You can always check your YouTube history if it’s a video you’ve seen before. You can even view your watch times. If you aren’t signed into your account, you can click SIGN IN in the upper-right corner and then enter your email address and password to sign in. This is optional unless the video you want to view is age-restricted.

If the video has annotations enabled, make sure you right-click on a section that doesn’t have an annotation. You can also disable annotations by clicking the gear icon at the bottom of the player window and then clicking the red “Annotations” switch. On a Mac, hold down the control key while clicking the video.

Alternatively, you can click Share below the video. Check the box for Start at [timestamp], then click Copy.

To paste with the keyboard, press CTRL + V (Windows) or CMD + V (Mac) into the field.

To paste with the keyboard, press CTRL + V (Windows) or CMD + V (Mac) into the field.

Determine the time frame you want to link to. This can be any time frame within the length of the video. Place your cursor at the end of the video’s URL and enter &t=. Enter your timestamp to complete the code. If you want to link to 55 seconds, your full code should be &t=55s. If you want to link to 8 minutes and 8 seconds, your full code should be &t=8m8s. If you want to link to 1 hour, 3 minutes, and 30 seconds, your full code should be &t=1h3m30s. For example, https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ would become https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ&t=43s here. Copy the YouTube URL with CTRL + C (Windows) or CMD + C (Mac) Paste the URL elsewhere with CTRL + V (Windows) or CMD + V (Mac).

YouTube is available for iOS in the App Store and for Android in the Google Play Store. You can copy and paste from the YouTube app, but you’ll need to manually add in the timestamp.

If you want to link to 55 seconds, your full code should be &t=55s. If you want to link to 8 minutes and 8 seconds, your full code should be &t=8m8s. If you want to link to 1 hour, 3 minutes, and 30 seconds, your full code should be &t=1h3m30s. For example, https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ would become https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ&t=43s here.

When the recipient opens the link, they’ll be redirected to the timestamp in the URL.

For example, if the video is 20 minutes long and you want to link to the five-minute mark, you would see 5:00 / 20:00 in the lower-left side of the video player. In this case, “5:00” is the current time stamp.

On mobile, tap the airplane icon to send.