Manage channel settings

Yous can manage your channel settings in YouTube Studio. Change everything from your country/region to your channel'southward visibility.

  1. Sign in to YouTube Studio.
  2. From the left menu, select Settings .
  3. From the left menu, select Channel.
  4. Fix the aqueduct settings and select Save.

Basic Info

Country of residence

You can choose the country/region for your YouTube channel using the Down arrow. Eligibility for the YouTube Partner Plan is based on the country/region setting you choose here.

Keywords

You can add keywords related to your aqueduct with this setting.

Advanced settings

Set your channel's audience

Simplify your workflow by selecting a aqueduct setting. This setting volition bear on existing and hereafter videos. If you choose not to select a setting, you lot'll exist required to place each video on your aqueduct that's made for kids. Settings for individual videos will override the channel settings.

You'll also be restricted from certain features on your channel. If you aren't sure whether your videos are made for kids, cheque out this Help Center commodity.

Google Ads business relationship linking

You can link your YouTube channel to a Google Ads account to let ads to run. These ads are based on interactions with your channel'south videos and give admission to insights. Larn more.

Automatic captions

You can cull to replace potentially inappropriate words with an open bracket, two underscores, and a airtight bracket "[ __ ]" by default with automatic captions.

Subscriber count

You tin display the number of viewers subscribed to your channel past selecting this option.

Advertisements

If yous select this selection, personalized ads based on viewer's interests or remarketing ads will be turned off. Turning off this setting may reduce your channel'due south revenue. In add-on, earned activity reports and remarketing lists volition terminate working for your channel.

Channel redirect

You can utilise a shortened version of your custom URL to redirect your audience to another channel. In the Redirect URL field, enter the URL of the website that your redirect URL should lead to.

Note:Redirect URLs are available to partners and advertisers who take this characteristic turned on by their partner manager or sales representative.

For example, if your URL is www.youtube.com/c/YouTubeCreators, you can have your shortened URL (www.youtube.com/YouTubeCreators) ship viewers to the YouTube Nation channel by entering www.youtube.com/user/youtubenation or www.youtube.com/aqueduct/UCUD4yDVyM54QpfqGJX4S7ng in the Redirect URL field.

Provisional redirects

You can redirect viewers who are visiting your channel to another channel based on their language, location, age, or gender.

Notation: Conditional redirects are available to partners and advertisers who have this feature turned on by their partner manager or sales representative.

For each row, you can add a rule to fix the conditional redirect. Rules are matched from top to bottom and the outset rule that matches a user is applied. Hither are the rules you tin can use:

  • Language and location: Specified by full or partial locales ( en_us, en_, or _us ).
  • Ages: Specified by a comparison ( <, <=, >, >= ) and a number.
  • Gender: Specified with m or f .
  • Destination: Either a channel name or _block . Viewers that match the _block destination will be redirected to /Channels .

Example conditional redirects

Example redirect Redirect result
en_,Channelname Keeps all English language speakers on this channel.
,Channelname Keeps all users on this channel.
_us,<21,_block Blocks all users who are in the United States and under the age of 21 from visiting this aqueduct.

_us,>=21,f,Channelname

_block

Keeps all users who are in the United states, 21 years old or older, and female on this aqueduct and blocks all other users.

Channel visibility

Y'all can temporarily make your channel hidden by selecting this option. Your videos, playlists, and channel details will no longer be visible to viewers.

As a aqueduct owner, you lot tin can withal see:

  • Your channel page
  • Your channel art and icon
  • Your videos and playlists
  • Your comments and analytics
  • Your customs posts

Yous tin can make your channel visible again anytime and your content will be public to viewers.

Note:Channel visibility is bachelor to partners and advertisers who take this feature turned on by their partner director or sales representative.

Other settings

You lot can manage your presence on YouTube and permanently remove your content with these settings.

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