YouTube Shorts is a way for anyone to turn an idea into a chance to connect with new audiences anywhere in the world. All you need is a smartphone and the Shorts camera built into the YouTube app to create Shorts up to three minutes long. The latest Shorts creation tools make it fast, fun and easy to be a creator on YouTube. Enhance your YouTube Shorts.
Create a Short
✨NEW✨ Add LINKS🔗 in your SHORTS🩳
Creating a Short with YouTube's short-form video creation tools allows you to record one or more clips that add up to three minutes. While recording with the Shorts camera, use the progress bar at the top of your screen to see how many segments you've recorded and the length of each.
- Sign in to the YouTube app
.
- Tap Create
and select Short.
- Hold Capture
or tap it to start recording, then again to stop.
- Note: You can change the duration in the upper right-hand corner.
- Once you've finished recording, you can:
- Add music, apply filters or use other effects to enhance your recording.
- Tap Undo
to remove the previous video clip that you recorded or tap Redo
to add it back.
- Tap Close
Delete or Save and exit. Saving a draft at this point saves any edits that you've made.
- Tap Done
. From here, you can:
- Preview your video.
- Add sounds, text-to-speech and other effects.
- Tap Back
to return to the recording screen.
- Tap NEXT to add details to your video.
- From this screen, add a title (max. 100 characters) and choose settings, like video privacy.
- Tap Select audience
- Tap UPLOAD SHORT to publish your Short.
.
and select Short.
or tap it to start recording, then again to stop.
to remove the previous video clip that you recorded or tap Redo 
to add it back.
Delete or Save and exit. Saving a draft at this point saves any edits that you've made.
to return to the recording screen.Save your Short as a draft
You can save your Short as a draft before you upload to come back and edit later.
There's no limit to the number of drafts that you can keep at one time. Note that drafts are saved to your device and not to your YouTube channel. If you delete the YouTube app or replace your device, you'll lose your drafts.
To find your drafts in the YouTube app:
- Tap Create
- Create your Short
- In the lower-right corner, tap Drafts.
- From here, you can select a draft to edit or delete it from your device.
Select a thumbnail
How to CHOOSE your Shorts ✨Thumbnail✨
You can choose a frame from your Short to be used as the thumbnail before and after you upload your Shorts.
Here's how to select a thumbnail for your Short:
- Tap Create
- Record your Short and enter video details.
- Navigate to the final upload screen
on the thumbnail of your video.
- Select a frame to use as your thumbnail.
- Tip: You can add text and apply filters to your thumbnail. Once you've made an edit, you cannot go back to previous edits to make any changes.
- Tap Done.
on the thumbnail of your video.