Can I keep my YouTube channel after my university account expires?

October 9, 2022 11:02 AM

I have a YouTube channel with my .edu (Gsuite) Google account and I want to know if there's any way I can transfer the account, specifically the YouTube channel, so that the URL for the videos I've made on it don't disappear. I know I can save the videos and reupload them, but I'm wondering if there's a way to keep them in their original location so that people who have embedded or linked to them will still get to the video.
posted by 10ch to Technology (3 answers total)

I don't believe you can do this without intervention from a human at google. You could if you had created the account on one normal gmail address and wanted to migrate to a different gmail, but according to the official docs you can't migrate from work/school to personal. This rule is probably in place so employees can't hijack a brand account and move it to their personal account. I believe the videos will still be available at the original URL when your account is suspended, although I've never done this. You could probably transfer it to someone else at the same edu.
posted by JZig at 11:44 AM on October 9, 2022

Best answer: IIRC, you may be able to assign your OTHER gmail account as a moderator or administrator, which is ALMOST as powerful as the owner, but you can't delete stuff.
posted by kschang at 9:58 AM on October 10, 2022 [1 favorite]

Are you sure your .edu email will expire? I graduated 8 years ago and can still use it.
posted by getawaysticks at 10:08 PM on October 16, 2022