Channels
Connect YouTube
Connect a YouTube channel to upload and schedule videos. What you need, the steps, the YouTube settings, and common errors.
What you need
- A Google account that has a YouTube channel. If the account has no channel yet, create one on YouTube first.
- A video for every post. YouTube posts cannot be text only or images only.
Connect your channel
- In the left menu, click Connected Accounts.
- Under Add a channel, find YouTube and click Connect.
- Google opens. Choose the account for the channel you want to post to.
- Google lists what Schedule & Chill asks for: uploading videos and viewing your YouTube account. Allow it.
- You come back and see YouTube account connected successfully.
YouTube connections renew by themselves. You do not need to reconnect unless you remove access in your Google account.
Post a video to YouTube
- Click Create Post and select your YouTube channel.
- Add one video. Images are not supported on YouTube.
- Write your caption. By default the first line becomes the video title and the rest becomes the description.
- Open the YouTube settings to change anything below, then publish or schedule.
| Setting | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Video title | The title on YouTube, up to 100 characters | The first line of your caption |
| Description | The text under the video, up to 5,000 characters | Your caption after the first line |
| Privacy | Public, Unlisted or Private | Public |
| Category | The YouTube category, for example Education or Gaming | People & Blogs |
| Is this made for kids? | Required by YouTube. You are responsible for choosing correctly. | No, it's not made for kids |
Good to know:
- The characters
<and>are removed from the title and description, because YouTube does not accept them. - There is no separate Shorts setting. YouTube decides on its side how to show your video.
- You can publish up to 10 YouTube videos per day.
Analytics
YouTube reports views, likes and comments for each video. See Analytics.
If something goes wrong
| You see | What to do |
|---|---|
| Failed to connect account: No YouTube channel found for this account | The Google account you picked has no channel. Create a channel on YouTube, or connect again with the right account. |
| YouTube requires a video file to publish. | Add a video to the post. |
| Daily youtube publishing limit reached … | You hit the daily limit. The post waits in Needs attention — retry it the next day. |
| A red Reconnect badge on the channel | Access was removed in your Google account. See Reconnect or disconnect a channel. |
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