How to Open Advanced Settings in YouTube

Manage captions, subscriber count visibility, and more in your channel's advanced settings

Last Updated: February 11, 2022

YouTube's advanced settings page allows you to manage your channel and gives you options such as adding channel keywords and changing your country. This wikiHow article will show you how to open YouTube's advanced settings.

Steps

1
Go to YouTube and sign in. Visit youtube.com in your web browser and sign in with your Google account if you're not already signed in.
2
Open the Creator Studio. Click your profile picture at the top-right and select Creator Studio.

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3
Navigate to your channel settings. Select "CHANNEL" from the left panel.
4
Go to the advanced settings page. Click on the "Advanced" option under the "CHANNEL" header.
5
Finished. You can also get to this page directly by going to youtube.com/advanced_settings.

Community Q&A

Question

I need to make my channel public. What can I do?

Community Answer

Your channel already is public. There is no way to make your channel private. However, you can change the settings of an individual video to public, private, or unlisted.