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.
Channel Permissions in YouTube Studio: Invite People to Help Manage 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’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)
- 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
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.
View bulk action history
Use the “Bulk updates” tab in Studio Content Manager to view bulk actions carried out across assets, claimed videos, campaigns, and channels that you own. From the bulk actions view, you can find:
- Action taken
- Volume of entities updated
- Bulk action status
- Timestamps
- User history
To view bulk Action history,
- Sign into Studio Content Manager .
- From the left menu, select Content Updates.
- Click Bulk actionsto view bulk actions.
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
- Go to studio.youtube.com .
- On the left-hand side, click Settings.
- Click Permissions.
- Click Inviteand enter the email address of the person you’d like to invite.
- Click Accessand select the role you’d like to assign to this person from the table below.
- Click Done.
- Note: Once an invite is sent, it expires after 30 days.
Remove access to your channel
- Go to studio.youtube.com .
- On the left-hand side, click Settings.
- Click Permissions.
- Go to the person you’d like to remove and 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
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.
- Go to studio.youtube.com
- Click Settings Permissions.
- You’ll see the name and email of everyone that has access to this channel.