Share YouTube videos
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Start watching a video on youtube.com.
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Under the video, click Share
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- A panel will open, presenting different sharing options:
- Social networks: Click a social network icon (for example, Facebook, X) to share the video there.
- Email: Choose the email icon to send an email using the default email software on your computer.
- Embed: Click the Embed button to generate a code you can use to embed the video in a website.
- Copy the link: Click the Copy button to copy a link to the video that you can paste somewhere else, like in an email message.
- Start at: To link to a specific part of the video, check this box and enter the start time before you copy the link. For example, to start the video at 2 minutes and 30 seconds, check the box and enter “2:30.”
- Community post: If you have access to the Community tab, you can share a video in a public post.
Share YouTube channels
- Go to the Channel page.
- In the browser address bar, copy the URL.
- Paste the URL wherever you want to share it.
If you want to create a custom channel URL to be easily shared, add your YouTube Channel name to the YouTube URL.