Link to a Certain Time in a YouTube Video

This article will show you how to link someone to specific point in the YouTube video. This is done by adding an extension to the URL, that way, it'll start right where you want it to. Unfortunately, this does not work on any mobile devices.

Steps

Pausing the Video

  1. Go to YouTube. Go to the page of the video that you want to link people to. If you need help searching for a video, read our article about how to search and watch a YouTube video.
  2. Pause the video at the desired time. Pause the video at the time you wish to link to. In the bottom left corner of the video player, you should see the time marker. In this example it's "0:11/2:36".

Copying the URL

  1. Right-click directly on the video box. A drop-down dialog box will appear with a list of available options.
  2. Click the "Copy video URL at current time" option. This will copy to your clipboard a link pointing to a certain time in the video.
  3. Paste the URL. Whenever somebody clicks on this link, the video will start playing at the time you paused and copied the video URL.

Using the "Share" Button

  1. Click on the "Share" button below the video. The "Share" button is next to an icon that looks like 3 dots in a triangular formation connected by lines.
  2. Enter in the desired time. Beneath the link to the video and beneath the various social media icons, you will see an input field to the right of "Start at." By default, the time in the box will be whenever you paused the video. However, if you want to change it, simply click inside the box and enter in a different desired time. For example, if you wanted to link to 2 minutes & 30 seconds, you would enter in 2:30.
    • Click the checkbox to the left of the "Start at" label to automatically append the URL with the link to the correct time.
  3. Copy the link. Double-click the link to highlight the link. Then, either right click the highlighted text and select "Copy" or press Ctrl+C}.
  4. Copy and Paste the URL. Whenever somebody clicks the link, they will be directed to the desired time in the video.

Time Linking in YouTube Comments

  1. Link to a certain time in a comment. This will only work when commenting on a YouTube video in a Google-owned space like YouTube or Google+. Simply add the time in minute:second format. For example, 2:43 would link to 2 minutes & 43 seconds in the video you are commenting on.
    • When the comment is posted, it will automatically be made into a link to that time (2 minutes 43 seconds) in the video that you are commenting on. The label of the link will just be "2:43". So you can tell someone "Take a listen at 2:43 to hear what I am talking about". Unfortunately, this does not work in Facebook comments.



Warnings

  • The link will be available on neither their mobile website nor their iPhone/Android app.

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