Ever wondered how you can transfer your YouTube account information to your new device?
In this article we’ll be looking just at that, showing you how you can carry over your YouTube account information.
There are 2 steps that you need to follow when carrying over your YouTube account.
- Take note of your account information
- Log in using your new device and retrieve your account information
Those are the only 2 steps.
You should follow these steps when you switch to a new device and you’re not sure of how to carry over your YouTube account.
The steps are fairly straight forward and anybody should be able to carry over their accounts with ease.
How to carry over your YouTube account
Take note of your account information
First, you need to note down the YouTube log in information used on your previous device before you can carry over your YouTube account information to your new device.
The log in information used for YouTube would be your email address and your password.
So all you need to do is note down the email address and password you have been using to log into YouTube.
Once you’ve taken note of your email address and password, your preparations for carrying over your account is complete.
Next, you need to carry over your YouTube account information to your new device.
Logging in on your new device and carrying over your account information
First, you’ll need to install the YouTube app on your new device.
Once the installation is complete, you can run the YouTube app.
Once YouTube is up, please tap on the human shaped account button.
Once you’ve moved to the account page, tap on Log In before tapping on Add Account (+) and enter the email address and password you noted down in the previous step.
The carry over is now complete.
Your account may appear when you are adding an account (+).
In this case, all you have to do is to click on the account that you have been using.
Summary
- Take note of your account information
- Log in using your new device and retrieve your account information
Those were the steps you need to follow in order to carry over your YouTube account to your new device.
No complicated procedure or specialistic knowledge is required in carrying over your YouTube account.
The carrying over of an account can be done by anybody, even those who are unfamiliar with devices such as smartphones and tablets.
However, you should be careful with your account information when following the steps described in “Take note of your account information”.
Forgetting or losing your account information may, in the worst case scenario, lead to you losing your account.
