Create unlimited upload defaults for your videos with TubeBuddy

Create unlimited upload defaults for your videos with TubeBuddy

one default upload setting on YouTube

If you’re making a series of similar content, you might need different affiliate links in the description. You could also be someone creating content about things with similarities, and you want the description to reflect this each time. However, on YouTube, you only have one default upload setting. So, you need to keep the description more general and include only what you want for every video you upload.

Suppose you want to have more default uploads so that you won’t have to copy and paste every time you have another video on the same topic. In that case, you’ll want to watch this video because I will show you how to use TubeBuddy default uploads. TubeBuddy gives you options to be more efficient with your time, create more content, and get everything done faster. It also helps you not forget or skip steps that can help your YouTube channel grow quickly just because you don’t have time for all the details.

So, this tool gives you the option to add different descriptions, tags, or any other settings that you want to apply to this kind of video. When you upload the video, you can choose from your list of default uploads what you want for this specific video. It will then change the description, tags, and settings to this upload setting. You can also change specific things on a video that you’ve already uploaded with this shortcut.

Is TubeBuddy’s default upload tool available for free?

This tool is available for all plans, including the free plan. So, for free, you can add one more default setting. If you want more, you need to pay for the Pro or Legend plans. If you don’t have the TubeBuddy extension, start by adding the free extension, which gives you one more default uploading setting.

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Then click on the download app, then click on get.

Now, you return to the TubeBuddy website, and you need to sign in with your Gmail account. After you are in your new dashboard, you need to connect your YouTube channel. For the free account, you can have a few channels connected, but for the paid one, you need to choose one channel that you are going to work on. Then you can upgrade your account to pro or Legend if you want more than an extra default setting. 

If you want to upgrade, click on the channel you want to upgrade and choose the plan that suits you, then pay for the subscription.

Setting Default Descriptions and Tags on YouTube

If you want to continue with the free option or already have a TubeBuddy paid plan, the next step is to go to your channel settings. Click on YouTube Studio in the top-right menu, and go to settings (the second-to-last option in the left menu). Find the default setting. If you’ve never created a default setting, you can do this now for all your videos. You can add a title, description, and tags.

I usually leave the title blank because every title is different, but for the description and tags, I add all I can so I won’t have to create them each time from the beginning. For the default YouTube description, I added my social media, websites, and some general affiliate links. I also added a disclaimer stating that I have affiliate links in the description. For tags, I add general tags that suit my channel videos.

With the TubeBuddy default setting, I can create a more precise description and tags. First, I copy the description I already have in the YouTube default description. Then, I click on the new TubeBuddy default upload option at the bottom of this window.

I’ve been asked to add a name to these default uploads because I’m currently in the middle of a video series tutorial for TubeBuddy. So, I named it “TubeBuddy Tutorials.” Then, I get to the same page as the default upload from YouTube. I pasted the description I already have. Why create everything from the beginning? 

Next, I add on the top of the default description things that are related to TubeBuddy. I include the playlist I have for TubeBuddy, the affiliate links, and maybe some more videos I’ve already uploaded that I want to be there. By the way, if you do this after you already have some videos and you want to change the description, you can use “find and replace” instead of going to each one and doing that. You can find the video in the description.

Now, add as many tags as you wish for this kind of video. Tags are not so much of a big deal, so don’t waste too much time. You can open a video you have on this topic and find tags that you used, or use the TubeBuddy tag suggestions. Then, copy everything to the settings. You should know that YouTube recognizes double taggings, but TubeBuddy doesn’t.

So, if you copy it twice, it will show all of your tags, and then you need to delete all of the double tags. Also, after you copy the tags, hit enter so the list will become tags. You know that it is tags when you see the X to delete tags.

If you get more than 500 characters, you can’t save the settings, so make sure you are within the limits. Then, you can go to the second tab and change things there for the default upload only for this video. After you finish, just click on save.

Applying Default Settings to Videos

Now that you have a new default setting, you can use it when you upload a new video or for videos you already have that don’t have descriptions or tags. Here’s how you use it: upload a new video, then you can see a TubeBuddy button. They have many buttons all over your YouTube Studio, so you need the one next to the title. When you click on it, you will see two options: one for the default upload and one for the SEO Studio, which we will discuss in another video.

Click on the “setting” option, and you will see the list of the default uploads you have. Choose the right one for this video, and then click on “apply.” After that, it will change everything in the video to the default you chose. If you want the YouTube default, you don’t need to choose anything; it will be there anyway. Now you get all the new information based on the setting.

Changing Default Settings for Uploaded Videos

If you want to change a description or tags or anything for videos you already uploaded, go to the video you want to change. You should know that this will replace any information you already have for that video. So, if you need to save some information from that video, copy that before you switch to a different TubeBuddy upload default. Then find the upload default; it is under the “card” tab on the right side of the video settings. If you don’t see any options, click on the upload default, and it will refresh the page.

Then find the profile of the upload default you want to change to and decide what you want to change. I want to change only the description but not the tags, settings, or title. So, I click on the box to remove them from the changes.

Now, let’s give it a few seconds to change everything in the description. Because I did have some special text for this video, I added that text I copied before I changed the TubeBuddy profile of the upload default. 

Managing Default Settings

If you want to add more default descriptions and tags for different categories for your content, you can go back to the settings and add as many default settings as you want. If you ever want to change or delete a default setting, you can do that by going to settings. When you click on the TubeBuddy icon, you can see a list of all your default uploads. Click on the specific setting you want to change and modify it. Note that it will change it only here, and for future displays.

If you want to change videos you’ve already uploaded and you don’t want to go one by one, you can use the find and replace feature from TubeBuddy, another great tool that you should use to make your life easier when it comes to YouTube. When you create the upload default and you have monetization on your channel, you can set the monetization as you wish for each upload using this default setting. It works on all the tabs that you have for default uploads.

What will happen when I cancel TubeBuddy?

Probably, you’re asking yourself what will happen to all of your settings, like this one on the default setting, if you cancel your subscription to TubeBuddy. Well, I wondered about that too. After asking the support team, they told me that they were not taking hostages, and what you set while you had TubeBuddy is supposed to stay on your account even after you stop paying. However, the tools that are supposed to be paid for will not be available to use.

If you want to learn how to switch text in bulk for some videos without the need to go to each one and change it manually, then read this post.