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 people access to your channel data, tools, and features in YouTube and YouTube Studio. Multiple people can be granted five different levels of permissions to manage your channel without needing access to your Google Account. Granting permissions to someone:

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

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Note:If you give channel access to a teen user (13-17 or the relevant age in your country or region ), a guardian supervising the teen will have access to a dashboard with public info about your channel.

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 view and take actions in the Copyright tab

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 view and take actions in the Copyright tab

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.

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 on their personal account that they’re signed in with.
- Private actions include searching, watching videos, and purchases.

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 .

Sign in to YouTube Studio .
On the left-hand side, click Settings.
Click Permissions INVITE.
In the “Email” field, enter the email address of the person you’d like to invite.
In the “Access” drop-down, select the role you’d like to assign to this person.
Click DONE.

Note:Once an invite is sent, it expires after 30 days.

Remove access to your channel

Sign in to YouTube Studio .
On the left-hand side, click Settings.
Click Permissions.
Go to the person you’d like to removeunder "Role", click the down arrow.
Select a new role or click Remove access.

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

If you manage a channel, you can find out the channel owner’s name and email. You may need this, 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.

Sign in to YouTube Studio on a computer.
Click Settings Permissions.
You’ll see a list of people that has access to the channel.

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