Edit or remove captions
- Sign in to YouTube Studio.
- From the left menu, select Subtitles.
- Click the video you'd like to edit.
- For the language you'd like to edit, in the “Subtitles” column select Edit.
- For automatic captions, select DUPLICATE AND EDIT. ...
- Click inside any line in the caption track panel and edit the text.
Can you customize YouTube subtitles?
Captions (subtitles) are available on videos where the owner has added them, and on some videos where YouTube automatically adds them. You can change the default settings for captions on your computer or mobile device. You can customize captions by changing their appearance and language.
How do I edit subtitles on someone else's YouTube video?
Can I still add subtitles to someone else's video? No, as of September 2020, community captions are no longer an option. You can request for the creator to subtitle their own videos, or write down the videos transcript and send it to the creator to change into subtitles.