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What are the basic eligibility criteria to get a YouTube handle or personalised URL?

If you want to get a personalised YouTube URL or handle, your channel must meet the following basic criteria. 

Your channel must have 100 more subscribers. Your channel/account must be at least 30 days old.  Your channel must have a profile picture. There must be a banner image on your channel page.

How to get a personalised youtube URL

Step 1: Go to www.youtube.com and log in with your account. Step 2: Click on your profile icon at the top right corner of the screen and select ‘YouTube Studio’.

Step 3: Scroll down the side menu on the left and select ‘Customisation’.

Step 4: Click on the ‘Basic Info’ tab.

Step 5: Click on the Channel URL box and type in the personalised URL you want.

Step 6: Select Confirm. Your YouTube URL will be changed. You can change your YouTube URL any time you want. Simply follow the steps mentioned above and select ‘Delete’ under Channel URL. Type in a new unique URL and hit ‘Confirm’.

How to get a YouTube handle

YouTube has started rolling out handles for the creators on the website. The process to reserve your YouTube handle is fairly simple if you’re eligible to get one. Here’s how you can get your own handle. Step 1: Go to www.youtube.com/handle.

Step 2: In the window that pops up, type in your desired handle. If the handle is available, a green tick will appear next to it.

Step 3: Select ‘Confirm Selection’.

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Conclusion 

This is how you can get a YouTube handle and a personalised YouTube URL for your account or channel. One of the many benefits of having a handle is that it is unique to your channel. YouTube allows multiple channels to have the same name, but a handle is reserved for one account. This makes it easy to identify a channel and tag it wherever you want.

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