# Connect YouTube to your existing setup

Add your YouTube channel to Bloopbot, check its connection and show live comments in your chat widgets.

Updated 29 October 2026

## Connect your channel

1. Sign into Bloopbot with the account you already use.
2. Open **Settings** › **Connections**, then select **YouTube**.
3. Choose **Connect YouTube**. In Google, choose the account and YouTube channel you own, then approve the requested permissions.
4. Back on **Connections**, check the channel name, channel ID and **Connected** badge. The channel ID links to its YouTube page so you can check that you picked the intended channel.

YouTube is an additional connection on this setup. Your existing flows,
overlays, settings and other accounts stay here. Keep signing into Bloopbot as
you do now; connecting YouTube does not create a separate Bloopbot account.
Only the channel owner can connect or disconnect it. Editors can see the connection.

If YouTube is not listed, the connection is not available on your Bloopbot
installation yet. If Google refuses access, return to Connections and try
again with the intended account. Cancelling Google leaves your setup unchanged.

![YouTube under Connections with the sample Local Streamer Studio channel connected, its channel ID, and Reconnect YouTube and Disconnect YouTube controls](https://bloopbot.com/docs/screenshots/youtube-connected-account.jpg)

_YouTube joins the same setup on Connections. Check the channel name and ID after connecting._

## Show live comments

Open a supported chat view in Bloopbot’s apps, or use your existing
[Chat box](https://bloopbot.com/docs/chat-box) or [Chat highlight](https://bloopbot.com/docs/chat-highlight) widget.
YouTube comments from an active live chat can appear alongside Twitch and Kick.
The widget’s platform filter decides which comments it shows.

This connection currently receives comments. YouTube replies, moderation and
commands from Bloopbot are not available in this release. Connecting YouTube
alone does not start a broadcast.

If your channel has Cloud Stream access, **Manage YouTube broadcasts in Cloud
stream** opens its broadcast controls. Those controls use this same connection;
you do not need to connect a second time.

## Reconnect or disconnect

For **Needs reconnecting**, choose **Reconnect YouTube** and approve access to
the intended channel again. Reconnecting can clear your selected broadcast;
check Cloud stream before the next stream.

To remove the connection, choose **Disconnect YouTube**, read the confirmation,
and confirm. End an active YouTube Cloud Stream first. Your Bloopbot setup,
Twitch and Kick connections stay. Removing Google permission can also affect
other YouTube permissions you granted to the same app; reconnect those through
their original connection controls if needed.

If the connection changed or its status cannot be loaded, reload Connections
before trying again.