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Desire to get started with YouTube but are non 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. Here'south how.

How to Upload a Video to YouTube on Mobile

To upload a video to YouTube from your iPhone or Android telephone, you'll need the official YouTube app on your phone. Download and install the app on your iPhone or Android telephone, if yous haven't already washed 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 volition open a "Create" menu. Select "Upload a Video" from this carte du jour.

Note: If you desire to make a YouTube Short, tap the "Create a Short" choice. Or, if you desire to stream a video, tap the "Go Live" option.

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

You'll now see an "Upload" screen that displays all your phone'south videos. Here, tap the video that you'd like to upload to YouTube. Then, when the video begins to play, tap "Next" at the top-right corner of the app.

Notation: If YouTube asks to admission your telephone's gallery, tap the "Allow Access" option so it can access 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 title for your video. Tap "Add Description" and add a clarification to your video.

So tap "Public" to choose who tin can watch 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 one of these visibility options for your video:

  • Public: This allows anyone on YouTube to sentry your video.
  • Unlisted: With this pick, but the people y'all share your video'south link with tin can watch the video.
  • Private: But y'all and the people you lot choose can lookout man 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, and then on the same "Set Visibility" screen, tap the "Schedule" selection.

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

Tap the appointment and time drop-down box and choose a date and fourth dimension for your video's release. Once this is washed, tap the dorsum pointer icon at the superlative-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 together your video to a playlist, tap the "Add together to Playlists" option.

Then, at the top-correct corner of the app, select "Side by side."

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

You lot've at present reached the "Select Audience" folio. Here, you lot'll define for who your video is made.

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

If you cull "No, It'southward Not Made for Kids," specify further options by borer "Age Brake (Advanced)." And 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 will begin to upload to YouTube. When that'due south done, yous can find 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 step 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 make a good YouTube video guide to learn some of the video making tips.

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