How to connect Vidyard to your YouTube account

Connecting Vidyard to a YouTube account allows you to directly publish videos from your library to a YouTube channel—no need to switch between applications.

When you publish to your channel, Vidyard directly uploads the video so that it plays natively within YouTube. You'll find the video alongside the rest of the content in your channel's library.

With the connection between accounts, you'll also be able to:

• Keep published videos up-to-date by syncing any changes made to your video in Vidyard over to YouTube
• See views from your published videos in Vidyard's Insights to understand video performance across channels (applies to: Vidyard Business plans)

Connect Vidyard to YouTube (Free & Pro) 

1. Sign in to your Vidyard account
2. Select Apps & Integrations from the main menu, then click +Add next to YouTube
3. Select a YouTube account to connect (you may be asked to sign in to Google first)
4. Click on Allow to give Vidyard access and complete the connection
   • Learn more about allowing third-party apps to access data in your Google account

Connect Vidyard to YouTube (Business plans)

You can connect Vidyard to YouTube in different folders within your account. If the folder contains any subfolders, the subfolders will inherit the connection as well so that you don't have to repeat the integration setup.

Once integrated, any user that has access to a folder with a connected account, plus the permission to Push videos to YouTube, can then publish videos to your channel(s).

Learn more about how to manage permissions for your Teams.

1. Sign in to your Vidyard account
2. Select Admin > Integrations from the main menu, then select +Add next to YouTube
   • If needed, select Change Folder to switch into a different folder
   
3. Select a YouTube account to connect (you may be asked to sign in to Google first)
4. Select Allow to give Vidyard access and complete the connection
   • Learn more about allowing third-party apps to access data in your Google account

Reconnect your YouTube account

You may need to Reconnect Vidyard with one or more of your YouTube accounts if you encounter a connection error with the integration.

Connection errors commonly occur if there are updates to YouTube's Terms of Service, or the access granted to Vidyard in your Google account's data & privacy settings has changed.

When an account is in a disconnected state, you have 30 days to reconnect, after which YouTube requires that we remove data associated with the integration; this means that:

• Videos published to a disconnected YouTube channel will unlink from Vidyard (this cannot be reversed). As a result, you will no longer be able to...
  • • • sync video details from Vidyard to your published videos on YouTube
      • see new or existing views that published videos have received on YouTube in Vidyard's Insights (applies to Business plans).

You can always see the number of days you have remaining to reconnect on the Integrations page in your account.

To reconnect Vidyard to a YouTube account:

1. Select Apps & Integrations from the main menu in Vidyard
   • In Business (Essentials, Growth, Enterprise) accounts, go to Admin > Integrations and use the Change Folders button to locate the specific YouTube connection if needed
2. Select Manage next to YouTube
3. Open the menu (3 dots) next to the channel with the error, then select Reconnect

Delete a YouTube account from Vidyard

You can always delete your integration with a connected YouTube account if you no longer want to share videos directly to your channel. Once the integration has been deleted:

• You will no longer be able to publish videos to the connected account's YouTube channel
  
  
• Videos published to your YouTube channel will unlink from Vidyard (this cannot be reversed). As a result, you will no longer be able to...
  • • • sync video details from Vidyard to your published videos on YouTube
      • see new or existing views that published videos have received on YouTube in Vidyard's Insights (applies to Business plans)

1. Select Apps & Integrations from the main menu in Vidyard
   1. • In Business (Essentials, Growth, Enterprise) accounts, go to Admin > Integrations and use the Change Folders button if needed
2. Select Manage next to YouTube
3. Select the menu (3 dots) next to any connected account(s), then click Delete
4. Select Save, then Delete to confirm and finish

Frequently asked questions

What access does Vidyard have to my YouTube account?

When you connect Vidyard to YouTube, you are asked to allow Vidyard to access and manage parts of your account.

Giving access lets you use Vidyard to publish and update videos on YouTube.

You can always review and remove access you've granted to third-party apps (like Vidyard) in Google's data & privacy settings. Removing access will invalidate the integration with Vidyard.

Can I connect Vidyard to more than 1 YouTube account?

Yes, you can connect Vidyard to multiple YouTube accounts. When you go to share a video to YouTube, you'll be able to select which of your connected accounts you want to publish to. 

1. Select Apps & Integrations from the main menu in Vidyard
   • • In Business (Essentials, Growth, Enterprise) accounts, go to Admin > Integrations and use the Change Folders button if needed
2. Select Manage next to YouTube
3. Click on Add Another Account to make the connection

Can I connect Vidyard to a YouTube brand account?

Yes. So long as you have permission to manage the account, you can connect Vidyard to a personal or brand account on YouTube.