You can use scheduled publishing to schedule a private video to go public at a specific time.
Schedule a video to publish later
To schedule a video's publication time, you have to first set the video as "scheduled" or "private" on the upload page.
- Sign in to YouTube Studio.
- Or use the YouTube app
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- Or use the YouTube app
- Select CREATE
Upload videos
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- Select the file that you'd like to upload and enter your video details.
- Click the Schedule card.
- Set the date, time, and time zone that you want your video to be published.
- Select Schedule.
Note: If your account has a Community Guidelines strike, your scheduled video won’t publish during the penalty period. Your video is set to “private” for the penalty period duration, and you have to reschedule it when the freeze period ends. Learn more about Community Guidelines strike basics.
Edit scheduled publication time
You can change the scheduled publish time or publish the video right away.
- Sign in to YouTube Studio.
- Or use the YouTube app
- Or use the YouTube app
- From the left Menu, select Content
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- Or select the profile picture
- Or select the profile picture
- Select the video you want to edit.
- Click Edit
- To change the scheduled publish time, make sure the visibility is Private. Click EDIT DRAFT then choose the new time under “Schedule.”
- To publish the video immediately, set the visibility to Public.
- Select Publish to publish.
'Published on' date on watch page
When you make a video public on YouTube, the date on the watch page is based on Pacific Standard Time (PST). If you want a certain date to show beneath your video, upload your video on that date. Alternatively, schedule it to go public on that date, in Pacific Standard Time.
You may see a different date on the watch page than the one you see in you see in YouTube Studio if you:
- Upload a public video in a timezone ahead of PST
- Schedule a private video to go public at a specific time in a timezone ahead of PST