Change Your YouTube Thumbnail After Upload - Here's How!

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How do u change it after the video is live?

I don't have a computer.
I only have an Android phone.
How do I change my thumbnails using only my phone? Is it possible?

wow i was looking for this thank so so much mr Kevin

One question remains: Does the thumbnail picture always have to be in 16:9, even if my video has a different (lets say 21:9) aspect ratio? Thank you!

Thank so much!! 💖

Thank you Sir.

So how do you make your own creative thumbnail on Canva. I heard you talk about that is where you make yours sometimes?

Hello!

I trying to figure out why changing my YT thumbnail shows up on YT, but when sharing the link, it still shows the original thumbnail. Is there a way to update the shareable link, so it will reflect the new thumbnail as well?

cant change if i click on it

Thank you so much!!

Thank you! Very helpful.

Thank you! I was surprised when I uploaded my video that it was not the thumbnail I expected! This was helpful.

Hey, what happens when you publish it with one thumbnail, and then change the thumbnail later. I did that, and the thumbnail updated everywhere, except when I share (ie. Share to FB, LInkedIn, etc) it still is showing the OLD thumbnail. Even AFTER updating and saving the new thumbnail. (To be clear, I am talking about sharing the video AFTER changing and saving the thumbnail). The preview on the various pages seems to be caching the old thumbnail .

Thank you so much for putting this video on. I have been going around in circles trying to do edit the thumbnail. The main reason being that at the 'select content stage' I was clicking the little square box at the side of the video I wanted to select. This takes you off somewhere else. When I did select your way the (one image- not several as in your video) of my thumbnail gives no clue as to what to do at first. Then due to the texture of my image it took a while to spot the three vertical dots on the image. Is the comparison thing worth doing with the 'one stop verification' thing? Fed up with going down mazes when you are trying to get a simple job done. Thanks again for this video. 110075

Thankyou! Appreciate you, you're awesome!

I am having issues changing a thumbnail hours after posting. It says I cannot change it online so I tried to do it through YT Studio but it won't let me there either (when I click on the photo nothing happens). Any ideas?

Sir, I have changed my videos thumbnail right after the completion of uploading....Just after 1/2 minutes......Will I face any problem for changing thumbnail instantly? Please help 🥲

Hey Keven, My channel logo is showing up as my thumbnail on one of my videos. I must have done something wrong. Any ideas?

Ur video tutorial seems to be Very helpful (Yes, I haven't tried it yet), Anyways Th@nx in advance !

Thank you very much ❤❤

Just what I needed! Thank you!

If you change the thumbnail on an existing video will it loose all it's views and comments?

Cool. Thank you!

This is really good. Thank you!

thank you i couldnt find that "secret" button T_T

How long does it take before sharing the link also shows the updated thumbnail?

That trick don't work anymore. Bummer.

I'm using pc? And there are no three dots in corner of video!

Does this tutorial still apply? I’m not finding these options. Thanks.

ty!

How can I do it on android thanks

I did all this before I checked out your video and it did not work. It shows the changed image when you see the video but as soon as you press play it reverts back to the previous one. I think I will just delete it and start over again.

What is the best app to create Thumbnail? Please reply🙏 I'm new😢

That's how a good tutorial looks like. Thank you

Mr.Kevin, kindly required your some time & help; my computer and mobile not allowing me to upload thumbnail on shorts, And in my mobile i can not play 1 minute song, it work only 15 second.

Hello Kevin! Thanks for the tip, I have just uploaded a video and the 1st thumbnails is displayed however afterwards, the rest of the video is dark? What did I do wrong? I would love for my image/cover to be displayed all the way through the video which lasts 57 minutes...thanks in advance!

thanks

Thanks for the video.

That doesn't work

THANK YOU! Quick and easy and to the point! Perfect helpful video!

how do I delete a unwanted thumbnail?

Thanks for this video. it saved me