How to change your country on YouTube

Sometimes you need to change your country in YouTube. This is most often required in situations where creating your own channel involves monetization, and the user moves to another country for permanent residence or connects the AdWords partner program. The country you choose depends on whether your videos are trending.

How to change the country in YouTube from a PC

There are two options if you need to change the country:
1. Change the country of the user's account.
2. Change your location.
The first method is suitable if the user moves to another country for permanent residence or uses an affiliate network to promote the channel. The second method is suitable for optimizing video viewing.

Stages of the procedure

If the user has an outdated version of the video hosting service installed, you can change the account country by selecting "Creative Studio". In the updated version, select the "Your channel" section. Next, you need to follow this algorithm:
1. Click on the account icon.
2. open the "Your channel" tab in the menu that appears.
3. Next, click on "Configure channel type".
4. The system will display a list of countries, among which the need to choose one. This completes the country change to YouTube.
As a rule, the viohosting system easily and accurately detects the location of users, so usually a change of location is not required. But there are situations when you need to change it manually, following these instructions:
1. Log in to YouTube.
2. Open the menu, click on the "Country" tab.
3. Select the appropriate option from the list.
4. Refresh the page.
As a result of this operation, the videos will be placed in a different trend. However, it should be noted that the country of the channel and the account are different things. The channel's country influences its promotion, while the account's country can only influence videos in trends.

How to change the country in YouTube from your phone

Modern smartphones allow you to change the user's location. Unfortunately, the YouTube app doesn't have a complete list of settings that are available from your computer, so you should use this algorithm:
1. Click on the account icon.
2. Open "Settings".
3. Select "General settings" - "Location".
4. Select the desired country from the list. The location will change.
This is all that is required to change the country. When choosing a suitable option, it is recommended to first study which country is best to choose in order to achieve maximum results in promoting the channel.