Historically, Brand Accounts could be used with a variety of Google services. Starting August 4,2021, Brand Accounts can only be linked to YouTube channels and will be designated with “(limited to YouTube)." This update will not impact existing Brand Accounts, only accounts that are created after August 4,2021.
You can set up and manage an account specifically for your brand. You can use certain services with it, like YouTube, to create an online presence.
How Brand Accounts work
How Brand Accounts differ from regular Google Accounts
You and others can jointly manage a Brand Account through your own Google Accounts. You won’t need a separate username or password. Your account can have multiple owners and managers.
- Owners can take the most actions, and control who manages the account. An account must have one primary owner.
- Community managers can do the same things as Managers, but they can't use YouTube.
Google services that support Brand Accounts
You can use certain services with your account, likeGoogle Photosor YouTube. You'll be able to communicate, connect, and share info with customers and fans with your Brand Account.
To manage who can see and interact with your content, you can adjust your settings for each service.
Create a Brand Account
You can create an account for your business or brand on some Google services. For example, you can create a Brand Account when youcreate a YouTube channel.
Find your Brand Accounts
You can find all of your Brand Accounts, and switch between them.
Find your accounts
- On your computer, open a web browser, like Chrome or Safari.
- Go to the Brand Accounts section of your Google Account.
- Under "Your Brand Accounts," choose an account.
Learn more about how to switch between accounts.
Make changes to your accounts
Edit basic information
You can add, change, or remove basic info about your business or brand.
- On your computer, open a web browser, like Chrome or Safari.
- Go to Brand Accounts section of your Google Account.
- Choose the account you want to edit.
- TapEdit account info.
- In the section you want to change, tap Edit
. - Optional: At the bottom right, you might find Add info . You can tap it to add more info to your account.
- Optional: At the bottom right, you might find Add info
- Add, change, or remove the info you want.
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. You can tap it to add more info to your account.Learn how to control what info gets shared.
If you own a Brand Account, you can add people to help manage it. You can decide how much control each person has over the account.
Learn how to add new managers to an account.
- On your computer, open a web browser, like Chrome or Safari.
- Go to the Brand Accounts section of your Google Account.
- TapEmail preferences.
- Change when you're notified about your accounts. Your changes will save automatically.
Delete or restore a Brand Account
You can only delete a Brand Account if you're an owner. If you delete the account, all of its content will be removed across all Google services.
Important: You have to be an owner of the account for 7 days before you can delete or restore accounts. If you’ve been an owner for less than 7 days, you’ll get an error message.
- On your computer, open a web browser, like Chrome or Safari.
- Go to the Brand Accounts section of your Google Account.
- Choose the account you want to delete.
- TapDelete account.
- Enter your password.
- Read the infocarefully and agree to the terms.
- TapDelete account.
If you recently deleted your account, you may be able to recover it.
- On your computer, open a web browser, like Chrome or Safari.
- Go to the Brand Accounts section of your Google Account.
- TapDeleted accounts.
- Next to the account you want to restore, tap Restore this Brand Account . The restored account will show up in your list of Brand Accounts.
. The restored account will show up in your list of Brand Accounts.Was this helpful?
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