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YouTube Channel Permissions: Add or Remove a Manager or Editor, and What Each Role Can Do

Channel permissions let other people work on your channel without your password. YouTube says it’s safer than sharing sign-in details, and you choose each person’s role: Manager, Editor, Editor (Limited), Subtitle Editor, Viewer or Viewer (Limited). Invites expire after 30 days. Only the owner can delete the channel, and YouTube says ownership can’t be transferred to other users.

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Quick answer

Invite someone: YouTube Studio > Settings > Permissions > Invite, enter their email, choose a role > Done. They have 30 days to accept. Remove someone: same page, the down arrow under Role > Remove access (or pick a lower role). Still on a Brand Account? Migrate to channel permissions first.

What do you need?

Does this match what you see?

  • You want help running your channel without sharing your password.
  • Someone you invited can’t see revenue or delete videos.
  • An invite expired before it was accepted.
  • A team member left and still has access.

Computer (browser)iPhone & iPadAndroid

Based on YouTube Help’s “Add or remove access to your YouTube channel with channel permissions” page (Computer, Android and iPhone & iPad versions supplied by the site owner) on November 6, 2026.

Why this happens: the possible causes

The roles at a glance (YouTube).

Channel permission roles
RoleCanCan’t
OwnerEverything, including deleting the channel and managing permissionsTransfer ownership to other users
ManagerView all data, manage permissions, edit, upload, publish and delete content, manage live streams, link Google AdsDelete the channel
EditorView all data, edit everything, upload and publish, manage live streams, delete draftsDelete published content or the channel, manage permissions, enter contracts, reset stream keys
Editor (Limited)Same as EditorAlso can’t see revenue data
Subtitle EditorAdd, edit, publish and delete subtitlesAnything else, including revenue and uploads
ViewerView all channel details and revenue; create Analytics groupsEdit anything, manage live streams
Viewer (Limited)Same as ViewerAlso can’t see revenue data
  • Role limitsCheck this first

    Each role has fixed limits; for example, YouTube says Editors can’t delete published content or manage permissions.

  • Brand Account not migratedPossible

    YouTube says Brand Account channels must migrate to channel permissions first.

Try these 60-second checks first

  • Sign in to YouTube Studio as the owner or a manager.
  • Brand Account channel? Migrate to channel permissions first.

How to fix it, step by step

Work through these in order. They start with the quickest, safest checks and only move to steps that sign you out or remove data later.

Fix 1: Invite someone to your channel

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YouTube’s steps for granting access.

iPhone & iPad

  1. Open the YouTube Studio app and tap your profile picture.
  2. Tap Settings > Permissions > Invite, and enter the email address.
  3. Choose a role, then tap Send invitation > Send.

Android

  1. Open the YouTube Studio app and tap your profile picture.
  2. Tap Settings > Permissions > Invite, and enter the email address.
  3. Choose a role, then tap Send invitation > Send.

Computer (browser)

  1. Sign in to YouTube Studio and click Settings (left side).
  2. Click Permissions > Invite.
  3. Enter the person’s email, choose a role from Access, then click Done.

YouTube says an invite expires after 30 days. If it lapses, send a new one.

Did it work? The person appears in Permissions once they accept.

Fix 2: Remove someone or change their role

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YouTube lets the owner and managers change or remove access.

iPhone & iPad

  1. YouTube Studio app > profile picture > Settings > Permissions.
  2. Select the person and tap Remove.

Android

  1. YouTube Studio app > profile picture > Settings > Permissions.
  2. Select the person and tap Remove.

Computer (browser)

  1. YouTube Studio > Settings > Permissions.
  2. Next to the person, click the down arrow under Role.
  3. Choose a new role, or click Remove access.

Did it work? They no longer appear, or show their new role.

Which role to give

  • Manager: someone you trust to run the channel with you, including permissions and deleting content.
  • Editor: an assistant or video editor who uploads and edits but shouldn’t delete published videos.
  • Editor (Limited) or Viewer (Limited): the same, but without revenue data.
  • Subtitle Editor: translators or captioners.
  • Viewer: an accountant or adviser who only needs to look.

Our note: that mapping is our suggestion; the abilities in the table are YouTube’s. Giving channel access to a teen (13–17)? YouTube says their supervising guardian can see a dashboard of your channel’s public info.

What people you invite can’t do

  • YouTube says invited users can’t use your channel in YouTube Music, the YouTube Kids app or YouTube APIs, even though the owner can.
  • Private actions stay on their own account: searching, watching, history, purchases, likes and votes on posts, blocking users, and downloading videos.
  • Public actions (like posting, commenting or using live chat as the channel) are credited to the channel; YouTube shows visual indicators of which is which.
  • YouTube notes some actions may not be available at all when acting for a channel.

Move your channel to another of your accounts

This covers moving a channel between your own accounts. YouTube lets you move a channel and its videos between your Google Account and Brand Accounts tied to the same Google Account.

Before you start

  • Your Google Account must be the channel’s primary owner.
  • If the channel uses channel permissions, opt out first (YouTube Studio > Settings > Permissions) and remove everyone who has access.
  • Supervised accounts can’t move channels. School accounts may be able to, depending on qualifications.

Move it

  1. On YouTube, click your profile picture and switch to the account linked to the channel you want to move.
  2. Go to Settings > Advanced settings, then Move channel.
  3. Choose the destination account. If it already has a channel, click Replace > Delete channel.
  4. Check how the channel name will appear, then click Move channel. You may need to sign in again.
  • Replacing a channel permanently deletes it: its videos, comments, messages, playlists, history and verification badge.
  • The moved channel loses its watch and search history, the creator demographic info you gave, and gift settings.
  • YouTube suggests moving only when necessary, because a wrong move can delete the wrong channel.

Our note: double-check which account you’re signed in to before each step. Never share your password with anyone offering to “transfer” a channel.

Find the channel owner’s details

YouTube says only managers and the owner can see the names and emails of people with access: YouTube Studio on a computer > Settings > Permissions (or in the YouTube Studio app: Settings > Permissions). Managers may need the owner’s details, for example to ask them to phone-verify the channel. See verify your YouTube account.

How to know it worked

  • Only the people you choose have access, each with the right role.

Still not working? Your next steps

  1. Someone you don’t recognize has access? See YouTube channel hacked. Applying for the verified badge needs an owner or manager: see verified badge.

Official help routes

SocialAppFix can’t see or change your account. For account decisions, recovery and appeals, only the platform’s own tools can help. These links go to the official sites.

Frequently asked questions

How do I add a manager to my YouTube channel?

YouTube Studio > Settings > Permissions > Invite, enter their email, choose Manager, then Done.

Can I transfer ownership of my YouTube channel?

YouTube’s permissions page says the owner can’t transfer ownership to other users. You can move a channel between your own Google Account and Brand Accounts tied to it: see the move section above.

How long does a YouTube channel invite last?

YouTube says invites expire after 30 days.

What’s the difference between Manager and Editor?

YouTube says Managers can manage permissions and delete content; Editors can upload and edit but can’t delete published content or manage permissions.

Sources and how we checked this guide

We base steps on the platforms’ own help pages and the phone makers’ official guides. Menu names change often and can differ by device, app version and region. Where a platform page could not be independently read, we link it so you can check the current wording yourself.

  1. Move your YouTube channel from one Brand Account to another (external site, opens in a new tab)YouTube Help · checked 7 November 2026
  2. Add or remove access to your YouTube channel with channel permissions (external site, opens in a new tab)YouTube Help · checked 6 November 2026

Last reviewed 7 November 2026 by the SocialAppFix editorial team against the sources above. Next scheduled review: 6 May 2027. How we write and review guides.

What changed
  • 7 November 2026: Added moving a channel between your own Google Account and Brand Accounts.
  • 6 November 2026: First published.

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