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Want to become started with YouTube but are not certain how to upload your starting time-ever video? If you recorded with your smartphone, you can upload your video directly to your YouTube channel from your iPhone or Android device. Here'south how.

How to Upload a Video to YouTube on Mobile

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

Launch the YouTube app on your phone 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" menu. Select "Upload a Video" from this carte.

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

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

You'll at present see an "Upload" screen that displays all your phone's videos. Here, tap the video that you'd similar to upload to YouTube. And then, when the video begins to play, tap "Next" at the meridian-right corner of the app.

Note: If YouTube asks to admission your phone's gallery, tap the "Allow Access" option then it tin admission your videos.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

If yous'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 engagement and time driblet-down box and choose a date and fourth dimension for your video's release. Once this is done, tap the back arrow icon at the top-left corner of the app.

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

Dorsum to the "Add together Details" screen, tap "Location" and add a location to your video. If you want to add your video to a playlist, tap the "Add to Playlists" option.

And so, at the pinnacle-right corner of the app, select "Adjacent."

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

You lot've now reached the "Select Audition" folio. Here, y'all'll ascertain for who your video is fabricated.

If your video is meant for kids, select the "Yep, It's Fabricated for Kids" pick. Otherwise, select the "No, It'due south Not Made for Kids" option. Check out YouTube's page to detect out if your video is considered to be made for kids.

If you choose "No, It's Non Fabricated for Kids," specify further options by borer "Age Restriction (Avant-garde)." Then, at the top-right 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's done, yous can notice your uploaded videos in the Library > Your Videos section of the YouTube app.

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

And that's how you take the first stride in your journey towards becoming a YouTuber!

There are several things that can make your video stand out on YouTube. Check out our how to brand a expert YouTube video guide to larn some of the video making tips.

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