How to Change Your Channel Description on YouTube

Last Updated: September 3, 2020

You can use your channel description to sum up what you're doing on your YouTube account. It lets viewers know what your channel is all about. Changing it is easy!

Steps

1
Open YouTube and sign into your account.
2
Click on the drop down menu at the top of the page.

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3
Click the button that says "My Channel"
4
Click on the "Customize Channel" button
5
Click on the drop down menu again
6
Click on the "About" button on your channel page.
7
Hover your mouse over your old channel description. A pen should appear. Click on the pen.
- If you don't have a channel description, click the button that says 'Channel Description' and a plus sign.
8
Write whatever you'd like your new channel description to be into the box.
9
Click "Done" to save your changes.

Community Q&A

Question

What if this doesn't work anymore?

Community Answer

Go onto your channels homepage and look for the little pencil icon at the top right hand corner of your channel art. Select "edit links." That should take you to where you can change your channel description.
Question

I don't think this works anymore. How do I edit the channel description?

Community Answer

This post has been edited and updated, so if you haven't fixed it yet, take another look.