> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.usesheer.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Connect YouTube

> Link your YouTube channel to Sheer with the Google account that owns it.

## Before you start

* Use a **laptop or desktop computer**.
* Know which **Google account owns your channel**. If your channel is a Brand Account, Google will ask you to pick the channel after you sign in.
* The Google account must have a channel. Sheer can't connect a Google account without one.

## Connect

**1. Click Connect with YouTube**

During onboarding, click **Connect** next to YouTube on the **Connect your social accounts** screen. Later, use **Connect with YouTube** on your [Integrations](https://app.usesheer.com/settings/sheer_user/integrations) page under **YouTube**.

You're sent to Google.

**2. Choose the account that owns your channel**

Sign in to Google and pick the account. If you have a Brand Account, Google then asks which channel to use. Pick the channel you want on Sheer.

**3. Tick both permissions**

Google shows what Sheer is asking for:

* **View your YouTube account.** Your channel details and videos.
* **View YouTube Analytics reports for your YouTube content.** Views, watch time and audience stats.

Google lets you untick each one. **Tick both**, then click **Continue**.

> [!WARNING]
>
> Without the Analytics permission, Sheer can see your videos but none of their stats. The channel will show as **Missing permissions**.

## How to know it worked

On your Integrations page, your channel appears under **YouTube** with a **Connected** badge and your subscriber count. Your videos and audience stats show up within a few minutes.

## What Sheer reads from YouTube

* **Channel:** name, handle, description, profile and banner image, subscriber, video and view counts.
* **Videos:** your uploads with their views, likes, comments and watch-time stats. Recent videos update daily.
* **Audience:** viewer age, gender and country for the last 12 months.

Everything is read-only. Sheer never uploads, edits or comments on your behalf.

## Disconnecting

On your Integrations page, click the three dots next to your channel and choose **Disconnect**, then confirm. Sheer stops reading your channel immediately and removes your creator profile for that channel. Your synced YouTube data is deleted after 30 days unless you reconnect before then.

![The YouTube section of the Integrations page with the three-dot menu open showing Disconnect](https://mintcdn.com/sheer-5e63a357/ZpTp3ARtd-gBv_uu/images/integrations-youtube-disconnect.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=ZpTp3ARtd-gBv_uu\&q=85\&s=371cd883984b2f8641e9f793515b9dd4)

You can also remove Sheer from [your Google account's third-party connections](https://myaccount.google.com/connections). Sheer then deletes your YouTube data as well.

## Still not working?

* **"No YouTube channel was found for this Google account."** You signed in with a Google account that doesn't own a channel. Connect again and pick the right account, or the right channel if it's a Brand Account.
* **The channel shows "Missing permissions".** You unticked the Analytics permission. Connect again and tick both.
* **The channel shows "Reconnect required".** You removed Sheer from your Google account, or Google revoked the access. Connect again.
* **Anything else.** Email [support@usesheer.com](mailto:support@usesheer.com) with your channel's name or handle.


This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.