More than 500 hours of video content uploaded per minute and more than 1.5 billion active users. These figures are the great bulwarks of YouTubea platform that born in 2005 and that it has spent years establishing itself as the largest internet giant, with the permission of titans like Google (which bought it back in 2006 when it saw its potential). Its use has grown considerably in recent years, and it is not surprising.
With the number of users who are entering the networks, some of whom are very young, the operation of this platform and its use have only spread accordingly. Everybody goes on YouTube to take a look at what’s new, take a look at a humorous video or even get information.
Also within this phenomenon youtubers can be understood, those users who have positioned themselves as benchmarks based on publishing content of all kinds and aimed at different audiences. Many people enter the platform just to see what is new that they have published, having been previously notified thanks to their subscription to the channel.
Steps to follow to log in to YouTube
However, this of the subscriptionsalong with another compendium of functions such as recommendations, notifications and even commentsis something only available to those users who have logged into the platform. How to login to YouTube for free? Well, it is a fairly simple process that we are going to explain. Ahead!
Next we will explain the different ways of sign in to YouTube and even, in case of problems, to know how to proceed to regain access and to be able to log in to the web without problems.
Option 1 – Enter with my username
Several years, it is impossible to login to YouTube using username and password. if your channel is prior to May 2009 and you haven’t logged into it since 2011, so yes it is possible, albeit by doing a series of steps that ends up leading to a .
- First go to the website: https://accounts.google.com/Login through the address bar of your browser. Once inside, with your access data. If you don’t have it, create it.
- Now, go back to the address bar and enter the following URL: www.youtube.com/gaia_link You will enter a new window in which you must enter your username on YouTube along with your password. Do it and click on “claim channel”.
Thus, you will be logged in with your usernamebut also You will have linked it to your Google account and, from now on, you will have to use it to enter the video platform. Easy right?
Option 2 – Connect with my email address
To login to YouTube using your email addressThe first thing you have to do is enter the video platform website by entering the URL in the address bar of your internet browser. Access it, at the top, and write this address: www.youtube.com this is the main address.
- Once inside the website, go to the top right and look for the text in red with the phrase “LOG IN”. Click on it to proceed to the login window.
- In the window that appears now, you just have to write email address to which you have linked your Google account. Enter it and click the blue button with the text “NEXT” To be able to follow.
- The last step you have to perform is to enter the last of the necessary access data. YouTube requires you to enter your Google account password. Do it and, again, click on the button “NEXT”.
Clever! Once this last requirement is completed, you are already inside the platform with your account entered and logged in, therefore you can subscribe to new channels, make comments and “like” the videos that you like the mostthings that you could not do without being signed in to your YouTube account.
How to login to Youtube.com without google account?
Impossible to login to Youtube.com without a google account since the company demands to have linked an email or a phone number previously to maintain the integration of their services. However, you can do without entering your Google account to enter the platform.
- To do this, first enter the web using the URL indicated above www.youtube.com and go to the section “LOG IN” to proceed with a completely normal login.
- Now, in the window that appears, instead of entering an e-mail, use the phone number you previously linked to Google account. Once this is done, click on “NEXT” and then type the password for that account and tap again on “NEXT”.
A) Yes, you will have entered YouTube without having to use any email from google although, we insist, yes with a google account.
FAQ: Problems accessing or logging in to YouTube
Many times We will have some kind of problem or error at the time of loginThis is why we answer the most common doubts and questions that may arise when we proceed to enter this video platform.
I forgot my password and I can’t access YouTube
In case of forgot your Google account password, you have other options to access YouTube. To do this, first enter the web by entering its URL: www.youtube.com and go to the option “LOG IN“as you would normally do.
once here, enter email account that you usually use to enter the platform and click on the button “NEXT”.
Now, in the password input field, below it, click on “have you forgotten your password?”. Google will ask you to enter the last password you remember.
You can do it since on many occasions we can hit it and click on “NEXT” or click “Try another way” for the system to call your linked mobile phone to confirm your identity.
Whatever you choose, you will be sent to another menu in which you will be asked for the linked terminal to confirm your identity. Click on “Yes” and you will receive a notification on your phone in which, also, you will have to click on “YES” to be able to continue.
Back on your computer, you will see that a menu now appears for enter a new password and confirm it. Do it, write it down so you don’t forget it later and click on the button “CHANGE PASSWORD” to finish. This emphasizes the importance of linking a cell phone to our Google account for these cases.
I don’t remember my YouTube channel login email
In this case, enter the following URL in your browser: https://www.google.com/accounts/recovery to have access to the Google account recovery sectionand therefore also Youtube.
Once here, click on the option “Have you forgotten your email?”, which is the case at hand. In the window that appears now you can choose between use the email address that you would have linked to recover account or also, the phone number linked to the Google account. The most recommended is second option. Enter the number and click on “NEXT”.
Now you have to enter both first and last name that you registered at the time so that Google can access your user’s account. Click on “NEXT”.
Now you will be prompted sending a code to your phone. Click on “SEND” for receive an SMS on your terminal and copy that code to write it in the window that has appeared (just the numbers, Google introduces the initial “G” by default). Once this is done, click on “NEXT”.
The Google account for which you forgot the email will appear, but you will have to enter password to continue. In case you forgot it too, remember the steps indicated in the previous point.
I can’t log in with my YouTube username
It is normal to not be able to login with this method. YouTube no longer allows the use of usernames to log inalways requiring the use of the relevant Google account for it.
Requirements to access my YouTube account
To access your YouTube accountyou need to have previously linked it to a Google account or, failing that, proceed as we have explained before in the initial points of the post.
On the other hand, it is absolutely necessary remember both the registered email account and your access password, in addition to being fully connected to the internet. Otherwise, you have to review the previously indicated points to recover access and be able to continue without problems.
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