How to make youtube video private to public

How to upload a private video to YouTube? – Is that your question. Generally, people upload videos on YouTube for the world to see their creativity.

Besides, YouTube offers another option called “Private video.” It means you could keep the videos on your own, by definition.

Uploading private videos is an excellent approach for YouTubers. Because it’s useful for uploading a bunch of videos earlier, later tune it and then finally publish it live. Also, it’s helpful for backup purposes.

So, in this post, I’m going to explain “how to upload a private video on YouTube” with step-by-step guide information with pictures.

1. Go to your YouTube account > click the “upload video” button.
2. Click the “SELECT FILES” button and choose the video.
3. Fill up the basic video details like title, description, and tags.
4. Move onto the “Visibility” tab and select the Private as option.
5. Finally, click the Publish button.

The above is the quick basic steps to upload a private video and are further discussed below with the detailed image.

Step 1: Go to YouTube

First of all, land on YouTube.com, sign in, and click the upload video button on the top right. Refer to the below image.

Step 2: Select Video

Now, click the “Select Files” button and choose the video which you want to upload.

Step 3: Enter Basic Details

Fill up the basic video detail like title, description, tag, custom thumbnail, made for kids section, and so on. To be franked, these are the essential parts to fill up for every YouTuber to rank their videos.

Step 4: Set Private Video as Visibility

Now, navigate to the visibility tab and choose the visibility option as “Private”.

Finally, click the Save button. That’s all. You’ve uploaded the first private video. It won’t be visible/notify your subscribers or any viewers until you make that video public.

Hereabouts, the private video link will generate, and only through the channel owner login and shareable access members, it can be watchable. Therefore, it means other than the channel owners/access members, no one can see private videos.

If you want to change the video visibility to everyone after uploading, then change the option to “Public” or “Schedule as Public” in the visibility option.

• How to Schedule YouTube Videos: Step-By-Step Guide

Bonus Tip: For the better performance of your video, I highly recommend you initially upload the video into private mode, check it thoroughly, and then publish it to the public.

Because I have seen a lot of YouTubers (including me) make mistakes on their titles, description, and tag parts or even sometimes forget to add. After publishing, they are fixing their errors. It’s a bad plan to release the video on YouTube with mistakes.

Also, there is another option to monitor the video dashboard’s basic details with the help of maintaining checklists. If you want to know more about it, then read the below chapter.

Upload Video Checklists

When I initially upload videos on YouTube, I forget to fill up the tags. Sometimes description. Sometimes failed to add the end screen. And it goes on…

This literally makes me to anger. To overcome this, I found the option of Maintaining Upload Checklist provided by TubeBuddy.

What it will do is, once you upload the video, it will pop out the missing details on the YouTube interface itself. Therefore, I can easily sort it out and make the changes immediately.

In the meantime, you can maintain and operate the checklist based on your specifications on TubeBuddy. Check out the below image.

It’s easy to use. No need to pay anything. If you want to try it out, click here and install the TubeBuddy browser extension.

Also Read,

• How to add title that gets more views on YouTube
• How to add description that gets more views on YouTube

Take your time to create a quality video, optimize it, and then publish it. The first impression is the best impression to attract your audience.

How do I give access to someone to see a private video?

The question is, how do I give access to someone to see my private YouTube video?

Open the private video which you want to share privately. And choose the Share Privately option under Private visibility. Refer to the below image.

Once you click the SHARE PRIVATELY option, enter the email-id of the respective recipient. That’s all. You’ve given the access to someone to see the private video.

Check out video privacy settings.

FAQ’s

1) What is the difference between a Private and Unlisted video on YouTube?

Private: It refers to only the channel owner and the accessible members can see the video. The user must have a YouTube account to view the private video (if they have shareable links).

Unlisted: It means, the video won’t show up in the suggestion video lists or channel. But it can be viewable by anyone even though they don’t have a YouTube account (if have a shareable link).

2) Are private videos being secure?

100% secure. Only accessible members can view the video. It won’t show up in any video suggestions.

3) Can subscribers see private videos?

No. Only public videos are watchable by subscribers.

Conclusion

As a result, I hope you understand how to upload a private video on YouTube. In case, you have any questions or doubts, let me know in the comment section. I usually reply to all my comments. Also, share it on Twitter.

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