How to Reset Your YouTube Profile Password

Change, they say is constant. And for YouTube, there was a time when resetting your profile password was just a few clicks away. But somehow, things changed, and the whole process to rest your YouTube password became a bit complex.

Just in case you may be wondering what brought about the change, the story isn’t far-fetched. In 2006, the tech giant – Google bought the popular video streaming platform – YouTube.

Since then, all accounts on YouTube became Google accounts. The implication of this is that your YouTube accounts are currently sharing the same password with your other Google products and services such as Google Docs, Gmail, and others.

Well, despite all of the changes, the good news remains that you can successfully reset your YouTube profile password without hassles. However, to do this, you don’t need to visit your YouTube account anymore as was the case some years ago.

Instead, all you need to do is to change the password of the Google account that is linked to your YouTube account. In this post, we will show you a step-by-step guide on how to reset your YouTube profile password. Let’s get into it.

1. Things to Note Before You Reset Your YouTube Profile Password
2. How to Reset Your YouTube Profile Password
   • Step #1: Open the YouTube platform
   • Step #2: Attempt to sign in to your YouTube account
   • Step #3: Input your phone number or Gmail address
   • Step #4: Click on NEXT to proceed
   • Step #5: Click on “forgot password?”
   • Step #6: Answer some security questions
   • Step #7: Click on NEXT to receive a verification code
   • Step #8: Input verification code to continue
   • Step #9: Reset your YouTube password
   • Step #10: Click on “Change password” at the bottom of the page
   • Step #11: Click on “Done”.
3. How to Confirm That Your YouTube Password Reset Was Successful
4. Final Note on How to Reset Your YouTube Profile Password

Things to Note Before You Reset Your YouTube Profile Password

All your Google products’ passwords will be changed

Perhaps you intend to reset your YouTube password and that is all. You must also be aware that changing or resetting your YouTube password will automatically reset the password for all your Google-linked accounts to the new password.

So, what this means is that your Google Doc, Google Drive, Gmail account, and all other Google products and services will now require a new password when you try to sign in on them.

You will need to first sign out of your YouTube profile before you can reset your password

Before you can think of resetting your YouTube profile password, you will first need to sign out of your YouTube account. This is especially true for people whose browsers automatically log into their YouTube account upon opening YouTube.

To sign out of your YouTube profile, follow the few steps below;

• Enter com in your browser
• Click on the avatar thumbnail at the upper right corner of your browser screen
• Click on the sign-out button and that will log you out of the account. Now, you can think of resetting the password

How to Reset Your YouTube Profile Password

So, if you are ready to reset your YouTube profile password, let’s show you a few steps to make that happen. Irrespective of the kind of device you want to use, resetting your YouTube password can be done the same way across all device types. So, let’s see the steps to follow to reset your password:

Step #1: Open the YouTube platform

To access the YouTube page, you can click here. Alternatively, you can simply type “https://www.YouTube.com/” in the search bar on your browser to open the YouTube website.

Step #2: Attempt to sign in to your YouTube account

At the top-right corner of the page, click on the profile avatar, and click on sign-in on the drop-down menu.

Step #3: Input your phone number or Gmail address

Depending on which login details you find convenient to use while logging into your Google account, input the same here.

However, if you have multiple phone numbers, ensure that you use the phone number that is linked to your Google/YouTube account.

Step #4: Click on NEXT to proceed

Once you have successfully keyed in your login details (either your phone number or Gmail), click on the Next button at the bottom-right corner.

Step #5: Click on “forgot password?”

On a new window that opens and prompts you to input your account’s password, click on forgot password since you want to reset your password.

Step #6: Answer some security questions

To verify and confirm that you own the YouTube profile you want to reset the password, you must answer a few security questions. Well, the rules here aren’t so stringent.

So, you can skip the first question by clicking on Try a different question if you can’t provide an answer to it. Hopefully, you’ll be able to provide a correct answer to one of the questions linked to your account.

Step #7: Click on NEXT to receive a verification code

Depending on the answer you provided in the previous section, you may be required to input some verification code sent to your phone number or via a recovery email address.

This is usually done to be sure that you truly own the account you are trying to reset its password. To receive the Google verification code, click on Send a text message or recovery mail.

Step #8: Input verification code to continue

Once you have received the Google verification code either on your phone number as a text message or through your recovery email address as a mail, go ahead to input the same on the space provided. Then click on Next to proceed to create a new password for your YouTube account.

Step #9: Reset your YouTube password

The next page that appears is the “Create New password page”. Here you are required to input your new password under the space “Create password”. After this, input the same password in the next section named “Confirm Password”

Step #10: Click on “Change password” at the bottom of the page

Step #11: Click on “Done”.

After taking a keen look at all your account recovery details such as your phone number and recovery email, you can now proceed to click on “Done” to save all the changes you have made.

How to Confirm That Your YouTube Password Reset Was Successful

You want to be sure that you didn’t leave any stone unturned and that you completed every step in the password reset process. So, follow the few steps below to confirm that everything is in on your YouTube profile.

• Log in to YouTube using the steps in the previous section
• At the right top corner of your internet browser screen, click on the sign-in
• Input your Gmail address to proceed
• Input your new YouTube password. This is usually case-sensitive. So do ensure that your password is typed with the right case.
• Once your password has been accepted and your YouTube profile page opens, congratulations, you have successfully reset your YouTube password.

Final Note on How to Reset Your YouTube Profile Password

You may want to reset your YouTube password for different reasons. It may be because your password has been compromised or you are trying to have the same password across all your online assets. Whatever the reason may be, resetting your YouTube profile password can be done easily.

However, resetting your YouTube password will mean resetting the password to all your Google-linked products and services.

First, sign out of your YouTube profile, and then try to login in. Click on forgot password on the next page, and answer some security questions.

After answering the security questions, input the Google verification code sent to your recovery email or phone number, and then proceed to create a new password for your YouTube profile. That’s it. Resetting your YouTube profile password is that simple!