{"id":95875,"date":"2023-05-17T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=95875"},"modified":"2023-05-17T12:40:20","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T11:40:20","slug":"change-youtube-shorts-thumbnail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/change-youtube-shorts-thumbnail\/","title":{"rendered":"How to change your YouTube Shorts thumbnail on iOS and Android"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 style=\"user-select: auto;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff; user-select: auto;\">YouTube has rolled out the ability on iOS and Android to choose any frame of your Short to serve as the thumbnail.<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Until now, there\u2019s been no way to change your YouTube Shorts thumbnail. This is as most short-form videos are viewed in the <em>Shorts<\/em> tab, with videos playing instantly. However this restriction has led to unattractive YouTube channels who upload Shorts. Thankfully, YouTube moved Shorts into their own tab on channels last year. That being said, choosing your own thumbnail is still important to ensure your video stands out in places like the YouTube homepage. While you still can\u2019t upload a custom thumbnail, you can now pick any frame of your video to serve as the thumbnail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to Choose Shorts Thumbnails, Live Product Drops, and Channel Permissions | Creator Roundup\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3LxpPkRG420?start=17&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3>How to customize the thumbnail on YouTube Shorts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>For now, the feature is only available on the YouTube iOS and Android app, but not desktop. You can currently only pick a thumbnail during this stage and not once the video has been uploaded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Upload your Short, then on the final <em>Add details<\/em> page, tap the pencil icon in the top left corner<\/li><li>Then, simply drag the white box to your desired frame of the video and tap <em>Done<\/em><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"828\" height=\"1792\" src=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_1451-edit.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"95879\" data-link=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=95879\" class=\"wp-image-95879 lazyload\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"828\" height=\"1792\" src=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_1452.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"95877\" data-link=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=95877\" class=\"wp-image-95877 lazyload\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/using-youtube-shorts-as-an-artist\/\">Upload your own music to the YouTube Shorts library for free and start monetizing every time your track is used!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YouTube has rolled out the ability on iOS and Android to choose any frame of your Short to serve as the thumbnail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":95878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6628],"tags":[13147],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - 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