How to Transfer YouTube Channel to Another Google Account

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Tutorial on transferring a YouTube channel to another Google account, with the route depending on what the Permissions pane in YouTube Studio > Settings shows — Google account, brand account with a permissions statement, or brand account with two buttons. For a personal Google account, you first create a new channel, which creates a linked brand account, then go to Settings > Advanced settings > Move channel to a brand account, sign in again, choose the new brand account, click Replace and Delete channel to confirm. Moving retains subscribers, videos, playlists, channel name, icon and URL, but loses demographic history and permissions. Next, in the brand account, if prompted opt out of the old permissions system, then use Manage permissions > Add user to invite the new email address as owner. To become sole primary owner, transfer primary ownership in Manage permissions, but you must have been an owner for more than seven days, so a one-week wait is required.

Key takeaways

• Check YouTube Studio > Settings > Permissions first — its layout tells you whether you are on a Google account or a brand account and which steps apply
• A Google-account channel must first be moved to a newly created brand account via Advanced settings > Move channel to a brand account
• Moving retains subscribers, videos, playlists, name, icon and URL, but loses demographic history and existing permissions
• Invite the new controlling email as owner via Manage permissions > Add user and choose the owner role
• Primary ownership transfer requires the new owner to have been an owner for more than seven days

Episode details: published February 14, 2025 · 5:05 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Kevin Stratvert’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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