Disconnect Google From Your YouTube Channel ID
Google (YouTube) recently announced the ability to merge your G+ Profile ID onto your YouTube Channel name…
While this makes sense for many people… for others (namely brands and businesses and anonymous hobby channels) it posed some serious issues.
Fortunately, the ability to uncouple the two sites, at least as far as channel names is concerned, is relatively straight forward… once you know where to look!
You might initially try looking in Settings… which would seem to be the logical place, but you will not find what you need there.
Instead, you need to visit http://youtube.com/account
Here, to the right of the overview tab, above your email address, you will see an option to “Revert to username“.
Once you click the revert link, you’ll be taken to another screen that explains what you are doing and asks you to check a box to confirm the channel name change.
Check that box and click “Rename the Channel”.
Now, your channel’s name has been reset to it’s Default value.
If, however, you were using a custom channel name, you will need to visit your channel, click on “Channel Editor” and in the information tab re-name the channel.
Click the “Done Editing” button and you have successfully restored your YouTube channel to the name it had before Google prompted you to merge it with your real name.
Have you merged your YT channel ID with your Google+ Profile ID? Why or Why Not?
Thanks for that info Kim, Google are doing the thinking for most of us, in conveniently linking various forms of media. Nevertheless there will always be reasons why you may wish to keep certain media platforms isolated from others.
Good job with this explanation on how to get your ‘old name’ back in case you connected to your Google Plus Profile i.e. “Real Name” and changed your mind.