Securing a YouTube account prevents it from being hacked, hijacked, or compromised. Starting
November 1st, 2021, you'll be required to turn on two-step verification in order to access YouTube
Studio. This applies to all YouTube creators that are members of the YouTube Partner Program. If you
don't turn on two-step verification by November 1st, you'll lose access to YouTube Studio for
your monetized channel until you turn it back on. However, this won't affect monetization for
your channel. In this video, you'll learn why YouTube is requiring this security
and how to turn on two-step verification. [music]
Why is YouTube doing this? This prevents the bad guys from stealing your password and getting
access to your account. If they gain access to your Google or YouTube account, they could delete
all your emails, contacts, photos, and videos. Imagine losing your YouTube account and all
the hundreds of hours you put into creating the videos. Bad guys could also pretend to be you and
send unwanted emails to your contacts. They could also use your account to reset the passwords for
your other accounts. With two-step verification, also known as two-factor authentication,
you're adding another layer of security to your account in case your password gets stolen.
Here's how to turn on two-step verification. Go to this website address. I'll place a
link to this address in the description below this video. It says each time you
sign in to your Google account, you need your password and a verification code.
It adds an extra layer of security into your password and unique verification code
that's sent to your phone. It keeps the bad guys out. Even if someone else gets your password,
it won't be enough to sign in to your account. Click Get Started. First, you got to verify that
it's you, so log into your account. It says, use your phone as your second step to sign in.
After you enter your password, Google prompts are securely sent
to every phone where you are signed in. I'm going to select my phone and continue. It says,
almost there, add a backup option. If you lose your phone or your second step is unavailable,
you'll need a backup option to help you get to your account. You can add your phone number
here. It says Google will only use this number for account security. Don't use a Google voice number
and message and data rates apply. How do you want to get the codes, text message or phone call? I'm
going to select text message, then click Send. It says Google just sent a text message with
a verification code to my phone number. Here is the verification code that Google sent to
my phone. I'm going to enter that, click Next. It says, turn on two-step verification. Second step,
Google prompt, backup option voice or text message. You'll say signed in to my email account
on these devices, iPhone. You might be signed out of your other devices. To sign back in, you'll
need your password and second step. Click Turn On. It says two-step verification is on since August
28th, 2021. You'll receive an email from Google that two-step verification has been turned on.
Available second steps, a second step after entering your password verifies it's you.
I can get Google prompts to my phone and I can also get a voice or text message. Now every time
you sign to your Google account, you need two forms of verification. One will be a password
and the second one will be the code that we sent to your phone. Keep in mind that if you have
multiple Google accounts, you'll need to enable two-step verification for all those accounts,
not just a Google account associated with a YouTube channel. I highly recommend creating a
strong password that contains a mixture of upper and lower case, numbers, letters, and symbols.
Make sure you don't share this password with anyone. Another recommendation is to keep your
sign-in simple. When you sign in from a computer, you can choose not to sign in using the two-step
verification for that computer. From then on, your computer will only ask for a password when
you sign in. Your security will still be covered because if you or anyone else tries to sign in
from a different computer, two-step verification will be required. If you want to learn other
ways to secure your YouTube channel from hackers and impersonators, watch the video on the screen
right now. You'll learn how to stop thieves from stealing your videos, subscribers, and revenue.