How to Change a Thumbnail on YouTube Shorts (34 seconds)

YouTube JUST released the ability to upload custom thumbnails to YouTube Shorts. It's rolled out to those in the YouTube Partner Program first. Excited as this continues to roll out to everyone!

How to Change a Thumbnail on YouTube Shorts:

1. Open YouTube Studio on a desktop (https://studio.youtube.com/).
2. Tap on Content.
3. Click on the uploaded Short.
4. Locate the thumbnail section.
5. Hover over the image and click the three vertical dots.
6. Select the option to upload a custom thumbnail.
7. Open the desired file and click "Save."

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How to change a thumbnail on YouTube shorts. First, when you're uploading your YouTube short through the YouTube app on your phone, you'll see when you tap on the thumbnail in the top left, you can only select an image that is already there. But, that is not the only way to do it because YouTube just announced how to add a thumbnail in YouTube shorts. To do it, open up YouTube Studio on your computer, go to content, and make sure that you click on the short that you just uploaded. Go down to where you see thumbnail, hover over the image, click on the three dots, you can download what's there, select from the video like we did before, or upload and change to your own custom thumbnail. Simply hit open, hit save, and there you go. Subscribe if this is helpful.

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