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title: Connect YouTube
description: Connect a YouTube channel to upload and schedule videos. What you need, the steps, the YouTube settings, and common errors.
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# Connect YouTube

## 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

1. In the left menu, click **Connected Accounts**.
2. Under **Add a channel**, find **YouTube** and click **Connect**.
3. Google opens. Choose the account for the channel you want to post to.
4. Google lists what Schedule & Chill asks for: uploading videos and viewing your YouTube account. Allow it.
5. 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

1. Click **Create Post** and select your YouTube channel.
2. Add **one video**. Images are not supported on YouTube.
3. Write your caption. By default the **first line** becomes the video title and the **rest** becomes the description.
4. 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, impressions, reach, likes and comments, so you get the full [Analytics](/help/analytics) page for it.

## 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](/help/channels/fix-or-disconnect). |