Remove Custom URL and Claim a New one for YouTube

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       You can’t edit a custom URL. To claim a new custom URL, delete your existing custom URL. Once removed, a custom URL is free to be claimed by another creator. In general, a YouTube channel may only have one custom URL. Custom URLs can’t be transferred between different channels.

Custom URL eligibility :

To create a custom URL for your channel, your account needs to:

1. Have 100 or more subscribers.
2. Be at least 30 days old.
3. Have an uploaded photo as a channel icon.
4. Have uploaded channel art.

NOTE : You can remove a custom URL for your channel up to three times per year.

Removing your Custom URL

1.  Sign in to YouTube and go to your About me page.


2.  Select the account with your YouTube channel in the top right. You may have to click All of your Brand Accounts if your account is not in the list.
3.  Find your current custom URL under ‘Sites’ and click Edit. (as shown above yellow mark)

4.  Next to the URL that you want to remove, click Remove.


5.  Click ”Remove”

Now you URL was Removed Successfully

  Claim a new Custom URL for your Channel :

To Claim a new Custom URL

1. Sign in to YouTube

2. Go to your advanced account settings

1. Under ‘Channel settings’, select the link next to You’re eligible for a custom URL. You’ll only see this link if your channel is eligible.(as shown above)
2. In the ‘Get a custom URL’ box, you’ll see the custom URL(s) for which you’ve been approved. You can’t change the part in the grey box, but you may need to add a few letters or numbers to make the URL unique to your channel.


3.  Carefully read and understand the ‘Custom URL Terms of Use’ and select the box to agree to them, then click Change URL. (as shown above)
4.  Once a custom URL has been approved, you can’t request to change it, so make sure that this is the custom URL that you want before            clicking Confirm choice. (as shown below)

 

Then Your URL is changed successfully

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