What you need before you start

A Google account with a YouTube channel. A Google account alone is not enough: if you have never made a channel, create one on YouTube first.
If the channel is a Brand Account, or you manage several channels: a Google account that is an Owner or Manager of the channel. Google asks which channel to use while you connect.
A verified channel (phone verification on YouTube) if you upload videos longer than 15 minutes or set custom thumbnails; YouTube requires it for everyone.
Private uploads before Google’s audit: Google locks videos uploaded through an app it has not audited yet as private. Until UniPostudio passes Google’s YouTube audit, your uploads may arrive as private videos; once it has, they take the visibility you set.
The owner or admin role in the UniPostudio brand you are connecting, and a free channel slot on your plan.

Connect step by step

Step 1:
Open Channels in UniPostudio.
Choose Channels in the sidebar, or go straight to app.unipostudio.com/channels. Check that you are in the right brand.
Step 2:
On the YouTube card, select Connect.
A pop-up opens on accounts.google.com. If your browser blocks pop-ups, the app says so and opens the same page in this tab.
Step 3:
Choose the Google account that owns or manages the channel.
If it is not listed, choose Use another account and sign in.
Step 4:
If Google asks, choose the channel.
Accounts with a Brand Account or several channels see a list of channels: pick the one this brand posts to.
Step 5:
Allow what Google lists, then choose Continue.
If Google shows tick boxes, tick every one (or Select all): an unticked box turns off the feature that needs it.
Step 6:
Let the pop-up close.
The card says Connected · healthy and shows the channel’s name.

IllustrationSelect Connect on the YouTube card; Google’s sign-in opens in a pop-up on accounts.google.com.

Once it is connected

YouTube appears in the composer’s channel list, comments on your videos arrive in the inbox, and their statistics fill analytics. Google’s access renews in the background: you only reconnect if the card says so.

What we ask permission for, and why

Google shows these on its consent screen, in its own words (“Manage your YouTube videos”, “Manage your YouTube account”). Each one is there for a feature; we do not ask for anything else.

openid: Identify which Google account was connected, so disconnecting one channel never cancels another connection that uses the same Google account.
youtube.upload: Upload the videos you schedule or publish now.
youtube.force-ssl: Read your channel and its videos, update or delete a video you published through UniPostudio when you ask, and read comments and post your replies, for the inbox and analytics.

If something goes wrong

“This Google account has no YouTube channel.”

Create a channel on YouTube with that account, or connect again and sign in with the account that owns the channel. For a Brand Account, choose the channel when Google lists them.

Videos arrive on YouTube as private

Google locks uploads from apps it has not audited yet as private. That lifts for new uploads once UniPostudio passes Google’s audit; until then, upload videos that must be public on YouTube itself.

The wrong channel was connected

Open the card’s ⋯ menu, choose Disconnect, then Connect again and pick the right account and channel. Brand Accounts are listed separately from the personal channel.

You unticked a permission, or the card says a permission is missing

Select Reconnect (or Connect) and tick every box Google shows.

The card says “Expired · scheduled posts are paused”

Google ended the access: after a password change, or when UniPostudio was removed at myaccount.google.com/connections. Select Reconnect on the card.

A video was refused for YouTube’s limits

YouTube limits how many videos a channel can upload in a day, and how much any app can upload through its API each day. Publish it again later; if it keeps happening, tell us.

“The connection took too long and expired” or “This connection was started in another browser”

Start again from the card, and finish within 10 minutes in the browser you started in. If your browser blocks cookies for app.unipostudio.com, allow them.

The card says Coming soon, or Connect is greyed out

Coming soon means YouTube is not open for your account yet (see the badge at the top of this page). A greyed-out button, with “Only owners and admins can connect, change or disconnect channels.” at the top of the screen, means your role cannot connect channels: ask an owner or admin of the brand.

What we never do

We never ask for, see or keep your password. You sign in on the platform’s own page (or paste a token the platform issued you), and the platform gives UniPostudio a token, not your password.
Every token is encrypted with AES-256-GCM before it is stored, and is never written to our logs.
We ask only for the permissions the features need, and use each one only for what this page says.
We never post or reply unless you or a teammate does, or an automation you turned on (scheduled posts, automatic AI replies) does.
Disconnecting deletes the stored token and what we synced from the account: its messages, comments, feed and analytics.

Disconnect or reconnect

Open the ⋯ menu on the YouTube card (More actions for YouTube), choose Disconnect and confirm. UniPostudio deletes the stored token and the comments and analytics synced from the channel, and revokes its access at Google. If the same Google account is still connected in UniPostudio elsewhere (Google Business Profile, or another brand), Google’s grant stays until that one is disconnected too, because Google ends a grant for all of them at once.

To reconnect, select Connect on the card again. You can also remove UniPostudio at any time at myaccount.google.com/connections; the card then asks you to reconnect.

Still stuck?

Write to us with the channel’s name and the exact words on the card or in the error message: that is usually enough for us to tell what happened. Never send us a password or a token.

support@codezyai.com Every way to reach us