attributions, apply the following format:

[Channel Proper noun]|[Video Title]|[Video ID]
Visibility

Choose the privacy settings of your video to control where your video tin appear and who tin can watch it.

If y'all're in the YouTube Partner Plan, you tin set your video to unlisted or private until checks are finished. To get notified in one case checks are complete, you tin can opt-in to get a notification in the YouTube Studio app. Annotation: We're slowly rolling out this feature. ​​
Location Enter the location where your video was filmed.
Playlist Add your video to one of your existing playlists, or create a playlist.

Click Next to select your audience.

Audience To comply with the Children'due south Online Privacy Protection Human action (COPPA), you lot're required to tell the states whether your videos are made for kids.
Age restriction Age-restrict videos that may not be appropriate for all audiences.

Checks

Note: Nosotros're slowly rolling out this feature.

  • Copyright: The Copyright check searches for copyrighted content in your video. If issues are institute, you tin remove the claimed content from your video or choose to dispute a claim.
  • Ad suitability: Once yous've turned on ads, the Advertizing suitability bank check will verify whether your video follows our advert-friendly content guidelines. If bug are found, you tin request human review if you retrieve our systems made a error.

These checks assist you larn near potential restrictions then yous can fix issues earlier your video is published.

Watch an example

If you'd like a demo of how to upload videos on your iPhone or iPad, lookout the following video.

Upload to YouTube using your iPhone or iPad

Learn more than almost uploading videos

How many videos you can upload per day

In that location's a limit to how many videos a channel tin can upload each solar day. To increment your daily limit, see this article.

"Featured in this video" section

If your video features a height searched creator, viewers may see a link on the watch folio to the featured creator's channel, with the choice to subscribe. This feature makes it easier for viewers to discover new creators and subscribe to their channels.

A various group of top searched creators on YouTube are tagged automatically. Creators cannot be tagged manually.

How to remove a tag

If you created the video, you can tap on the featured creator's name and choose to remove them from the video.

If yous're tagged in a video, yous tin can tap on your name on the watch page and choose to remove yourself from the video or from all videos yous're tagged in on this aqueduct.

Upload over mobile network vs. Wi-Fi

You tin change the blazon of connection used to upload your videos.

  1. Tap your contour pic .
  2. Tap Settings.
  3. In the "Uploads" box, plough "Upload over Wi-Fi only" on or off.

Learn the difference between "upload" and "publish"

When y'all upload a video, the video file is imported to YouTube.

When y'all publish a video, the video is available for anyone to picket.

Upload vertical videos

When you upload and publish your video, YouTube will figure out the best way to display the content. For the best experience, don't add together black bars to the sides of your vertical video. Whether the video is vertical, square, or horizontal, the video volition fit the screen.

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