{"id":9811,"date":"2022-07-13T07:20:43","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T07:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=9811"},"modified":"2022-07-13T07:20:43","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T07:20:43","slug":"how-to-enable-youtube-shorts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-enable-youtube-shorts","title":{"rendered":"How to Enable YouTube Shorts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_43 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a049d27946d3\" class=\"cssicon\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a049d27946d3\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a049d27946d3\" ><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-enable-youtube-shorts\/#How_to_Enable_YouTube_Shorts\" title=\"How to Enable YouTube Shorts\">How to Enable YouTube Shorts<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-enable-youtube-shorts\/#Disable_comments\" title=\"Disable comments\">Disable comments<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-enable-youtube-shorts\/#Add_music\" title=\"Add music\">Add music<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-enable-youtube-shorts\/#Add_text\" title=\"Add text\">Add text<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-enable-youtube-shorts\/#Upload_video\" title=\"Upload video\">Upload video<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Enable_YouTube_Shorts\"><\/span>How to Enable YouTube Shorts<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>If you want to create a YouTube short, you must first enable it on your channel. Then, tag your videos with #shorts. Once you&#8217;ve enabled YouTube shorts on your channel, they will live in your channel&#8217;s &#8220;Shorts&#8221; section. If you&#8217;re an established YouTuber, you can post the videos on as many channels as you want, but if you&#8217;re just starting out, you&#8217;ll need to create them yourself.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Disable_comments\"><\/span>Disable comments<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you want to disable comments on your YouTube shorts videos, there are several options available to you. You can enable or disable comments by using the YouTube Studio app. In order to enable comments, you must first select the &#8220;Allow All Comments&#8221; option. Alternatively, you can turn comments off by using your web browser. Once you have turned comments off, you can continue to view your shorts without them. Disabling comments on YouTube shorts is easy once you know how.<\/p>\n<p>To disable comments on YouTube shorts, open the settings tab. Go to the Vanced or Ad settings. Select YouTube Shorts from the list. Scroll down until you see a button that says &#8220;Layout&#8221; and tap it. You can then select the Disable comments option and disable the commenting feature on YouTube shorts. This option is located in the bottom of your YouTube page. You can disable comments on YouTube shorts by following the steps mentioned above.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Add_music\"><\/span>Add music<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t yet added music to your YouTube shorts, now is the time to do so! YouTube offers an easy-to-use tool called Creators Studio that allows you to add music to your videos and edit them in the process. While you can still use YouTube&#8217;s basic editing tools to add music to your videos, it&#8217;s essential to add music to YouTube shorts to make them stand out from the crowd!<\/p>\n<p>You can also add text to your Shorts content to emphasize certain points and spice up the video. This will also help you pass along your ideas more effectively. Shorts also offer text-styles and the ability to customize the text alignment and width. If you don&#8217;t want to create your own videos from scratch, you can import pre-recorded video files into the platform and edit them afterward. Once you&#8217;ve done this, you can upload your finished videos to YouTube.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Add_text\"><\/span>Add text<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>YouTube Shorts are videos made with the YouTube platform and can be edited with built-in editing tools. They can also feature audio tracks from major record labels and animated text. These videos are unlike any other short-form video app because they do not disappear once they&#8217;re done. YouTube Shorts were initially released in India on Sept. 14, 2020. It later rolled out to the U.S. and other countries, and quickly reached 6.5 billion daily views worldwide. The service was later released in beta mode to 100 countries worldwide on July 12, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Adding text to a YouTube short is easy. Simply upload the video you want to include and click &#8220;Add Text.&#8221; You can also drag the sound and add text as desired. If you want, you can add a subtitle or title if you have one. Adding text is an excellent way to give your video more depth and improve its SEO. There are many other options for customizing your video. To get started, follow these steps:<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Upload_video\"><\/span>Upload video<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to create a video with a hashtag, you&#8217;ll have to make it a &#8220;Shorts&#8221; video. A Shorts video can include text, music, or other audio. YouTube also limits the length of recorded music to 15 seconds. If you&#8217;d like to add text to your Shorts video, you can do so after you record it. You can adjust your sharing settings and add a title to your Shorts video, too.<\/p>\n<p>To edit your Short video, navigate to the right-hand toolbar. Then, select &#8220;Edit&#8221; in the bottom right-hand corner. Here, you can add text and images, as well as choose a background and add a countdown timer. Then, click &#8220;Tick&#8221; to enable captions. 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