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Want to get started with YouTube but are not certain how to upload your first-ever video? If y'all recorded with your smartphone, you lot can upload your video directly to your YouTube aqueduct from your iPhone or Android device. Hither'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 phone. Download and install the app on your iPhone or Android phone, if you oasis't already done so.

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 up a "Create" menu. Select "Upload a Video" from this menu.

Note: If you want to make a YouTube Brusque, tap the "Create a Short" pick. Or, if you desire to stream a video, tap the "Go Live" selection.

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

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

Note: If YouTube asks to access your telephone's gallery, tap the "Let Access" pick so it tin admission your videos.

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

You lot're now on the "Add Details" screen. Hither, tap the "Championship" field and enter a title for your video. Tap "Add Description" and add a description to your video.

And so tap "Public" to choose who tin can spotter your video on YouTube.

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

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

  • Public: This allows anyone on YouTube to lookout man your video.
  • Unlisted: With this option, only the people yous share your video'south link with tin scout the video.
  • Private: Merely you and the people you cull tin lookout 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 up Visibility" screen, tap the "Schedule" option.

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

Tap the date and time drop-down box and choose a date and time 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.

Back to the "Add 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.

Then, at the top-right corner of the app, select "Adjacent."

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

Yous've now reached the "Select Audition" folio. Here, yous'll ascertain for who your video is fabricated.

If your video is meant for kids, select the "Yes, Information technology's Made for Kids" option. Otherwise, select the "No, Information technology'southward Not Made for Kids" pick. Check out YouTube's page to detect out if your video is considered to exist made for kids.

If you choose "No, It'southward Not Made for Kids," specify further options by tapping "Age Restriction (Advanced)." And then, at the top-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's done, you tin 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 you take the first step in your journey towards condign a YouTuber!

There are several things that can make your video stand up 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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