Hi everyone I'm Peggy K and today I'm going to show you how to manage the
Brand Accounts for your YouTube channels and Google+ Pages including changing the
settings and adding and removing managers. Instead of creating a separate
Google account for each identity, business, hobby, or show, you can create
Brand Accounts for those identities that are owned by your personal Google
account. Each of these Brand Accounts can also have additional managers. If you have
a Google+ page or YouTube channel that uses a name other than your personal
name you probably already have at least one Brand Account. To manage your Brand
Accounts sign into Google and go to your "My Account" settings. Under Personal info
& privacy" click "Manage your Google activity". On the "Personal info & privacy"
page scroll down to your Google Dashboard
and click "Go to Google Dashboard".
On your Google Dashboard scroll down to the Brand Accounts section and click it
to open,
then click "Go to Brand Accounts" to open your Google Account's Brand Account
dashboard.
On your Brand Accounts dashboard you'll see pending invitations to manage other
Brand Accounts, and links to email preferences and deleted accounts.
Scroll down to your Brand Accounts and click the name of the Brand Account that
you want to manage.
On the Brand Account Details page click "View general account info" to open the "My
Account" Google account settings for the Brand Account.
That lets you change the general account settings, manage the account security ,and
see the activity on the account.
To edit the publicly visible information about the Google+ page or YouTube
channel linked to the Brand Account click "Edit account info" to open the
"About Me" page for the Brand Account. On the "About Me" page you can change the
Brand Account name and icon, which appears on Google+ and YouTube. You can
also add a cover image and additional information that will appear when people
click the "About" link on the Google+ Page's profile.
To add a manager to the Brand Account who can manage the associated Google+
Page or YouTube channel, click "Manage Permissions". On the Manage Permissions
page click the "Add people' icon at top right and then enter the invitee's Google
Account email. You can then choose a role for the person you're adding. They can be
a Manager to upload and delete content and change the settings or they can be a
Communications Manager who can post content and make comments on Google+
only, or you could add them as an Owner, although that's not recommended unless
you absolutely trust the person. To remove a Manager make sure you're signed
in as the Brand Account Owner then click the X next to the manager's name to
remove them. Finally on the Brand Account details page you'll see "Act as the [Brand
Account name] on Google Photos and Google+ (if there's a Google+ Page) and
YouTube (if there's a YouTube channel) associated with the Brand Account. Click
the icon to go to Photos, Google+ or YouTube to act as the Brand Account. You
can also access at least some of these settings directly from Google+ or
YouTube. On Google+ sign in and switch to the Google+ Page then click "Profile"
on the left menu too open the Page's profile. Click "About" on the Google+
Page's profile header. That will open the "About Me" settings. On YouTube switch to
your channel identity by clicking the channel icon at top right and selecting
"Switch Account. Once you have switched to the channel identity select "Settings"
from the menu. On the YouTube channel's Settings Overview click "View or change
your account settings" to open the "My Account" Google account settings for the
YouTube channel's Brand account. Click "Add or remove managers" to go to the Brand
Account Details page for the YouTube channel's Brand Account.
One final tip: add a bookmark for myaccount.google.com/brandaccounts
That way you can access your Brand Accounts with a single click.
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