How to change your email on YouTube, for your account and your channel

There is no separate email setting on YouTube. YouTube's own help page says your YouTube email is your Google Account email, so to change it you change the email on your Google Account, and YouTube uses whatever that address is.

That covers the sign-in address. If what you really want is for YouTube's emails to go elsewhere, for your channel to show a different business email, or for the channel to belong to another Google Account, each of those has its own setting. All of them are below, checked against Google's help pages on November 6, 2026.

Which email do you want to change?

Before you change it

• Make sure the new address receives mail. Google sends a verification email before a contact address counts, and YouTube asks you to confirm the email on your Google Account.
• Check whether your channel is on a Brand Account. Go to myaccount.google.com/brandaccounts and look under Your Brand Accounts. This decides which method works for moving a channel.
• Do not delete the old Google Account to start fresh. Google's YouTube account page says deleting the Google Account deletes your YouTube data, including videos, comments and subscriptions.
• Update your recovery options. If the new address replaces an old inbox, set it as your recovery email too. Google's recovery options page has the steps, under Security & sign-in.

Change the email you sign in to YouTube with

YouTube's change email article sends you straight to Google's instructions. The short version:

1. Visit myaccount.google.com/google-account-email, on a computer or in your phone's browser.
2. Open Personal info, then Email, then Google Account email.
3. Click or tap Change Google Account email. If the option is missing, Google says it might not be possible for your account.
4. Enter the new address and follow the steps on the screen.

For a gmail.com account, Google's change email page says you can then sign in with either the old or new address on Google services, YouTube included. The limits and the details of what happens to the old address are in how to change your Gmail address. Work and school accounts need the administrator.

After a change, Google's troubleshooting page notes that some app settings may reset, and it lists YouTube Music downloads as one to check.

Send YouTube's emails to a different address

You can keep signing in with the same address and still have important notices arrive somewhere else. Google's page on managing your email addresses says that when there is something you need to know about your account or products like YouTube, Google writes to your contact email.

1. Go to your Google Account and open Personal info.
2. Click Email.
3. Under Contact email, click the icon next to it, then Add other email.
4. Enter the address. It can be from any provider.
5. Open the verification email and click Verify contact email.

Google adds that some products still use your Google Account email even when a contact email is set, so expect a few messages to keep going to the old one.

Change the business email on your channel

This is the public contact address viewers and brands see on your channel. It has nothing to do with how you sign in. Google's channel profile page gives these steps for YouTube Studio on a computer:

1. Sign in to YouTube Studio.
2. From the left menu, select Customization, then Profile.
3. Under Contact info, enter your email.
4. Click Publish.

The channel name lives on the same screen and is also separate from your Google Account. Google says a channel name change only shows on YouTube, and you can change it twice within 14 days.

Move your channel to another Google Account

This is what most "change youtube email to another gmail" searches are after. How you do it depends on how the channel is set up.

If the channel is on a Brand Account

A Brand Account has no username or password of its own. People manage it through their own Google Accounts, which is why YouTube's help says that for these channels you change owners and managers instead of an email. Google's owners and managers page gives the steps:

1. Go to the Brand Accounts section of your Google Account and choose the account.
2. Select Manage permissions.
3. Choose Invite new users, enter the other Google Account's email and pick Owner.
4. Tap Invite, then Done. The other account gets an email to accept.
5. After that account has been an owner for 7 days, sign in with it, open Manage permissions, click the down arrow next to its name and choose Primary owner, then Transfer.

Two warnings from the same page. If you delete the Google Account that is the primary owner, the channel is deleted too. And Google recommends keeping at least one other owner. If you cannot set a new primary owner, check that the channel has opted out of channel permissions.

If the channel uses channel permissions

In YouTube Studio, go to Settings, then Permissions, then Invite, enter the person's email and choose a role. Google's channel permissions page says an invite expires after 30 days, and that an Owner cannot transfer ownership to other users this way. To hand over ownership, Google says to convert to a Brand Account by removing all roles.

Moving a channel between your own accounts

On YouTube, click your profile picture, then Settings, then Advanced settings, and you will find Move channel. Google's channel transfer page limits it to accounts associated with the same Google Account, and requires you to be the primary owner and to have opted out of channel permissions. Be careful: if the target account already has a channel, that channel is deleted with its videos, messages, playlists, history and verification badge. Use the Brand Account owner route above if you are not sure.

Confirm your new email

YouTube needs the email on your Google Account to be confirmed. Google's confirmation page says to send a confirmation from the email confirmation page and look for a message with the subject "Google Email Verification".

After that, update the other places that know you by the old address. Our checklist on changing your email address everywhere covers the order, and how to tell people your email address changed has short templates.

If you want a new address for your channel

If you are setting up a new contact or recovery address anyway, it can be one that asks for no phone number. Signing up for Secria Mail takes a name, the address you want and a password, with no phone number and no card. The free plan comes with 1 GB and 2 aliases. Use one alias as your channel's business email: if it starts drawing spam, you know where it came from and can switch it off by deleting the alias. Old mail can be imported from Gmail, Outlook, Apple Mail and Thunderbird. Create a free account if that fits.

Frequently asked questions

Can I change my YouTube email without changing my Gmail?

Yes, in two ways. Add a contact email to your Google Account so notices go elsewhere, or set a different business email on your channel in YouTube Studio. Neither changes the address you sign in with.

How do I change my email on the YouTube app?

The YouTube app has no email setting. In your phone's browser, open myaccount.google.com/google-account-email, then tap Personal info, Email and Google Account email. Google's page has the same steps for Android, iPhone and iPad.

Can I move my YouTube channel to another Gmail account?

If the channel is on a Brand Account, add the other Google Account as an owner and, after 7 days, make it the primary owner. Channels that use channel permissions need to convert to a Brand Account first, because owners cannot transfer ownership there.

Does changing my channel name change my email?

No. Google says the channel name only shows on YouTube and is separate from your Google Account name and email.

Why is my old YouTube channel not on my Google Account?

Google says some older, unused channels created before May 2009 might not be part of a Google Account. Those need to be added to one before they can be used.

Change the Google Account email for sign-in, the contact email for notices, and the Studio contact info for your public address. They are three different settings.