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Want to become started with YouTube but are not sure how to upload your commencement-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's 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 telephone, if you oasis't already done so.

Launch the YouTube app on your phone and log in to your YouTube (Google) business relationship. 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 menu.

Note: If you want to brand a YouTube Short, tap the "Create a Curt" option. Or, if you want to stream a video, tap the "Get Live" selection.

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

You'll now encounter an "Upload" screen that displays all your phone's 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 access your phone'due south gallery, tap the "Let Admission" pick and 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 together Description" and add a description to your video.

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

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

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

  • Public: This allows anyone on YouTube to sentinel your video.
  • Unlisted: With this selection, only the people you lot share your video's link with can watch the video.
  • Private: 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 lot'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 drop-down box and cull a date and time for your video'due south release. In one case this is done, tap the dorsum arrow icon at the meridian-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 desire to add your video to a playlist, tap the "Add to Playlists" pick.

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

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

You've now reached the "Select Audience" page. Here, you'll ascertain for who your video is made.

If your video is meant for kids, select the "Yes, It's Made for Kids" pick. Otherwise, select the "No, It's Non Fabricated for Kids" option. Bank check out YouTube's page to observe out if your video is considered to be fabricated for kids.

If you lot choose "No, It's Not Made for Kids," specify further options by tapping "Age Brake (Avant-garde)." Then, at the pinnacle-right corner of the app, tap "Upload."

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

Your video volition brainstorm to upload to YouTube. When that'south washed, y'all tin 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 y'all accept the first step in your journey towards becoming 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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