Learn how to change your YouTube Channel Icon or Profile Picture. Watch the video tutorial below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNf_GLC1ue0

1. How To Change Your
Default YouTube Channel
Icon Or Profile Picture

2. How To Change Your Default YouTube
Channel Icon Or Profile Picture
You definitely want to change the default channel icon
on YouTube so it can correctly represent your channel.
You might want to upload a logo or even a profile picture of yourself.
The channel icon appears on the top left side of your YouTube channel
banner and on the top right side of your channel home page. It will also
appear on your Google Plus page that is connected to your YouTube
Channel plus it will also appear next to your comments.
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How To Change Your Default YouTube Channel Icon Or Profile Picture

3. How To Change Your Default YouTube
Channel Icon Or Profile Picture
To change your YouTube channel icon simply
log into your youtube channel
Click on “my channel”
So to change it hover over the icon
Click the pencil icon
It says “edit channel icon”
The channel icon is linked to your connected Google+ account. Edits on
Google+ may take a few minutes to show on your channel.
Click “edit”
Select a photo from your computer..click on that
Click “choose”
It’s uploading
Ok here is the image..you want to expand that as much as you can
Click “set as profile photo”
Ok here is my photo
You can add a comment but I don’t want to do that so click “cancel”
And here you can see the pro le photo or icon is on my Google Plus
page
When I go to my YouTube Channel it will appear here on the top left and at
the top right of my YouTube channel home page. This may take a few
minutes but usually it takes a few hours or up to 24 hours.
Here are 2 important things to keep in mind
How To Change Your Default YouTube Channel Icon Or Profile Picture

4. How To Change Your Default YouTube
Channel Icon Or Profile Picture
1. Channel icon specs
Use a JPEG, GIF, BMP or PNG file
Recommended size is 800×800 pixels
It will be a square or round image that renders at 98×98 pixels
2. Your channel icon will display on different devices
On your computer the channel icon will display on the top left hand corner
of the channel banner. While on the android device the channel icon
appears as a rounded image in the bottom left of the channel art.
And on IOS devices such as Apple iPhone the channel icon will appear as a
square image below the channel art.
That’s it!
Now you know how to change the Icon or pro le picture on your YouTube
channel.
How To Change Your Default YouTube Channel Icon Or Profile Picture