Hosting: Verify your phone number on YouTube

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YouTube requires phone verification to access intermediate features and to help prevent spam and abuse. When connecting Riverside to YouTube, you may be prompted to verify your account using a phone number.

Step by step

  1. Sign into your YouTube account.

  2. In the lower-left corner, click Settings

  3. Click Channel status and features.

  4. Click Feature eligibility.

  5. Next to Intermediate features, click the chevron.down@15x.png arrow.
     

  6. Click Verify phone number.

  7. Enter your phone number (including country code) and click Next.

  8. Enter the code, then click Submit.
    You will see a confirmation message stating that your phone number has been successfully verified.

Icon.svg Good to know

  • A phone number can be used to verify a maximum of two YouTube channels per year.
  • If you are having trouble receiving the verification code by text message, try using the phone call option with an automated voice message instead.

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