| Change primary email address | ibopyoubopwebop | 6/26/12 4:13 PM | i want to change my gmail account associated with my YouTube account. my current gmail account has been hacked. my youtube channel is quite extensive and i have a lot of Playlists Is it possible? If not why? stef./.\ |
| Re: Change primary email address | JDoors | 6/26/12 4:42 PM | It is not possible to change the gmail account your channel was created with, sorry. It is not clear what you mean by the gmail account was hacked. If you can sign into your gmail account or Youtube, simply change the password. |
| Re: Change primary email address | ibopyoubopwebop | 6/26/12 5:25 PM | by hacked i mean that its getting a lot of SPAM, so i wanted to create a new gmail account and wanted to migrate my youtube account to it. stef./.\ |
| Re: Change primary email address | JDoors | 6/26/12 6:11 PM | Better to keep reporting the spam using the tools gmail provides, eventually they'll be able to filter most of it out for you, but you have to report it to them as spam. Better, because you can't change the email address of your gmail account, and yo |
| Re: Change primary email address | ibopyoubopwebop | 6/27/12 7:52 PM | thx for the help and the details but how about that feature called unlink your account which give you the option to link your youtube channel to another gmail account. would that help me migrate my channel? stef./.\ |
| Re: Change primary email address | JDoors | 6/28/12 5:52 AM | IF your channel still has the option to "unlink," to change the linked Google account, it would be in Settings, Advanced. If it's not there your channel cannot be unlinked. Note though that the policy that a YouTube channel created with a gmail accou |
| Re: Change primary email address | ZekeM | 7/2/12 3:25 AM | I don't know if what JDoors is saying is correct. I may be wrong, but I'm pretty sure you can do it this way: 1. Sign into your Youtube account. 2. Under the box with your username, go to 'Settings' 3. Under account information, next to your profile |
| Re: Change primary email address | The Lady From Uncle | 7/2/12 4:04 AM | @Zekem- Yes, what JDoors wrote is correct. If the OP used used a GMail for their legacy YouTube channel then, even if the option (which JDoors did point out) exists, it will not work. In other words- you can unlink it, yes. But you can only relink |
| Re: Change primary email address | JDoors | 7/2/12 4:34 AM | @ZekeM, heh-heh, it's one of those nasty "gotchas" that Google has in store for users. As TLFU clarified, yes, if your channel still qualifies to unlink, you can do it. Yay! But if you're unlinking from a gmail account, GOTCHA! There's no notice, no |
| Re: Change primary email address | ibopyoubopwebop | 7/5/12 10:26 PM | Unfortunately JDoors is right, i did the experiment and although it seems like it would be possible Google doesn't let it happen which i find very ridiculous and i might complain to them about it. Thanks for being part of this discussion. stef./.\ |
| Re: Change primary email address | The Lady From Uncle | 7/6/12 1:53 AM | Complaining will not help you. I have debated this anomaly with them for three years and got nowhere. It has been complained about by people in their droves and nothing. Google do not consider it to be ridiculous and there are far greater ridiculo |