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Sharing Your Youtube Videos From A Google+ Page: Videos Missing? Modify Your Default Channel.

By ahlikom
Update Feb 2019: YouTube is removing all remaining Google+-related features 

 Update Jan 2017: amongst the lastly switch to the novel Google+ spider web design, it's no longer possible to insert a YouTube video amongst the instructions here. You tin portion from the YouTube video scout page, or re-create together with glue the YouTube video link inwards a novel post.
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It's tardily to portion a video from your YouTube channel on Google+. Simply select the "Video" sharing option, switch to "Your YouTube videos" together with select an upload from the list.

Sounds straightforward, right? Unfortunately it sometimes doesn't operate every bit expected:  your channel's video uploads may non live listed at that topographic point - or worse, the videos from the incorrect channel are displayed.  To ready that, y'all bespeak to set the default channel for 3rd political party applications your YouTube account. Read on for to a greater extent than detailed instructions.

How to portion 1 of your video uploads on Google+
To portion 1 of your YouTube channel's uploaded videos to Google+ all y'all bespeak to utilization is click the video icon at the bottom of the "Share what's new" box:


Then become to the "Your YouTube videos" tab:


You should come across all of your channel's videos listed there.  Just scroll downward the listing together with select the video y'all desire to share.

But sometimes at that topographic point is a problem.  "Your YouTube videos" mayhap doesn't display whatever videos, fifty-fifty though y'all accept uploads. Or maybe it lists videos from the incorrect YouTube channel.



So why are your videos missing? And what's the fix? Setting the default channel inwards your YouTube account.


One of the features of having YouTube channels linked to Google+ is that y'all tin grapple multiple YouTube channels from your YouTube account. You tin accept 1 channel linked to your Google+ Profile, together with y'all tin grapple upward to 50 YouTube channels linked to Google+ Pages.

When y'all portion a video through Google+, y'all aren't given the choice to select which of your YouTube channels y'all desire to select a video from. And every bit y'all tin come across from the screenshots above, Google+ doesn't fifty-fifty display which channel it's accessing.

So how utilization y'all alter the default channel? You tin utilization that in your YouTube account's advanced settings.

1. Sign into your YouTube work concern human relationship and make certain that y'all are switched to your Google+ Profile identity, non 1 of your Google+ Pages.

If y'all are non using your YouTube channel every bit your Google+ Profile identity, become to www.youtube.com/channel_switcher and select your profile.


2. Go to your YouTube channel's advanced settings (www.youtube.com/account_advanced)

3.  In the drop-down bill of fare nether "Signing inwards to Older Apps" select the YouTube channel y'all would similar to postal service videos from.
"Use my electrical current account" agency that the default volition live your Google+ Profile-linked channel.

Be certain to click "Save" when y'all are done!

4. Now when y'all become dorsum to Google+ y'all volition live able to portion videos from the channel y'all selected.

Note that the default is linked to the Google work concern human relationship that y'all are signed into to grapple your Google+ Page. Each managing director of your Google+ Page together with YouTube channels tin laid their ain default YouTube channel. 

Also banking enterprise complaint that this volition live the default channel for all 3rd political party apps, including video uploading or editing software together with your Blogger blogs.

What if y'all accept multiple Google+ Page-linked channels y'all desire to portion videos from?


If y'all desire to portion videos from dissimilar channels, y'all accept several options.

1. Paste a link to your video straight into the "Share what's new" box on Google+. This is the easiest way to share!

2. If your Google+ Page has multiple managers, y'all tin sign into Google+ every bit a dissimilar manager. Each manager's YouTube channel tin accept a dissimilar default YouTube channel set.

3. In the Google+ video sharing window y'all tin travel inwards a video URL:



4. In the Google+ video sharing window y'all tin utilization a YouTube search:


5. You tin share your video from YouTube directly:



6. Also, when y'all upload a novel video to YouTube, y'all tin portion it straight to the linked Google+ Page or Profile's stream.

Additional information:

Inserting your YouTube videos into Blogger posts afterward linking your channel to Google+: a ready for missing videos