How to Post YouTube Videos to Facebook

This is an article that shows you how to post a YouTube video link on Facebook on desktop and mobile platforms. When you post a YouTube link, the video won’t play directly on Facebook and won’t be embedded in the post. If you want a YouTube video to play on Facebook, you’ll need to download the video first and then post the file to Facebook.

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Post the link on Facebook

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Open YouTube. Visit https://www.youtube.com from a web browser.

You don’t need to sign in to YouTube unless you want to share a link to an age-restricted video.

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Click the search bar displayed at the top of the YouTube page.

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Search videos. You just need to enter the video name and press ↵ Enter to search for the video.

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Select video. Find and click on the video you want to post to open it.

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Click SHARE . This is the button in the lower right corner of the video slideshow.

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Click Facebook. It’s a white “f” symbol on a dark blue background. With this action, Facebook will open a new window.

When prompted, you’ll need to enter your Facebook login (email address and password) before continuing.

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Enter the content of the article. If you want to add a comment or something to the video, enter it in the text input field near the top of the post.

If you do not enter more information here, the default content above the article will be the link to the video.

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Click Post to Facebook . It’s the blue button in the lower right corner of the Facebook window. When you click this button, the video link will be posted to Facebook. As such, other users can click on the link to open the video on YouTube.

Post the link on the phone

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Open YouTube. Tap the red YouTube icon with a white “Play” button.

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Tap the magnifying glass icon in the upper right corner of the screen.

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Search videos. You’ll type the video name, then tap Search or Enter on the keyboard.

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Select video. Swipe down the screen until you find the video you want to post, then tap it to open it.

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Tap the “Share” arrow (on iPhone) or

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(on Android). This is an arrow with a curve pointing to the right; You’ll see a share option above the video.

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Tap Facebook in the window that appears. To see this option, you must have Facebook installed on your phone or tablet.

You may have to first swipe the screen to the right and select More on your iPhone to see the Facebook icon.
When asked, you’ll need to give YouTube permission to post content to Facebook, and then log into Facebook with your email address (or phone number) and password before continuing.

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Enter content for the article. If you want to add comments or other content to the video, enter the information in the text input field above the post.

If you do not enter information here, the default content above the article will be the link to the video.

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Tap Post in the upper-right corner of the post window. This is the operation to post the video link on Facebook. Other users can click on the link to open the video on YouTube.

Post YouTube videos on Facebook

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Learn the limitations of this approach. To post and watch videos on Facebook instead of switching to YouTube, you’ll have to upload the video to share and post it to Facebook. This method will have some limitations as follows:

You cannot perform operations on mobile platforms (such as smartphones or tablets).
The quality of YouTube videos will be reduced when posted to Facebook.
Facebook only allows uploading videos up to 1.75MB in size and 45 minutes in length; Videos that are larger/longer in length will not be able to be uploaded.
Use this method only if you/your organization created and own the copyright to the original video or if you are licensed. It is often not enough to attribute authors by mentioning their names on Facebook posts.

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Open YouTube. Visit https://www.youtube.com/ from a web browser to open the YouTube home page.

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Find videos. Click the search bar at the top of the YouTube page, then type the name of the video you want to download and press ↵ Enter .

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Select video. Simply click on the video’s thumbnail in the search results page to open it.

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Copy the address of the video. Click the web address in the text input field near the top of the browser window to select it, then press Ctrl + C (Windows) or ⌘ Command + C (Mac) to copy.

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Open the Convert2MP3 page. Please visit http://convert2mp3.net/en/ from a web browser. The Convert2MP3 page will allow you to convert the copied YouTube link into an MP4 video file that you can download.

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Paste the video address. Click the text input field below the “Insert video link” heading, and then press Ctrl + V or ⌘ Command + V . You will see the YouTube link displayed here.

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Change the format of the video file. You will click in the mp3 box to the right of the text input field, and then select mp4 from the menu that appears.

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Choose quality. Click the “MP4 Quality” selection box below the path input field, and then select the quality you want to set for the video.

You cannot select a quality higher than the current quality of the video, as this will cause an error.

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Click convert . It’s the orange button to the right of the path input field. With this, Convert2MP3 will convert your video to file.

If you get an error message, choose a different quality for the video and click convert again.

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Click DOWNLOAD (Download). It’s the orange button that shows up below the video title after the video has been successfully converted. Thus, the video file will be downloaded to your computer.

The video will take a few minutes to download, so be patient and don’t close your browser.

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Open Facebook by accessing https://www.facebook.com/ from a web browser. You’ll see your News Feed page if you’re logged into Facebook.

If you’re not logged into Facebook, enter your email address (or phone number) and password, and then click Log In .

Advice

You can also post the link directly from YouTube by copying, opening Facebook, and pasting the link into the “What’s on your mind?” field. (What’s on your mind) at the top of the News Feed or Timeline page.

Warning

Videos that you share on Facebook are subject to the Terms of Service along with Facebook’s Statement of Rights and Responsibilities at https://www.facebook.com/terms.php?ref=pf

Steps

Post the link on Facebook

Post the link on the phone

Post YouTube videos on Facebook

Advice

Warning

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