Fix Mistakes in Old YouTube Videos. Corrections Explained

Have you ever uploaded a video and afterward noticed a mistake that needed a correction? Now, you don't need to reupload a video or make notes in the comments; simply notify viewers about a mistake directly in the video! In this video, Jan will tell you everything you need to know to start using this feature.

▬ Video Chapters ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

00:00 How you could fix a mistake in a YouTube video before
00:45 How Corrections work
01:21 What can you use Corrections for?
01:41 How to add Corrections to your YouTube video

"Correction:" (01:00) Notify your viewers about a mistake

Have you ever uploaded a video and afterward noticed a mistake that needed a correction? Unfortunately, in such a case, you hardly had the opportunity to set it right until now. These were your available options:

- You could write it in your video description (not everyone would see that)
- You could pin a comment (not everyone would see that)
- You could cut out parts of the video afterward (might not work with story flow)
- You could cut the video and re-upload it again (you will lose views and watch time)

👉How do Corrections work?

You can add Corrections after publishing a video, and the viewer will see an info card for the first correction of a video at the right timestamp.

If the viewer clicks on the info card, they will see all of the corrections underneath the video.

The big advantage of corrections is that they always show up at the right time in the video.

👉 What can you use Corrections for?

First of all, of course, you can clarify small changes without re-uploading an entire video.

You could also add updates, for example if you have a news video or something similar.

What you could also do is refer the viewer to a newer video on the same topic, for example, if you have done an update on the video in the meantime.

👉 How to add corrections to your video

Similar to chapters, you add corrections by typing text into your video description.

Put in "Correction:" or "Corrections:" then the time code and the correction you want to display under your video.

This action should appear after any video chapters.

Notice that if you have any active strikes on your channel or the video may be inappropriate to some viewers, this correction feature will not be available.

It's not a perfect solution, but at least it will be clearer for viewers if there are mistakes in the video without opening the door for fraud.

For example, by making it possible to replace entire videos. And it's definitely better than nothing.

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[youtube-agency-tubics]

Corrections seem to work now! It's kinda buggy, but works after a few tries :)

[EricBrennanOrganic]

Is this feature available yet? I can't seem to get it to work. Perhaps I'm doing something wrong. Please help and consider making a demo video where you show how to do it. Thank you.

[lifeqa_facts]

You didn't show how to do it! You just explained, which is already there on the YouTube support page.

[AlexCaspian]

Recently, I have noticed more and more often that video bloggers often add text with an asterisk if they made a mistake in their statements and this becomes clear only during the editing of the video. Is this mistake correction method effective? If the video will be translated into other languages, how must they indicate the correction in subtitles?

[LEGOGamesYT]

I have a doubt. In the minute 2:04 it is said that the corrections don't work with any active strikes. Does that refer to *all types* of strikes, or only to the Community Guideline Strikes (that is, the warning doesn't apply in the case of copyright strikes)? Because I currently have an active copyright strike and I want to add some corrections to one of my videos. However, that ambiguity makes me very confused about if the corrections will be shown…

[MoneyJusticeCollaborative]

Why didn't you demo the feature in this video? Not a very good tutorial at all

[jasikshahgholian]

I MEAN ARE YOU KIDDING ME ALL THAT TALK NOT SHOWING WHAT A WAIST OF TIME

[christianfellowship]

Where does one “type” the correction? In the description? You haven’t explained how to do this.

[thrill]

Hey, I have a question: I upload my music to my channel and listen to it all day. This gives me a lot of watchtime. Does this watchtime count to the 4.000 hours and is that even ok? (It's public)

[strollis]

Hallo, bei mir funktionieren die Videokapiteln irgendwie nicht. Ich habe von 00:00 angefangen (habe extra zwei Nullen am Anfang genommen), hab alles nach der Reinfolge in der Beschreibung geschrieben und es funktioniert trotzdem nicht, selbst wenn ich meine Videos auf öffentlich stelle. Muss man eine bestimme Voraussetzung für die Videokapiteln erfüllen, also bestimmte Aufrufe oder so?

[mmagoon]

Why is this not working in my video? Why can't I just add annotations anymore?

[windfarers]

Correction:
0:05 - Test correction 1

If you are the video's author, including something like the above (in the video section or in the comment) would add correction to the video. Make sure you put this below the chapter section, if you have one.

[feliperocha]

Is not advised to adjust legend after the video was published?

[Nerfhunter]

Why cant youtub just let you edit the actual video like text or cut down the length. It is a simple fix. Youtube needs to do better.

[Diarybooker]

Have you ACTUALLY tried to create corrections?? They DONT work... if you think they do, why not create one on this video to prove to us that this works!!

[VakhtangDaddy]

ich kenn den nur von den deutschen videoa