How to Add a YouTube Channel Background Image

Last Updated: March 22, 2022

YouTube is a website that is used by people to upload and watch all of their favorite videos. You can design your own profile and customize it in a variety of ways. If you design your YouTube page, it will really reflect your personality. It’s not only easy to do on both your computer and smartphone, but fun too!

Method 1

Method 1 of 2:

Using Your Computer

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Launch an Internet browser. Double-click on a browser’s icon from your desktop.
- If you want, you can also just open a new browser tab on your current browser.
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Go to YouTube. When you get the browser open, click the search bar at the top of the screen and type in https://www.youtube.com. Hit Enter to go to the site’s home page,

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3
Log in. Click on “Sign in” at the top-right side of the page to head to the login page. There, enter your email address and password on the fields provided, then click the blue On the top right side of the home screen is a blue button that says “Sign in” button to load your account.
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Go to My Channel. On the left side of the page is a list of different sections you can go to. The second one from the top is “My Channel.” Click on it and your YouTube channel will load.
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Go to Add Channel Art. The screen will have your profile picture and a blank box behind it. On the box will be a smaller box that says “Add Channel Art.” Click on it and a new page will load.
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Select a photo. At the center of the screen is a blue box that says “Select a photo from your computer.” Select the box and a windows box will pop up with all of your pictures.
- Scroll through the pictures, and once you find the picture you want to use as your background, double-click it to save.
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Set the photo as background. Click the blue “Select” button on the bottom of the screen. This will save the picture to your YouTube channel background.

Method 2

Method 2 of 2:

Using Your Smartphone

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Launch your phone’s Internet browser. Just tap on the browser’s icon to open it.
- You can use any Internet browser you’ve installed on your phone.
2
Go to YouTube. Once you get the browser open, click the address bar and type in www.youtube.com; this will direct you to the site.
3
Sign in. Tap “Sign in” and in the next screen, enter your email and password in the fields provided. Tap the “Sign in” button at the bottom to log in.
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Go to My Channel. Tap on the box with three lines at the top-left side of the screen and a drop-down menu will appear. Select “My Channel” from the list to continue.
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Select “Add channel art.” Once your channel loads, look at the big box around your profile picture. Inside that box is a blue box that says “Add channel art.” Tap on that button to load the next page.
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Open your phone Gallery. Tap the blue “Insert a picture” button and your phone gallery will pop up on the screen.
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Select a photo for your background image. Scroll through your pictures until your find one you want to use as your channel art and tap on it. That will set the picture as you background.
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Save the changes. Tap the “Select” button below your picture; this will confirm the changes to your background picture.

Community Q&A

Question

I looked and tried this, but somehow it didn't prompt me to create channel art. What do I do?

Community Answer

You can just press the edit layout button on YouTube and then click your channel art.
Question

When I do this when it's uploading it says fail all the time, why?

Community Answer

It could be a problem with your PC. Make sure that that is functioning properly before you look to YouTube for solutions.
Question

Can I do this on an iPad?

Community Answer

If your iPad has YouTube capability, then yes, you would be able to do this.