Is there a way to change my youtube user url?

[Jimjamesjimothy8]

My youtube url still shows my original one from more than 10 years ago, is there a way to change this? I tried the custom url, but it keeps defaulting to the old one! It's really annoying!

[LogicalDrm]

Have you gained everything you need to setup custom url? If so, note that Google is sometimes very slow on applying changes. One of my accounts shows profile pic from 7 years ago, when I switched it 5 years ago.

[Jimjamesjimothy8]

2 hours ago, LogicalDrm said:

Have you gained everything you need to setup custom url? If so, note that Google is sometimes very slow on applying changes. One of my accounts shows profile pic from 7 years ago, when I switched it 5 years ago.

Yes. I can type in my custom url and it works. But as soon as I click soon as I click somewhere else on my channel it reverts back to my old url.

[LogicalDrm]

56 minutes ago, TrainFan2019 said:

Yes. I can type in my custom url and it works. But as soon as I click soon as I click somewhere else on my channel it reverts back to my old url.

So its just not saving. Have you tried with other browsers?

[Guest]

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Custom URL eligibility

To create a custom URL for your channel, your account needs to:

• Have 100 or more subscribers
• Be at least 30 days old
• Have an uploaded photo as a channel icon
• Have uploaded channel art

For me, even though I met all the requirements and the option was there, when I contacted Google they still wanted to verify manually that I owned a matching domain or other brand related elements before the change actually went through. This was in 2018 on my newest channel. I'd imagine it's only getting harder from then.