> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.contentgrove.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Connect your YouTube account

> Connect your YouTube channel to contentgrove with read-only access, so it can sync your videos and pull their performance data automatically.

Connecting your channel lets contentgrove sync your videos and pull their performance metrics. The connection is read-only.

## Connect your channel

<Steps>
  <Step title="Start the connection">
    On your dashboard, click **Connect YouTube**.

    <Frame>
      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/contentgrove/M4nyy69B00uCNdVa/images/connect-youtube/01-connect-youtube-button.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=M4nyy69B00uCNdVa&q=85&s=b1d63483aecf678513ee86b73b314b3b" alt="The Connect YouTube button on the contentgrove settings page" width="1584" height="532" data-path="images/connect-youtube/01-connect-youtube-button.png" />
    </Frame>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Sign in with Google">
    Sign in with the Google account that owns your channel.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Grant access">
    Approve access to your YouTube analytics.

    <Frame>
      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/contentgrove/M4nyy69B00uCNdVa/images/connect-youtube/02-grant-permissions.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=M4nyy69B00uCNdVa&q=85&s=8944a20f09e78c3a2f23f2f8280187e5" alt="Google consent screen granting contentgrove access to YouTube analytics" width="1600" height="947" data-path="images/connect-youtube/02-grant-permissions.png" />
    </Frame>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Let your videos sync">
    Your videos and their metadata import automatically and appear in contentgrove.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Tip>
  You can connect more than one channel to the same workspace from **Settings → Channels**, and their data is combined in that workspace. See [How organizations and workspaces work](/concepts/organizations-and-workspaces).
</Tip>

## What contentgrove can and can't do

<Note>
  contentgrove only reads from your channel. It never posts, deletes, or edits your content on its own. The one exception is optional: when you generate a tracking link, you can choose to have contentgrove add or update that link in the video's description.
</Note>

## A note on data freshness

YouTube's own reporting pipeline can delay metrics by up to 72 hours. Numbers for the most recent few days, such as views, watch time, and subscribers, may be incomplete at first and rise later as YouTube finalizes them.

## Refresh your data

contentgrove syncs automatically, but you can pull the latest titles, thumbnails, and descriptions on demand using **Refresh video descriptions** in the [Create links](/links/create-links) tab. Use it after you upload new videos or edit descriptions directly on YouTube.

If your channel isn't showing the right videos, see [My video isn't showing up](/troubleshooting/video-not-showing).