Manage aqueduct settings

You can manage your channel settings in YouTube Studio. Change everything from your country/region to your channel'southward visibility.

  1. Sign in to YouTube Studio.
  2. From the left menu, select Settings .
  3. From the left menu, select Aqueduct.
  4. Set the channel settings and select Save.

Basic Info

Country of residence

You can choose the land/region for your YouTube channel using the Downwards arrow. Eligibility for the YouTube Partner Program is based on the country/region setting you lot choose here.

Keywords

Yous tin add keywords related to your channel with this setting.

Advanced settings

Fix your channel'due south audience

Simplify your workflow by selecting a aqueduct setting. This setting will touch on existing and future videos. If yous choose not to select a setting, you'll exist required to identify each video on your channel that'south made for kids. Settings for private videos volition override the channel settings.

You'll also be restricted from sure features on your aqueduct. If you aren't sure whether your videos are made for kids, check out this Help Center article.

Google Ads account linking

You can link your YouTube aqueduct to a Google Ads account to allow ads to run. These ads are based on interactions with your channel'due south videos and requite admission to insights. Larn more.

Automated captions

You can choose to replace potentially inappropriate words with an open subclass, two underscores, and a closed bracket "[ __ ]" past default with automatic captions.

Subscriber count

You can display the number of viewers subscribed to your channel by selecting this option.

Advertisements

If you select this pick, personalized ads based on viewer's interests or remarketing ads will be turned off. Turning off this setting may reduce your channel's revenue. In addition, earned action reports and remarketing lists will stop working for your aqueduct.

Channel redirect

You can use a shortened version of your custom URL to redirect your audience to another channel. In the Redirect URL field, enter the URL of the website that your redirect URL should lead to.

Note:Redirect URLs are available to partners and advertisers who have this characteristic turned on by their partner manager or sales representative.

For example, if your URL is www.youtube.com/c/YouTubeCreators, you lot can have your shortened URL (world wide web.youtube.com/YouTubeCreators) ship viewers to the YouTube Nation channel by inbound www.youtube.com/user/youtubenation or www.youtube.com/channel/UCUD4yDVyM54QpfqGJX4S7ng in the Redirect URL field.

Conditional redirects

Yous can redirect viewers who are visiting your channel to another aqueduct based on their linguistic communication, location, age, or gender.

Note: Conditional redirects are available to partners and advertisers who have this feature turned on by their partner managing director or sales representative.

For each row, y'all tin can add a rule to fix the conditional redirect. Rules are matched from top to bottom and the first dominion that matches a user is applied. Here are the rules you can apply:

  • Language and location: Specified by total or partial locales ( en_us, en_, or _us ).
  • Ages: Specified by a comparison ( <, <=, >, >= ) and a number.
  • Gender: Specified with m or f .
  • Destination: Either a channel proper noun or _block . Viewers that match the _block destination will exist redirected to /Channels .

Example conditional redirects

Example redirect Redirect consequence
en_,Channelname Keeps all English speakers on this channel.
,Channelname Keeps all users on this channel.
_us,<21,_block Blocks all users who are in the United states and under the age of 21 from visiting this channel.

_us,>=21,f,Channelname

_block

Keeps all users who are in the The states, 21 years old or older, and female person on this channel and blocks all other users.

Aqueduct visibility

You tin can temporarily make your aqueduct hidden past selecting this selection. Your videos, playlists, and aqueduct details will no longer be visible to viewers.

As a channel owner, you lot can still see:

  • Your channel page
  • Your channel fine art and icon
  • Your videos and playlists
  • Your comments and analytics
  • Your community posts

Yous tin can make your channel visible once more anytime and your content will exist public to viewers.

Annotation:Channel visibility is available to partners and advertisers who have this characteristic turned on by their partner manager or sales representative.

Other settings

Yous can manage your presence on YouTube and permanently remove your content with these settings.

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