How to Move Your YouTube Channel to Another Google Account

In this guide, we'll explore the steps required to move your YouTube channel to a different Google account. Whether you're transitioning from a Google account or a brand account, follow these instructions.

Moving Your YouTube Channel

Initial Steps

1. Login to YouTube: Click your channel icon at the top right corner. Ensure you're operating on the correct account.
2. Access YouTube Studio: Return to the main menu and select YouTube Studio.
3. Settings: Select the settings option in the bottom left corner, then go to permissions.

Determining Account Type

• If you see a specific sentence in permissions, you're in a brand account. Skip to the next chapter.
• If permissions have two buttons, proceed to the chapter after the next.
• If permissions appear as described for a Google account, follow the next steps.

Creating and Moving to a Brand Account

1. Transition to Settings: Click your channel icon, go to "Your Channel," click again, select "Settings".
2. Add Brand Account: Select "Add or Manage Your Channel" then "Create a Channel" to establish a brand account.
3. Name Your Channel: After creating, switch back to Google account, and back to settings.

Transfer Process

1. Advanced Settings: Choose "Move Channel to a Brand Account" option.
2. Log In: Reauthenticate and decide where to move the account. Click "Replace".
3. Confirm Deletion: Understand you'll lose some history and permissions, click "Delete Channel".

Finalizing Channel Move

1. Move Confirmation: Click "Move Channel" to retain videos, playlists, subscribers, etc.
2. Switch Accounts: Ensure you're on the brand account by clicking channel icon and access YouTube Studio.

Permissions Management

• If permissions have specific statement, manage within brand account via opt-out link.
• Reassign permissions afterward and re-add those who had access.
• If permissions show different buttons, skip as instructed.

Establishing New Ownership

1. Manage Permissions: Click "Manage Permissions," then "Add User Icon."
2. Invite New Owner: Enter new email as owner, and invite.
3. Primary Ownership: Switch primary owner after seven days of being a co-owner.

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Discussion

• The transition process is sensitive; make careful confirmations.
• Remember, moving channel will affect existing permissions and demographics history, which must be reconfigured.

Question: Why did the YouTube channel refuse to move? Answer: It didn't want to lose its substance.

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