View and manage videos in Studio Content Manager

YouTube Studio Content Manager lets you view and manage videos from the channels linked to your Content Manager. For more info on video upload methods, go to Upload and claim your videos.

Find videos

1. Sign in to Studio Content Manager.
2. From the left menu, select Videos .
3. On the Videos page, you can switch between Uploads and Live tabs.
   • Uploads shows videos uploaded to the channels linked to your Content Manager.
   • Live shows past saved live streams from channels linked to your Content Manager.
4. Click the filter bar and select a filter to refine the list, such as: Channel, Copyright strikes, Monetization, Video date, or Video ID.
5. Click a video. A details page opens to show an overview of the video’s metadata, settings, thumbnail image, and other info.
6. From the left menu, select a tab to perform more actions:
   • Analytics: To get data on the video’s performance.
   • Editor: To edit your video, add cards, and change other video elements.
   • Subtitles: To add subtitles to the video.
   • Monetization: To turn on video monetization by choosing an upload policy and selecting ad formats. Learn more.
   • Rights Management: To turn on Content ID matching and choose a match policy.
     • Note: Content ID is only available to qualifying partners that own content that’s eligible for Content ID. You should only turn on Content ID matching on a video when you have exclusive rights to all of its audio and visual content.
   • Claims: To open the video in the Claimed Videos view and see other claims on the video.
   • Policy: To view the policies applied to the video.

Export videos list

To download a file containing information about your videos:

1. Sign in to Studio Content Manager.
2. From the left menu, select Videos .
3. (Optional) Click the filter bar at the top and apply filters to refine the list of videos.
4. Select the videos you want to export.
   • To select individual videos, check the boxes in the left column.
   • To select all videos on the page, check the "Select all" box at the top.
   • If filtering by Channel, you can check "Select All" at the top and click Select all matching to select all videos on all pages.
5. In the top banner, click Export and select Videos (.csv) or Videos (Google Sheets).
6. When the file is done processing:
   • For a .csv file: Click DOWNLOAD from the top banner.
   • For a Google Sheets file: Click OPEN SHEETS IN NEW WINDOW from the top banner.

Manage multiple videos at once

1. Sign in to Studio Content Manager.
2. From the left menu, select Videos .
3. Find the videos you want to update. To refine the list, click the filter bar and apply filters.
   • To select all videos on a page, check the box at the top. To select all videos on all pages, check the box at the top and click Select all matching.
4. Click one or more checkboxes next to the videos you want to update.
5. Click Edit from the top banner and select one or more actions. For example:
   • Content ID matching: To turn on Content ID and create references for multiple videos at once.
   • Upload policy: To turn on monetization for multiple videos at once.
6. Click UPDATE VIDEOS.