This wikiHow teaches you how to post a link to a YouTube video on your Facebook timeline on both desktop and mobile platforms. Posting a YouTube link will not open the video on Facebook, and there is no way to embed YouTube videos in Facebook posts. If you want a YouTube video to play on Facebook, you’ll need to download the video yourself and then upload it to Facebook as a file.

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1. Open youtube. Go to https://www.youtube.com in your browser.
   
   • You don’t need to be logged into YouTube unless you plan to link to age-restricted YouTube videos.
2. Click on the search bar. You’ll see this at the top of the YouTube page.
   
3. Find a video. Enter the title of the video, then press . By doing this your video will be searchable.
   
4. Select a video. Find and click the video you want to post to open the video.
   
5. Click. This button is near the bottom-right corner of the video player.
   
6. Click on the Facebook icon. It is a dark blue block with a white “F”. Facebook will open in a new window.
   
   • If prompted, enter your Facebook login information (your email address and password) before continuing.
7. Enter text for your post. If you want to add commentary or other text to accompany the video, type it in the text field near the top of the post.
   
   • If you don’t enter text here, the default text above the post will be a link to the video.
8. Click. It’s a blue button in the lower-right corner of the Facebook window. Doing so will post a link to your video on Facebook. Other users will be able to select the link to open the video on YouTube.
   

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1. Open youtube. Tap the YouTube app, which is red with a white “Play” icon.
   
2. Tap the Magnifying Glass icon . It’s in the upper-right area of ​​the screen.
   
3. Find a video. Type in the title of the video, then tap Search Or enter in the keyboard area.
   
4. Select Video. Scroll down until you find the video you want to post, then tap it to open it.
   
5. Tap the “Share” arrow (iPhone) or (Android) . The “Share” arrow resembles a curved, right-facing arrow; You will find share option on the top of the video.
   
6. Tap . It’s in a pop-up window. For this option to appear, you must have Facebook installed on your phone or tablet.
   
   • You must first scroll right and tap More On iPhone to see the Facebook icon.
   • If prompted, allow YouTube to post to Facebook, then sign in to Facebook with your email address (or phone number) and password before continuing.
7. Enter text for your post. If you want to add commentary or other text to accompany the video, type it in the text field near the top of the post.
   
   • If you don’t enter text here, the default text above the post will be a link to the video.
8. Tap . It’s in the upper-right corner of the Posts window. Doing so will post a link to your video on Facebook. Other users will be able to select the link to open the video on YouTube.
   

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1. Understand the limitations of this method. In order to post a video to Facebook and have it play on Facebook instead of redirecting to YouTube, you must download the video and upload it to Facebook. It comes with some drawbacks:
   
   • You cannot perform this process on a mobile device (eg, smartphone or tablet).
   • YouTube videos will be reduced in quality when uploaded to Facebook.
   • Facebook only allows videos up to 1.75 gigabytes and 45 minutes long; Anything bigger/longer than this will not be uploaded.
   • Use this method only if you/your organization created the original video and owns the copyright or if you have their permission. Adding video credits by simply adding their name to the Facebook post is unlikely to be good enough.
2. Open youtube. Go to https://www.youtube.com/ in your browser. The YouTube home page will open.
   
3. Find a video. Click the search bar at the top of the YouTube page, then type in the name of the video you want to download and tap .
   
4. Select Video. Click on a video’s thumbnail on the results page to open it.
   
5. Copy the address of the video. Click the web address in the text box near the top of your browser’s window to select it, then press (Windows) or (Mac) to copy it.
   
6. Open the Convert2MP3 website. The Convert2MP3 site allows you to convert links such as YouTube links that you’ve copied into MP4 video files that can then be downloaded.
   
7. Paste in the address of your video. Click the text box below the “Insert video link” heading, then press or . You should see a YouTube link appear in the text box.
   
8. Change the file type of the video. Click mp3 Click the box to the right of the text field, then click mp4 in the drop-down menu.
   
9. Pick a quality. Click the “MP4 Quality” drop-down box below the link text field, then click the quality you want to use for the video in the drop-down menu.
   
   • You cannot select a quality that is higher than the maximum video quality, as doing so will result in an error.
10. Click. It’s an orange button to the right of the link text field. This will tell Convert2MP3 to start converting your video to a file.
    
    • If you see an error here, choose a different video quality and click Change re.
11. Click. Once the video has been successfully converted, this green button will appear below the title of the video. Clicking it will begin downloading the video file to your computer.
    
    • The video may take several minutes to download, so be patient and don’t close your browser.
12. open Facebook. Go to https://www.facebook.com/ in your browser. If you’re logged into Facebook, this will open your Facebook News Feed.
    
    • If you aren’t logged into Facebook, enter your email address (or phone number) and password, then click log in,
13. Click. You’ll see this green-and-gray button below the “Make Post” text field near the top of the Facebook page. A File Explorer (Windows) or Finder (Mac) window will open.
    
14. Select the downloaded video. Find the video you downloaded and click on it to do so.
    
    • If you haven’t changed your browser’s download settings, you’ll find the video in download folder on the left side of the window.
15. Click. It’s in the lower-right corner of the window. Doing so will upload the video to your Facebook post.
    
16. Add text to your post. Type whatever text you want to accompany the video in the text field at the top of the post box. This is where you should assign credit (for example, “Video courtesy of [username]”) at the very least.
    
17. Click. It’s a blue button in the lower-right corner of the post window. Doing so uploads the video to Facebook, although you may have to wait several minutes before the video finishes processing.
    
    • You and others can view the video on your profile page by scrolling down to the video post and clicking its “Play” button.

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• You can do this by copying the link directly from YouTube, opening Facebook, and clicking on the “What’s on your mind?” link. You can paste and post. field at the top of your News Feed or on your Timeline.

[Edit]Warning

• Videos you share on Facebook are subject to Facebook’s Terms of Service and Statement of Rights and Responsibilities, which can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/terms.php?ref=pf

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