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Want to get started with YouTube but are not sure how to upload your first-ever video? If you recorded with your smartphone, you can upload your video directly to your YouTube channel from your iPhone or Android device. Hither'southward how.

How to Upload a Video to YouTube on Mobile

To upload a video to YouTube from your iPhone or Android telephone, yous'll need the official YouTube app on your phone. Download and install the app on your iPhone or Android phone, if you haven't already done and then.

Launch the YouTube app on your telephone and log in to your YouTube (Google) account. Then, from the bar at the bottom of the app, select the "+" (plus) sign.

Tap the "+" option in the YouTube app.

YouTube will open a "Create" carte. Select "Upload a Video" from this menu.

Annotation: If you desire to make a YouTube Short, tap the "Create a Brusque" option. Or, if yous want to stream a video, tap the "Get Alive" selection.

Select "Upload a Video" from the "Create" menu in the YouTube app.

Yous'll now come across an "Upload" screen that displays all your phone's videos. Here, tap the video that you lot'd similar to upload to YouTube. Then, when the video begins to play, tap "Next" at the top-right corner of the app.

Annotation: If YouTube asks to access your phone'due south gallery, tap the "Allow Admission" pick so it can admission your videos.

Tap "Next" to continue the YouTube video upload process.

You're now on the "Add Details" screen. Here, tap the "Title" field and enter a championship for your video. Tap "Add together Clarification" and add together a description to your video.

Then tap "Public" to cull who can sentry your video on YouTube.

Enter video details on the "Add Details" page in the YouTube app.

On the "Set up Visibility" screen that opens, select 1 of these visibility options for your video:

  • Public: This allows anyone on YouTube to spotter your video.
  • Unlisted: With this option, only the people you share your video's link with can watch the video.
  • Individual: Only yous and the people you choose can watch the video.

Choose your video's visibility on the "Set Visibility" screen in the YouTube app.

If you'd like to release your video on YouTube at a specific time, then on the same "Set Visibility" screen, tap the "Schedule" option.

Tap "Schedule" to schedule release a video in the YouTube app.

Tap the appointment and time driblet-downwardly box and choose a date and time for your video's release. Once this is done, tap the back arrow icon at the peak-left corner of the app.

Specify video's scheduled release date and time in the YouTube app.

Back to the "Add Details" screen, tap "Location" and add a location to your video. If you lot want to add your video to a playlist, tap the "Add to Playlists" pick.

Then, at the top-correct corner of the app, select "Next."

Input video's details on the "Add Details" page in the YouTube app.

Yous've now reached the "Select Audience" folio. Hither, you'll define for who your video is made.

If your video is meant for kids, select the "Yes, Information technology's Made for Kids" selection. Otherwise, select the "No, Information technology's Non Fabricated for Kids" option. Check out YouTube's page to observe out if your video is considered to be made for kids.

If you choose "No, It'southward Non Fabricated for Kids," specify farther options by tapping "Historic period Restriction (Advanced)." Then, at the peak-correct corner of the app, tap "Upload."

Select the video's audience on the "Select Audience" page in the YouTube app.

Your video volition begin to upload to YouTube. When that'southward done, yous can find your uploaded videos in the Library > Your Videos department of the YouTube app.

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Access uploaded videos at Library > Your Videos in the YouTube app.

And that's how y'all take the first step in your journey towards condign a YouTuber!

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